Press releases
5 Aug 2023
2023 CIS Games: Alina Harnasko clinches silverThe leader of the Belarusian national rhythmic gymnastics team scored a total of 105,850 points...
5 Aug 2023
2023 CIS Games: Belarusian judoka Safiya Varapai clinches bronzeBelarusian judoka Safiya Varapai claimed bronze in the women’s 44kg event...
5 Aug 2023
Russian Regina Shaidullina wins CIS Games first championSilver went to Thi Yen Dao of Vietnam - 141kg (63kg + 78kg). Belarusian Polina Pichugina placed third with 135kg (58kg + 77kg)...
4 Aug 2023
Belarus’ doctors implant artificial heart ventricle in 4-year-old childThis is one of the rarest and most complex surgeries in Europe. It was a second surgery of this kind in Belarus. The first surgery was conducted on a six-year-old patient in 2022...
4 Aug 2023
2023 CIS Games to open with rhythmic gymnastics tournamentThe rhythmic gymnastics tournament in the Minsk Palace of Rhythmic Gymnastics will feature the best athletes of the participating states. Thus, Alina Harnasko, the leader of the Belarusian national team and a bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, will compete along with Yelizaveta Zorkina...
3 Aug 2023
Ivashka advances to Los Cabos Open quarterfinalIn the second round the Belarusian saw off Croatia’s world number 115 Borna Gojo, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, in two hours and 40 minutes...
2 Aug 2023
CIS Games: Belarus expects over 2,000 athletes from 23 countries"We expect the arrival of more than 2,100 athletes from 23 countries. Belarus and Russia will send the largest delegations. Fourteen non-CIS countries will compete in individual sports. All venues provide high-class training conditions on par with those at World Championships, the European Championships and, in fact, the Olympic Games," Igor Petrishenko said...
2 Aug 2023
Memorial sign for Shimon Peres unveiled in Volozhin DistrictThe memorial sign installed in the yard of the former house of the Perski family is made of an ordinary Belarusian boulder. On the one side it is an untreated stone, and on the other it is polished and has a plaque with an inscription under the emblems of the two states, Belarus and Israel, that reads that this is the place of birth of the man who was destined to become world famous...
31 Jul 2023
20 Jul 2023
Minsk Triathlon 2023 to draw about 1,500 athletesChairman of the Belarusian Triathlon Federation Dmitry Tolkachev told reporters. In addition to Belarusians, the event will draw athletes from several regions of Russia and also from the USA, China, Azerbaijan and other countries...
20 Jul 2023
Vitebsk, Orsha to offer free sightseeing tours for 2nd CIS Games participantsEarlier, the Department of Sport and Tourism of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee reported that almost 25 walk routes have been developed ahead of the CIS Games in Vitebsk and Orsha. Most of them will cover the historical parts of the cities, highlighting the achievements of the region in different areas, including in sport, and cultural themes...
12 Jul 2023
Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka into Wimbledon semifinalsOn 12 July, World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka powered past USA's Madison Keys in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 27 minutes in the Wimbledon quarterfinals...
6 Jul 2023
BelTA, Justice Ministry present joint project to highlight Nazi crimes in Belarus during WW2The book is the result of joint efforts of the Belarusian Justice Ministry and BelTA to investigate and bring to light little-known facts of the genocide in the territory of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) occupied by the Nazi during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945...
6 Jul 2023
CIS Games medals, mascot unveiled in MinskThe cheerful Rysik the Lynx will also be featured on souvenirs such as plush lynx toys, domestically-made confectionery products, and the Sport and Tourism Ministry assured that there will be no shortage of them...
5 Jul 2023
Belarus finishes first in final medal table of Children of Primorye GamesTeam Belarusian bagged 37 medals (20 gold, 12 silver and 5 bronze medals)...
5 Jul 2023
Belarus’ Sabalenka sails through into Wimbledon round twoOn 4 July, the Belarusian defeated Hungary’s Panna Udvardy (82) 6-3, 6-1 in one hour...
30 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023
Belarusian BelAZ rolls out milestone 130-tonne haul truckSergei Nikiforovich, Director General of OAO BelAZ – managing company of the holding company BelAZ, noted during the solemn event that the production of the 5,000th haul truck indicates that this model enjoys strong demand.//
21 Jun 2023
Sabalenka defeats Zvonareva in Berlin openerBelarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka beat Russia’s world number 1243 Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-2...
19 Jun 2023
Belarus hosts 588,564 visa-waiver travelersA total of 588,564 citizens of the neighboring EU states took advantage of the program to visit Belarus, including 381,234 citizens of Lithuania, 39,249 non-citizens and 128,135 citizens of Latvia, and 39,946 Polish citizens...
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