Press releases

Belarus to attend UN Youth Climate Summit
The organizing committee received 7,000 applications and invited 100 representatives from various countries to attend the forum. The summit will be used by youth leaders to showcase their projects on climate change...

Patricia Crosby from Canada becomes Grodno’s 80,000th visa-free visitor in 2019
Patricia has been to Grodno before. Her boyfriend lives there. She met Vladimir in Tanzania where both worked. Today Patricia works in London and tries to visit her boyfriend more often...

Chinese language and culture center opens at Vitebsk State University
"The opening of the center was timed to the Year of Belarus' Education in China. Cooperation in education between the two countries develops steadily. Every year Belarus welcomes more and more Chinese students"...

Belarus president harvests watermelons after official events
The head of state and the team worked to gather in watermelons on 29 August. The presidential field has been used to grow melons and gourds for several years...

Days of Chinese Culture to kick off in Belarus on 31 August
The solemn opening ceremony of the Days of Chinese Culture will be held in the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus on 2 September...

Lukashenko asks Bolton to pass his gifts to Donald, Melania Trump
The Belarusian head of state chose a dagger for Donald Trump. He recalled that he supported Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential election. “I ‘interfered’ in the U.S. election and supported Trump,” Aleksandr Lukashenko joked...

Athletes from nine countries to compete at Belarus Aerial Skiing Water-Ramp Championships
According to the federation, the competitions will feature the Belarusian national and junior teams comprising Olympic champions Alla Tsuper and Hanna Huskova, world champion Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya and world bronze medalist Maxim Gustik...

Representatives of over 50 countries to attend counter-terrorism conference in Minsk
The conference will serve to discuss multilateral efforts to counteract terrorism and reach decisions at the global, regional, and national levels to fight terrorists and terrorist groups in view of increased availability and complexity of technologies...

Ekaterina Karsten calls time on career
The outstanding athlete said that the Belarusian Rowing Federation is helping her to choose the appropriate job, but not as a coach. Ekaterina Karsten, who lives in Germany together with her family, plans to move to Belarus...

Belarus’ visa-free entry rules for athletics fans explained
Visa-free entry and exit as well as temporary stay in the country will be valid from 1 to 20 September regardless of the transport sport fans choose...

Yulia Apanasovich reaches EUBC Women's European Boxing Championships 2019 semifinal
The Belarusian took a solid victory over Poland’s Natalia Rok, 5-0, to make it to the semifinal. Earlier, Belarus’ Victoryya Kebikava made the same success in the 81kg event...

BelTA's photos on show at Armenian international photo festival
According to BelTA Director General Irina Akulovich, the exhibition can tell a lot about Belarus. "It is symbolic that the agency’s photos are showcased at the Marshal Baghramyan metro station. Belarusian people know this name very well"...

Belarusian Athletics Federation, UNICEF sign memorandum of understanding
UNICEF Representative in Belarus Rashed Mustafa Sarwar said that the signing of the memorandum would simplify cooperation between the organizations. “It is important that UNICEF is an official partner of the Belarusian Athletics Federation today,” he stressed...

Belarus, Turkey to hold forum of higher education institutions
According to him, the two countries are interested in establishing new contacts in technology, innovation and higher learning. There are plans to scale up cooperation in joint research and academic exchanges...

Belarus to partake in Beijing International Art Biennale
The national exposition will open on 30 August and will feature 25 artworks. The paintings and sculptures to go on display were inspired by folk art and made in keeping with the best academic art traditions of Belarus and the latest trends of contemporary arts...

Team Belarus wins four medals at WorldSkills International
The Belarusian team claimed four medals at WorldSkills International in the competences Hairdressing, Web Technologies, Information Network Cabling and Fashion Technology...

Ambassador to represent Belarus at WW2 outbreak anniversary in Warsaw
"Invitations to take part in the anniversary observances were sent to leaders of NATO, EU and Eastern Partnership countries. We appreciate the invitation of the Polish president to the Belarusian head of state"...

Belarusian Written Language Day to draw writers from over 10 countries in Slonim
"We have invited representatives of more than ten countries to participate in the roundtable. They include Azerbaijan, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine"...

Brest welcomes visa-free tourists from almost 60 countries in 2019
Poland accounted for 75% of Brest’s foreign visitors. The Belarusian city also welcomed citizens of Lithuania, Germany, Latvia, and the Czech Republic...

Polesie-inspired paintings by German artist Hermann Buss to go on display in Minsk
"The artworks that will go on display were created after the artist visited the exclusion zone in Belarus. The exhibition is a wide-reaching survey of the Chernobyl disaster and its aftermath 30 years later"...