Second European Games in Belarus

Sport hailed as ambassador of peace
"I can say that our sports facilities and the country in general are prepared to the event at the level of the Olympic Games. Belarusians will show foreign athletes and tourists their hospitality, highest class throughout, including high results in all sports"...

European Games Flame of Peace arrives in Oktyabrskaya Square in Minsk
The Flame of Peace was brought into Oktyabrskaya Square by musician Vitaly Artist...

Minsk sports venues fully ready for 2nd European Games
“All competition facilities are fully ready to host the games. They have been fitted with necessary equipment and competition-tested together with representatives of the European Olympic Committees. Everything has been done to secure fair play”...

Over 1,000 journalists accredited for Minsk European Games
All 12 sports facilities will operate a single service center for journalists: working and mixed zones, stands for the press, consultant for the work with the media of the 2nd European Games, expert of Synesis Sport Olga Layeva said...

Flame of Peace relay of 2nd European Games reaches State Flag Square in Minsk
Taking part in the final stage of the relay were four-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva, Olympic canoe sprint champion Aleksandr Bogdanovich and track and field world champion Marina Arzamasova...

2nd European Games airspace now closed to unauthorized drones
On 17 June – 2 July unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicles and model aircraft cannot be flown in sport venues and other places where the competitions are supposed to take place...

European Games publications seen as benchmark for others publishers
He stressed that the 2nd European Games for Belarus is an opportunity to demonstrate the country’s friendliness, its tourist facilities, its capital and, of course, Belarusians who are interested in the humanitarian, cultural and educational parts of the country's life...

Belarus’ border services ready for influx of visitors during European Games
“The European Games is a big event for the country, and we are ready to perform our tasks related to clearance of an increased number of people, including participants, fans and tourists. At the moment the situation is manageable”...

Belarus welcomes over 1,100 fans and participants of European Games
Most guests are citizens of Poland: over 210 people. Belarus has so far welcomed around 70 citizens of Germany and 32 citizens of France...

Flame of Peace visits Mound of Glory
The flame was handed over from 1980 Olympic champion in weightlifting Leonid Taranenko to 2010 Olympic champion in aerials Aleksei Grishin, and then to Honored Artists of Belarus Alyona Lanskaya and Irina Dorofeyeva, TV host and businessmen Denis Kuryan and TV host Marina Gritsuk...