Press releases
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...
2 Dec 2019
Rare Christmas decorations to go on show at National History MuseumThe exhibition will feature Christmas decorations from Europe, Asia, Australia, America and Africa. Among them are rare exhibits: a replica of the decoration given to Pope John Paul II as a gift and later inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records, a huge glass bauble, which decorated the Vienna Christmas Ball, and many more...
2 Dec 2019
Ivan Litvinovich wins trampoline silver in JapanIvan Litvinovich scored a total of 61.52 points to finish second behind Gao Lei of China...
30 Nov 2019
29 Nov 2019
Belarus’ contestant in Top 32 at Miss World 2019 Sports Competition“Anastasia Laurynchuk has made it to the Top 32. For that she got additional points which increased her chances of winning the Miss World 2019 pageant”...
29 Nov 2019
Switzerland, Belarus sign agreement to boost tourism during IIHF World ChampionshipsThe 2020 IIHF World Championship will take place in Zurich and Lausanne. Switzerland will host the event for the 11th time. The 2021 edition will be co-hosted by Minsk and Riga...
29 Nov 2019
Belarusian Ded Moroz tops CIS charts as most popular winter wizardThe Belarusian Grandfather Frost welcomes guests in his residence in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The residence is the most famous tourist brand of the country. It welcomes about 150,000 visitors every year...
26 Nov 2019
Belarus to introduce visa-free rules at regional airports, land border crossings“Visa-free travels represent a very important decision that has been made. At present visa-free entry is available in the Minsk National Airport and partially in Brest Oblast and Grodno Oblast. The program has produced serious results over a short period of time”...
21 Nov 2019
Belarus’ Zhirovichi Monastery gearing up for 500th anniversary celebrationsThe main celebrations will take place on 20 May; festive services will start on 19 May...
21 Nov 2019
Belovezhskaya Pushcha among National Geographic’s best trips for 2020National Geographic invites tourists to visit one of Europe’s last true wild places. The park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, spans a vast territory and creates an oasis of wilderness in the middle of a crowded continent...
21 Nov 2019
Belarusian rock band J:Mors performs at UN to celebrate 30 years of Convention on Rights of ChildThe Rock4Children campaign has become a symbolic contribution of Belarus to the global campaign dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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