News & Events in Belarus

Lukashenko meets with Patriarch Kirill
Following a one-on-one meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the Belarusian head of state met with members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Synod of the Belarusian Orthodox Church...

Patriarch Kirill consecrates Memorial Church of All Saints in Minsk
After the consecration, the Memorial Church of All Saints opened its doors to the parish. Now anyone can pray here to their patron saints and thank them for their intercession...

Lukashenko takes Putin to Belarus president’s birth town
Alexander Lukashenko invited Vladimir Putin to visit the former’s birth town – the agrotown of Alexandria, Shklov District, Mogilev Oblast. After visiting the house, where Alexander Lukashenko grew up, the two heads of state went for a walk to see the lovely local sights...

Belarus president talks about importance of regional cooperation with Russia
"In Belarus there are about 3,000 organizations with Russian charter capital. In Russia there are roughly 50 joint assembly enterprises and about 160 distribution chain entities with Belarusian capital"...

Lukashenko, Putin meet in Mogilev
Vladimir Putin stressed that the implementation of the agreements reached at the supreme level can be successful only when they are accompanied by efficient work at the regional level. "Direct and efficient contacts are many"...

Belarusian judoka Artyom Kolosov wins second gold in Buenos Aires
In the team competitions the talented Belarusian athlete ranked first as part of Team Beijing...

Belarusian swimmer Anastasia Shkurdai wins silver in Buenos Aires
The Belarusian clocked 26.62 seconds to finish behind Sweden (26.40). Bronze went to Russia’s Polina Egorova (26.68)...

Overflow audiences at Yuri Bashmet festival opening night in Minsk
The opening ceremony of the festival featured the world premiere of the concert for viola, piano and orchestra celebrating Yuri Bashmet and Rostislav Krimer...

Ivan Brynza wins silver at Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires
Belarusian rower Ivan Brynza clinched silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires...

New ambassador expected to help Belarusian-Russian relations flourish
But I would like to say the following thing: I hope that the period of your work at the Russian embassy in Belarus will be the most active, efficient and breakthrough period. If this is your goal, and I feel that it is, we will be a success...

5th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia opening in Mogilev
The key event of the forum will be a plenary session to discuss priority areas in the development of regional cooperation as a key factor of integration and the Union State construction. The session will be attended by Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin...

Lukashenko in favor of OSCE’s bigger role in addressing international issues
"Belarus has been consistently advocating dialogue. You know it and you have appreciated it. In this complicated and controversial world, dialogue is the major means of communication between nations, country leaders and states in general"...

Lukashenko meets with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
"You know my stance on the events in Ukraine. We do not want to interfere with Ukraine’s affairs. It is not our business at all. We, however, will talk about it as the events that are taking place in Ukraine influence us a lot"...

National Geographic names Belarus best agrotourism destination
“Belarus is one of the most attractive agrotourism destinations. Today, there are more than 2,000 agricultural farmsteads in the country”...

First gold for Belarus at 2018 Youth Olympic Games
The Belarusian defeated the French and Austrian athletes in the preliminary round. In the final Artyom Kolosov beat the Mongolian judoka to claim gold...

Belarus’ Sabalenka named September 2018 WTA Player of the Month
20-year-old Aryna Sabalenka raised the 2018 Wuhan Open trophy and rose to a career-high ranking of World No. 16 as a result of the win...

Lukashenko examines advanced Belarusian weapons
The head of state went to the 174th exercise area of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces. The head of state pointed out that threatening someone or launching a PR campaign was not the purpose of the occasion...

Lukashenko explains why Belarus needs up-to-date weapons of its own
"Now we see what is happening close to our border, what is happening in Syria. Studying the situation, we absolutely understand what a war, God forbid, will look like, how we should defend ourselves, what the strength of our armed forces should be"...

Belarus to host 2022 World Chess Olympiad
Belarus’ bid was supported by the majority of the General Assembly participants. Belarus won the right to host the tournament over South Korea and Tunisia...

Lukashenko shown Team Belarus and volunteer outfits for 2nd European Games
The collection got the name Prastora, Vasily Goreglyad told BelTA. Its symbol is stylistically linked with the logo of the 2nd European Games and embodies the Belarusian expanses...