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15 Nov 2015
Book of Condolences opened at French embassy in Minsk
“I would like to express my deep gratitude to all those people who bring flowers to the embassy, to all Belarusians who express their solidarity with the French people”...
15 Nov 2015
Belarus’ Svetlana Timoshenko wins world champion title in Morocco
In the final the Belarusian was too strong for Maria Oreshkova of Bulgaria...
13 Nov 2015
Translation of Maksim Bahdanovich’s Peace Tower presented in Madrid
Maksim Bahdanovich was a poetry genius, an eminent figure of Belarusian culture. The translation of the poem Peace Tower is one of the first translations of Maksim Bahdanovich’s works into Spanish...
13 Nov 2015
Student theaters from twelve countries to partake in Teatralny Koufar 2015
“The program of Teatralny Koufar 2015 is varied and extensive. It includes productions based on works by Belarusian writers, such as Vasil Bykau, Maksim Bahdanovich"...
13 Nov 2015
Multimedia exhibition of Van Gogh artworks on display in Minsk
The exposition features about 400 works that maximally reflect the artist’s mood and the atmosphere of that time. Music, including compositions of Piotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Claude Debussy, “strengthens” the mood of the artist in different periods of his life...
11 Nov 2015
Serbia eager to cooperate with Belarus in museum projects
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to Belarus Veljko Kovacevic said as he met with Director of the National History Museum of Belarus Oleg Ryzhkov...
11 Nov 2015
Plans to set up Pakistani information and culture center in Minsk
"Everything will be done to make sure that the center will open as soon as the Pakistani partners are ready for this"...
11 Nov 2015
Belarusian cultural center opened in Pakistan’s national library
During the solemn opening ceremony Roman Motulsky, Director of the National Library of Belarus, presented a book exhibition featuring the best books printed by the country’s top publishing houses...
10 Nov 2015
Prestigious Italian brands in fashion show in Minsk soon
Belarus will welcome the Italy Fashion Show for the fifth time. This time Belarus will see collections of apparel and accessories for the 2016 spring-summer season from prestigious Italian brands, which are eager to expand their presence on the Belarusian market...
10 Nov 2015
Belarusian swimmers win 29 medals in Latvia
The team of ten athletes, including leaders Alexandra Gerasimenya and Yevgeny Tsurkin claimed 15 gold, eight silver and six bronze medals...
10 Nov 2015
Russia’s Yamaha wins Listapad National Film Schools Competition
Diplomas for opening and developing talents for the work on the Motherland went to the Department of Television and Arts of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Russia) and the School of A.N.Sokurov (Russia)...
10 Nov 2015
UK company to print new bank notes for Belarus
According to the source, a UK company will print new bank notes while coins will be made by the Lithuanian Mint and the Slovakian company Mint of Mincovna Kremnica...
10 Nov 2015
Winners of Listapadzik 2015 announced
The competition program of Listapadzik 2015 included eight films from Belarus, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, Estonia, Finland, the United States, Myanmar, Switzerland, and Canada...
10 Nov 2015
Nizhny Novgorod university, Belarusian universities eager to train nuclear industry personnel
The Russian university cooperates with three education institutions. Integration is tightest with the Belarusian National Technical University. About 100 students have been able to receive additional education in the Russian university over the course of three years...
10 Nov 2015
Darya Domracheva to give master class in Novopolotsk Olympic School
The three-time Olympic champion will visit the sport facility to see the conditions and exemine the ski and roller track of the school which is one of the best ones in the country...
9 Nov 2015
Belarus to mark European Quality Week, World Quality Day with 70 events
The European Quality Week was first held in the mid 1990s as part of World Quality Day. In 2015 World Quality Day will be celebrated on 12 November...
9 Nov 2015
Belavia satisfied with Sharm el-Sheikh airport security measures, will continue charter flights
Representatives of the Belavia security service and management held working meetings with representatatives of the Sharm el-Sheikh international airport, the Egyptian intelligence services, the police and the army...
9 Nov 2015
Film expert: Belarusians show interest in Japanese films
The retrospective screening of the best films marks the 120th anniversary of the Japanese film company Shochiku. Among the pictures to be screened in the Belarusian capital will be masterpieces of such recognized masters as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Shohei Imamura, Kenji Mizoguchi and others...
7 Nov 2015
Belarus win Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Latvia
Following the victories over Italy (1-0) and Latvia (4-3) Dave Lewis’ team had every chance to win the tournament and it used it to the full in the game against Japan...
6 Nov 2015
Vadim Abdrashitov receives special prize of Belarus President at Listapad 2015
Vadim Abdrashitov noted that it is a pleasure for him to receive the award in Belarus because his career and life are closely connected with Minsk, the city which, in his words, has changed a lot in recent years...
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