Press releases
10 Jan 2020
Minsk airport named most on-time small airport by OAGBelarus' Minsk National Airport has claimed the first place in the Small Airports category (2.5 - 5 million seats) in the OAG Punctuality League for 2020...
10 Jan 2020
Belarus named must-visit destination for 2020 by Le FigaroThe newspaper noted that Belarus is the birthplace of Marc Chagall, hailed the architectural heritage of Minsk and the country’s amazing nature: primeval forests and extensive national parks...
9 Jan 2020
Second monument to Yanka Kupala unveiled in ChinaThe ceremony was one in a series of events to cap off the Year of Belarus’ Education in China. “The unveiling of the monument to Yanka Kupala reflects the truly friendly relations between Belarus and China, sincere interest and respect of the Chinese people for Belarusian culture and history”...
9 Jan 2020
Belarus to partake in 3rd Youth Olympic Games in LausanneTeam Belarus will perform in five disciplines...
9 Jan 2020
New museum to open at Brest Fortress in summerThe main theme of the new museum is the defense of the Eastern Fort in 1941. That was one of the most powerful pockets of resistance in the Brest Fortress. The Nazi invaders could not approach the Eastern Fort...
5 Jan 2020
4 Jan 2020
Belarus beat IIHF team at Minsk Christmas ice hockey tournamentThe Belarus President’s team seized the initiative in the game in Group A on the big ice rink of the Chizhovka Arena from the very first minutes. Gennady Savilov opened the scoring eight minutes into the game and secured a hat trick by the end of the second period...
31 Dec 2019
31 Dec 2019
Minsk to host Christmas Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament for 16th timeCompeting will be 12 teams divided into four preliminary groups. Group A will feature Belarus, IIHF Team, and the United States. Group B will comprise China, the UAE, and Balkans Team; Group C – Ukraine, Switzerland, and Finland, Group D – Baltics Team, Germany and Russia...
30 Dec 2019
Belarus to take part in travel shows in New York, Dubai, London in 2020Belarus will take part in 17 international tourist exhibitions with a single national stand...
27 Dec 2019
Minsk in top three CIS cities with best Christmas markets“Minsk Christmas markets feature wooden stalls offering street food, sweets, mulled wine, and presents, photo zones, alleys of winter houses, and corridors of lights”...
27 Dec 2019
Ihar Stasevich named Football Player of Belarus 2019Former coach of FC BATE and current head coach of FC CSKA Moscow Viktor Goncharenko was named the best Belarusian coach. This is his ninth title...
24 Dec 2019
Lukashenko shown Team Belarus Tokyo 2020 outfitOne of the outfits is white and blue, featuring ornaments and patterns. The other is a white and red kit. This outfit looks the most patriotic and a bit retro...
24 Dec 2019
Belarus president receives custom-made chess set as giftThe art studio uses unique enameling techniques to make game pieces look like their prototypes, including costumes, postures, and characters...
24 Dec 2019
Belarus to host over 100 international sports events in 2020The 16th edition of the Christmas International Tournament of Ice Hockey Amateurs for the Prizes of the President of Belarus will take place on 1-9 January. Minsk will host the IAAF World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships on 1-4 May and the international bike festival VIVA Rovar 2020 on 16 May...
24 Dec 2019
Belarus mulls 2021 IIHF WC promotional event at exhibitions in United States, FinlandThe 2021 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Belarus and Latvia on 7-23 May...
16 Dec 2019
Belarus’ National Library to celebrate first national encyclopediaThe exhibition will also demonstrate the history of European encyclopedias from the ancient times to the present...
13 Dec 2019
Belarus president receives painting of native land from BSMU studentsThe painting depicting Alexandria outskirts, where the president was born and spent his childhood, was made six-year student of the Belarusian State Medical University Yuliya Golubchik. She said that she grew up in the town of Bykhov, Mogilev Oblast...
6 Dec 2019
EAEU-themed train launched in Moscow metro to mark union’s 5th anniversaryTwo cars of the train are dedicated to each of the five EAEU member states. “It was great to see things that are associated with Belarus: lakes and forests, Yanka Kupala’s poems and the words from the Belovezhskaya Pushcha song, BelAZ trucks and Belarusian food products”...
4 Dec 2019
Verkhnedvinsk to host festival of national culturesAbout 200 people are to take part in these events. These are representatives of diasporas living in Vitebsk Oblast, including Armenians, Ukrainians, Russians, Mordovians, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Tajiks, Poles, Jews, and Bashkirs...
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