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30 Mar 2018
Polotsk to host international chamber music festival on 5 April-8 May
“The festival is an unforgettable event for all music fans who are invited to explore the profound repertoire of old music masterpieces and works of great contemporary composers within magnificent St Sophia Cathedral. The Polotsk forum is among the greatest music events held in Belarus”...
30 Mar 2018
Azarenka out of Miami Open 2018
Despite the semifinal loss, Victoria Azarenka is set to return to the WTA Top 100 next week...
29 Mar 2018
Belarus, China to set up joint research center for young scientists
There are also plans to set up an incubator for technology transfer together with Heilongjiang Province at premises of the Belarusian National Technical University’s science and technology park Polytechnic in 2018...
29 Mar 2018
Book of Yanka Kupala's poem in 100 languages released in Minsk
“The edition can be viewed as an international book as it has united authors, translators, and fans of the Belarusian poetry from different continents,” Vladimir Andriyevich believes...
28 Mar 2018
Chinese students to attend BSU Russian language summer school
Among the winners are students of Sanya Aviation and Tourism Institute and Hainan Foreign Language College of Professional Education. Two more students will be chosen among 13 winners of the linguistic competition...
28 Mar 2018
Book of Condolences opened at Russian embassy in Belarus
The Book of Condolences will also be opened in the General Consulate of Russia in Brest...
28 Mar 2018
St Petersburg show named best production at M.@rt.contact theater festival
The editorial staff of the forum did not come to one opinion. They announced the main and special programs and named art the highlight of the forum, which gave an opportunity to watch unforgettable shows...
28 Mar 2018
Azarenka reaches Miami Open semifinal
Three-time Miami Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, currently ranked 186 in the world, has reached the Miami Open semifinal after beating Czech world number six Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 37 minutes...
27 Mar 2018
Belarus’ Historical Archives hand over digital copies of Sobieski archive to Poland
"Our Polish colleagues have received 37,000 images. In turn, they sent us 42,000 images"...
27 Mar 2018
Free sightseeing tours available in Belarus on 21, 22 April
All kinds of excursions will be available during the festival: tours for kids, literature tours, biking tours, animated tours, and quests...
27 Mar 2018
Minsk to host FAI World Helicopter Championship 2018
The competition will be held at the Borovaya airfield near the Belarusian capital to bring together over 40 crews from 15 countries...
27 Mar 2018
Belarus gets 2017 European Tennis Trophy for most improved nation
Last year, the Belarusian national women’s tennis team made a sensation by reaching the Fed Cup final...
27 Mar 2018
Belarus’ National Library to cooperate with Georgia’s Parliamentary Library
The document creates conditions for cooperation in science and culture, distribution and exchange of information resources...
27 Mar 2018
Minsk to host international fair of tourism services 4-7 April
According to the Belarusian National Statistical Committee, some 727,500 Belarusians travelled abroad for tourism in 2017 (up by 47% versus 2016)...
27 Mar 2018
Pope Francis does not rule out visiting Belarus in future
In early 2018, Belarusian bishops traveled to the Vatican with an ad limina visit (a visit to the thresholds of the tombs of the Apostles) and met with Pope Francis. During the meeting, they discussed a possible visit of the Roman pontiff to Belarus...
27 Mar 2018
Brest to host international festival Children of the Planet 27 April-1 May
Apart from concerts, the program includes recitals, master classes, and evenings of culture of the countries participating in the forum. Balloons will be released at the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival...
27 Mar 2018
Minsk to bid for 2022 World Chess Olympiad
President of the European Chess Union Zurab Azmaiparashvili thanked Belarus for its readiness to host the World Chess Olympiad and promised to support the Belarusian bid...
27 Mar 2018
Healthcare of Belarus 2018 expo opens in Minsk
The expo will feature a wide scientific program, with the international scientific and practical conference, e-Health - Digital Transformation of the Healthcare System of the Republic of Belarus to be its central event...
27 Mar 2018
Azarenka powers through to Miami Open quarterfinal
Victoria Azarenka won the Miami Open in 2009, 2011, and 2016...
26 Mar 2018
Gorky National Academic Drama Theater to tour to Russia’s Kaliningrad in June
From 1 to 3 June, the Belarusian theater will perform the fairy tale Wish upon a Pike and two plays by Andrei Kureichik, Panie Kochanku (My Dear Sir) and Podvodniki (Submariners)...
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