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17 May 2018
Belarus 79th in FIFA rankings
Over the past month the place of the Belarusian national football team has not changed. It still ranks 79th with 410 points...
17 May 2018
35 nationalities to be represented at multi-national festival in Grodno
"For the first time the festival will welcome Tamils and Chinese, as well as Cubans who will represent Latin America. Grodno will also celebrate those nationalities who have not taken part in the festival for a long time – Latvians, Bulgarians and Mordvins"...
17 May 2018
Vitebsk to host international economic forum on 17-18 May
The program of the forum will include the signing of agreements on cooperation and other events aimed at intensifying international cooperation of Vitebsk Oblast companies, attracting potential investors in the region...
16 May 2018
Belarus prime minister visits TIBO 2018 expo
Andrei Kobyakov was made familiar with TIBO 2018’s central exposition IT Country Belarus...
16 May 2018
Visitor numbers to Grodno District almost double since early 2018
As many as 20,000 visa-free tourists from more than 40 countries paid a visit to Grodno and Grodno District since the start of the year...
16 May 2018
Belarus to plant two fruit gardens named after Emomali Rahmon
According to Belarus’ Ambassador to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov, a cherry garden of Belarus-Tajikistan friendship will be planted in Tajikistan. The site has already been chosen, young plants ordered...
16 May 2018
Bishkek to host Days of Belarusian Cinema on 21-23 May
A solemn opening ceremony is scheduled for 21 May...
16 May 2018
Diego Maradona to work for FC Dynamo Brest
Diego Maradona will be in charge of the team’s strategic development and will interact with all its structural subdivisions, including the Junior Academy of the football club...
15 May 2018
Presidents of Belarus, Tajikistan sample presidential chocolate
“As a result, we have a unique product, which is unparalleled in Belarus and other countries. I think it will successfully compete with sugar-free chocolate from Switzerland and Belgium”...
15 May 2018
Belarus’ National Expo opens in Dushanbe
The expo in Tajikistan is one of Belarus’ biggest expos abroad in recent years...
15 May 2018
2018 Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk to offer record number of events
This year the concept of the festival is centered around the native land theme. This theme will dominate the opening and closing concerts, the video content, and performances of various artists...
15 May 2018
Lukashenko lays wreath at Ismoil Somoni Monument in Dushanbe
The memorial complex of national unity of Tajikistan was erected on the Friendship Square in the form of a monument to Ismoil Somoni, a Samanid emir and founder of the first Tajik state...
15 May 2018
TIBO 2018 expo opens in Minsk
The exhibition is held as part of the 25th edition of the international forum on information and communication technologies TIBO 2018...
14 May 2018
Belarus receives Atomexpo Best Launch Award 2018
Incepted in 2018, the Atomexpo Award is a professional international award for a company’s outstanding merit in the global industry and its significant contribution to the development of the nuclear industry...
14 May 2018
Minsk to host Yuri Bashmet music festival on 6-20 October
The organizers are busy preparing a world premiere for a concert featuring an alto, a fortepiano, and an orchestra. It will be performed by the People’s Artist of the USSR and Russia Yuri Bashmet and the prominent Belarusian pianist Rostislav Krimer...
14 May 2018
Belarus wins two gold medals at Meeting Elite de Montgeron
Elvira Herman of Belarus set a new personal record of 12.74 seconds to win the women’s 100m Hurdles...
14 May 2018
Minsk Upper Town to host 15 festivals of national cultures
The festival of Swedish Culture is scheduled for 2 June. Organizers promise a lot of pleasant surprises...
11 May 2018
Minsk commemorates Moldovan soldiers who died in battles for Belarus’ liberation
Today's event is an opportunity to remember the fallen heroes, the combat brotherhood of the Belarusian and Moldavian peoples, and the common victory, Andrei Shorets noted...
11 May 2018
Minsk Pass cards now sold in Minsk National Airport
According to Alexander Shifrin, Minsk Pass card holders most of all visit Mir Castle, the museum in Nesvizh, the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle, art and history museums, the Great Patriotic War History Museum...
11 May 2018
Belarusian-Chinese friendship accomplishments park opened in Great Stone park
“As many as 400 trees, including 230 apple trees, have already been planted. The fact that most of the trees bear fruit is symbolical. The fruits can be viewed as fruits of our Chinese-Belarusian cooperation”...
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