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19 Feb 2015
Biathlon federations of Belarus, Japan sign agreement on cooperation
"I have seen different sport facilities and international competitions of the highest level. During my visit to Raubichi I had an impression that Belarus is getting ready to host Winter Olympic Games in the future”...
19 Feb 2015
Biathlon federations of Belarus, Japan sign agreement on cooperation
"I have seen different sport facilities and international competitions of the highest level. During my visit to Raubichi I had an impression that Belarus is getting ready to host Winter Olympic Games in the future"...
19 Feb 2015
Minsk to host AtomExpo Belarus 2015 on 22-24 April
The program of the forum includes a conference on the development of nuclear power engineering in the Republic of Belarus with a plenary session, sections, roundtables, and presentations...
19 Feb 2015
No professional jury at 2015 edition of М@rt.contact theater forum
Partaking in the festival will be theater troupes from ten countries. It would be difficult for a professional jury to see and evaluate 19 theatrical productions in the course of seven days...
19 Feb 2015
М@rt.contact theater forum to present 19 productions
Partaking in the jubilee edition of the festival will be theater troupes from ten countries. The program for the seven competition days will be saturated with interesting theatrical performances...
19 Feb 2015
French Aristide Begue wins 15km Individual Junior at IBU YJWC
The leader of the Belarusian team Viktor Krivko was among the leaders throughout the race but still was unable to stay in the top three finishing 6th...
19 Feb 2015
Vitebsk to celebrate 100th anniversary of Marc Chagall’s wedding
“On 25 July 2015 we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the wedding of a romantic couple who have become a symbol of an artist’s love for a woman, that of Marc Chagall for Bella Rosenfeld"...
19 Feb 2015
Another gold for Ukraine at Raubichi
The clean-shooting Ukrainian sealed the victory in 37:54.1, just 0.2 seconds ahead of silver medalist Kinga Mitoraj of Poland...
19 Feb 2015
Sport ministries of Belarus, Armenia agree on cooperation in 2015-2016
It is planned that the national teams of Belarus and Armenia will continue their participation in official international competitions held on their territories as well as in open championships and tournaments...
19 Feb 2015
Minsk to host forum on corporate social responsibility 26 February
The CSR concert got its development in Belarus in 2006 with the support of the UN Development Program in line with the UN initiative Global Compact...
18 Feb 2015
Russian border service takes over WW2 victory relay race from Belarus
Timed to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and meant to go along the borders of the CIS states, the relay race began simultaneously in the Belarusian city of Brest and the Russian city of Murmansk on 2 February...
18 Feb 2015
CIS to host festival of national sports
It is planned that the festival program will feature competitions in 4-5 disciplines, including national (original) sports as a part the historical heritage of the CIS member states...
18 Feb 2015
Russia’s Streltsov wins Individual title at Raubichi
Roman Shinkevich of Belarus crossed the finish line 8th, 1:05.4 back, with three penalties...
18 Feb 2015
Ukraine’s Krivonos claims 10km Individual gold at Raubichi
Ukraine’s Anna Krivonos sealed the victory in 30:09.1, with one penalty...
17 Feb 2015
Belarus’ Zuyeva in mass start top ten at Heerenveen
Marina Zuyeva showed the ninth best time of 8:45.25, 7.02 seconds behind the winner, Dutch Irene Schouten...
17 Feb 2015
Military historical drama Battalion premiered in Minsk
The film shows the history of the women's "death battalion" which was created on the orders of the interim government to lift the morale. The battalion was under the command of the full cavalier of St. George Order Maria Bochkareva...
16 Feb 2015
Iran’s embassy in Belarus to open in Minsk 17 February
It is expected that Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif will take part in the opening ceremony of the embassy and a diplomatic reception timed to Iran’s National Day...
16 Feb 2015
Amazing light show at opening of IBU Youth/Junior World Championships in Belarus
The opening ceremony will start at 20.00 local time on 17 February and will last for about an hour.The first races will kick off on 18 February...
16 Feb 2015
Thousands attend Minsk Book Fair
"The book forum in Minsk became that significant platform where 28 states were building bridges of friendship and cooperation"...
13 Feb 2015
Belarus to expand network of toll roads by about 70% by 2020
In 2015-2019 it is planned to renovate and build about 1,158km of roads, more than 2,210 running meters of bridges and crossovers...
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