News & Events in Belarus

Voter turnout in municipal elections in Belarus past 77%
“Voters have supported the elections,” stressed Lidia Yermoshina...

Belarus president casts vote in municipal elections
The municipal election campaign is supposed to elect 18,111 members of 1,309 municipal councils of deputies. Political parties have been more active in comparison with previous election campaigns to the municipal councils of deputies...

Darya Domracheva secures silver in Olympic Women’s Mass Start
The PyeongChang silver is Darya Domracheva’s fifth Olympic medal. Apart from her three gold medals won in Sochi in 2014, she also has bronze of Vancouver 2010...

Belarusian freestyle skier Anna Guskova awarded Order of Fatherland 3rd Class
“Defending the sports honor of the country, you have given the moments of pure joy to Belarusian people. We have been watching your bright and selfless performance hearts aflutter. You have won the first long-awaited gold of the Olympic Games in PyeongChang for Belarus”...

Belarus’ aerials skier Anna Guskova clinches Olympic champion title
In Final 1 the Belarusian scored the highest 94.15 points. In Final 2 she was surpassed by Xin Zhang and Fanyu Kong from China. In Final 3 Anna Guskova once again showed her best to get the highest 96.14 points...

Processing companies seen as key to future prosperity of small towns in Belarus
According to the head of state, the life in agro-towns and small towns is the most interesting and comfortable. The president believes that, thanks to the government’s efforts, the living conditions in the rural area will become even more attractive and comfortable...

Lukashenko: There is a period of Renaissance in Belarus-Turkey relations
"We have established very good cooperation in the trade and economy, and this is the foundation of any relations. Our political relations are as good as never before," Alexander Lukashenko said...

Belarus’ HTP exports hit record $1bn in 2017
HTP Director Vsevolod Yanchevsky said: "We have crossed the psychological mark. In 2016 the export totaled $820 million. In 2017 it rose by 25% to exceed $1 billion for the first time in the HTP’s history"...

Belarus, Turkey sign documents to expand cooperation
The documents were signed following the talks between Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim...

FIFA World Cup Trophy on display in Palace of Independence
Lucas Rachow presented a reduced copy of the FIFA World Cup Trophy to Alexander Lukashenko. It is expected that this copy will be permanently exhibited at the Palace of Independence...

Belarus lose 2-3 to Germany in Fed Cup World Group tie
The doubles rubber on Sunday was a decider, in which Aryna Sabalenka and Lidziya Marozava lost a close battle 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 4-6. The game lasted for two hours 30 minutes...

Belarus 1-0 Germany in 2018 Fed Cup first tie
In the first rubber world number 63 Aryna Sabalenka fought back 4-6 6-1 6-2 to give Belarus an opening victory over Germany's top nominee Tatjana Maria...

Belarus president extends greetings to participants of Vladimir Spivakov festival
"The noble educational mission of the festival, its contribution to the development and popularization of high academic art merit profound respect"...

Best Belarusian farmers honored with state awards
“I am sincerely happy for your achievements at work. I hope that you will repeat them and do even better. I hope that the weather conditions will be good, that you will enjoy your work and the generosity of the soil”...

Belarus declares 2018 as Year of Native Land
It is time for everyone to remember their roots, the place that keeps a part of their souls, and pay due respect to this piece of land. "Such support should come from the bottom of the heart"...

2018 Olympics set to begin in PyeongChang
The medal hopes of the Belarusian fans, first of all, related to the women’s biathlon team. Leader of the Belarusian biathlon national team, three-time Olympic champion in Sochi Darya Domracheva is ready to the next Olympics...

Belarus president meets with Latvia prime minister
Latvia is an important trade partner and investor for Belarus. In 2017, the bilateral trade went up almost one third to reach about $440 million. Belarus’ export reached $350.9 million...

Belarus’ flag hoisted at PyeongChang Olympic Village
The traditional ceremony of hoisting up national flags at the Olympic Village is one of the oldest and most important symbolic events of the Games. The event is attended by all the members of the sport delegation of the country which flag is raised...

Lukashenko appoints new heads of Belarus’ central mass media
The head of state appointed new heads of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company and the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper. These are Ivan Eismont and Dmitry Zhuk respectively...

Belarus President’s team beat Swiss hockey veterans
Alexander Ryadinsky and Vladimir Tsyplakov were named the best players of the match on Belarus’ side...