Press releases

Belarus Events Calendar: JULY 2025
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Minsk ranks among most affordable cities in the world
When compiling the data, Numbeo took into account a number of indicators, including the cost of food, housing rent, purchasing power of the population...

Belarusian Alina Harnasko victorious in Spain
Alina performed the ball and clubs routines scoring more than 30 points in both and thus contributing to the final success of the club. Ritmo won a convincing victory in the overall standings, more than 8 points ahead of the runner-up...

Amazing fate of Ivan Lemeshev. This Belarusian participated in two Victory Parades in 1945!
When the war broke out, he was only 17 years old. Ivan Lemeshev and his comrades were evacuated to Penza. In August 1941, he volunteered for the army. After a brief training, he was sent to the 214th Airborne Brigade of the 4th Airborne Corps of the Western Front...

Belarusians sweep podium at Grand Premium gymnastics tournament in Spain
Daria Verenich scored 108,400 points to secure the first-place position. Anastasiia Salos finished second with 103,600 points. Alina Rechkina won bronze scoring 102,800 points. In addition, Belarus’ Vera Konopatskaya was unrivaled in the all-around event among pre-juniors with 92,250 points...

Belarusian project named best climate solution in Eurasia
The Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft and its electric vehicle charging network have won the international competition Green Eurasia, taking top honors in the category “Climate-Neutral Transport Systems and Solutions”...

Minsk hosting Belarus-China youth forum
The forum was initiated in June 2024 by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko during a meeting with then-Party Secretary of Peking University (PKU) Hao Ping...

Train of Memory arrives in Minsk
It carries 200 young people, descendants of the soldiers-victors, representatives of the nations of the former Soviet Union, who won the Victory over Nazism in 1945. For them this is not just a journey, but a symbol of the common history and continuity of generations...

Indian filmmakers shooting travel show about Belarus
The release of the travel show on Indian television and the Internet is expected to boost the country's image as a tourist destination and attract visitors from India...

Khatyn draws over 93,000 visitors in Q1 2025
"First of all, it is the Khatyn memorial complex and the Zaslavl historical and cultural museum-reserve. In 2024, the museums of the region drew 1.458 million visitors. In particular, more than 609,000 people visited Khatyn,” Inga Malashkevich said...

Belarus to observe national moment of silence on 22 June
All-Belarusian Prayer for Peace will end with a special bell ringing at noon...

Concert commemorating war victims in Brest Fortress
The event will wrap up with a ceremony to lay flowers to the Eternal Fire to honor the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. Then the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress will host a military-historical re-enactment of key episodes of the defense of the citadel over the Bug...

BelTA presents WW2 victory’s anniversary projects at CIS news agencies council session
"Next year we will continue journalistic work to cover the topic of the Victory, the topic of the heroism of our nations, who brought the Great Victory about as one big family,” Irina Akulovich added...

Four medals for Belarus at 2025 Best Athletes Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Russia
Margarita Zhurovich clinched silver in the Ball event. Vera Konopatskaya placed third. She also finished fourth in the events with the Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon...

2025 Best Athletes Cup in Canoe Sprint kicks off in Belarus’ Zaslavl
The competitions will feature about 250 athletes from Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China who will compete in 23 medal events...

Belarus issues commemorative coins dedicated to Belarusian Railway
The collection includes coins featuring a steam locomotive, a diesel locomotive, an electric locomotive, a diesel train, and an electric train, each with the nominal value of Br2...

Belteleradiocompany, Belarusfilm to jointly produce movie, TV series
Belteleradiocompany’s head Ivan Eismont said: “Certain decisions have been made at the state level to make it happen. Including decisions on financing. We would like to get down to it soon. I am talking about all the main, large state-run television and radio companies”...

Belarus’ Khandoshka wins gold in Women Solo Free at World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2025
Vasilina Khandoshka’s performance earned her 229.8476 points and a gold medal. She was two points ahead of Germany’s Klara Bleyer and three points ahead of China’s Huiyan Xu...

Which EU countries take advantage of Belarus’ visa-waiver program to visit Grodno Oblast?
Moreover, in January 2025, Russia ratified an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas, simplifying the visa regime for foreign travelers...

Shymanovich reaches WTA 125K Valencia quartrefinal
Belarus’ world number 160 Iryna Shymanovich has reached the WTA 125K Valencia quarterfinal, seeing off Russia’s world number 188 Alina Charaeva, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), in the second round...