Press releases

Aviation festival to kick off in Shchuchin on 17 August
The festival has become a traditional event for Shchuchin and will be held for the sixth time this year. The aviation traditions are held in high regard in Shchuchin which is called the city of aviators...

Silver for Belarus at European Youth Chess Championship in Slovakia
Olga Badelka scored 7.5 points in the category Girls U18. The gold in this category went to Alicja Sliwicka of Poland who secured eight victories and suffered one defeat at the hands of Olga Badelka...

Belarus win 14 medals at Aleksandr Medved tournament
Uladzislau Andreyeu (-57kg), Yauheniya Andreichykava (68kg), Vasilisa Marzalyuk (76kg), Iryna Kurachkina (57kg) and Yuliya Pisarenka (59kg) secured gold medals...

Iryna Prasiantsova wins European Modern Pentathlon Championships bronze to book 2020 Olympics berth
Iryna Prasiantsova of belarus clinched the bronze of the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Bath to secure the 2020 Tokyo Olympics berth...

Belarus’ programmer claims sixth title at Google Code Jam
Gomel-born post-graduate student of the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics Gennady Korotkevich has won the Code Jam World Finals, Google's global coding competition, in San Francisco...

Gold for Belarus at 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships
In the Junior Men's Single Sculls the Belarusian took a confident win in the qualifying and semifinal heats. In the final Ivan Brynza clocked 7:15.980 to secure gold...

Belarus 2nd at European Athletics Team Championships in Norway
Belarus was victorious in the men’s 110m Hurdles (Vitali Parakhonka, 13.73 seconds), 1,500m (Daryia Barysevich, 4:50.60), shot put (Aliona Dubitskaya, 18.78m), javelin throw (Tatsiana Khaladovich, 61.17m), long jump (Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova, 6.76m)...

Vitebsk District to host third stage of Helicopter World Cup 2019 on 10-11 August
As part of the parallel slalom event the helicopters will have to carry a bucket of water through 11 gates along a designated route while taking care not to spill it...

Belarusian MAZ unveils third-generation bus ahead of company’s 75th anniversary
The new vehicle boasts a new design and unique engineering solutions. Cutting-edge components and aggregates were used to make the bus. The bus has a spacious passenger compartment with broad seats and air conditioning as well as power sockets to charge smartphones...

Elections 2019 website goes online in Belarus
The website will report the latest news about the election campaign. The first video message from head of the Central Election Commission Lidia Yermoshina has already been posted there...

Famous food critic from UAE impressed by Belarusian cuisine
"The things that I tried were really amazing: draniki, machanka, sausages. Before the trip I learned that potatoes are a staple food in Belarus, therefore everywhere I went I tried potato dishes. National cuisine can become one of the biggest tourist draws of your country"...

Belarusian opera singer wins prize at competition in Bucharest
Viacheslav Kozlovski (baritone), a soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers in Saint Petersburg, was recognized by the jury as the best performer of Russian repertory at the competition...

Aleksandr Medved tournament kicks off in Minsk
Qualifications started at 10.30. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 17.00. Taking part in the tournament will be 203 athletes from 14 countries...

Wargaming Fest: Tanker Day expected to gather over 200,000 participants from 28 countries
This year’s festival is expected to gather over 200,000 participants. A considerable number of them will come from Russia. In 2018 Wargaming Fest: Tanker Day brought together representatives of ten countries...

Estonian wind orchestra to perform in Minsk on 10 August
“Saxon is a concert band from the Estonian city of Parnu. The orchestra is over 50 years old and unites 35 people of various ages and professions,” the organizers said...

Aleksandr Medved tournament to gather wrestlers from 14 countries
“This year the tournament will be held for the 49th time. It is expected to gather 203 athletes from 14 countries. Belarus will be represented by more than 50 athletes,” the head of the Belarusian Wrestling Federation said...

Minsk to host IFMA Muay Thai European Championships on 4-11 November
Taking part in the competitions will be athletes from more than 35 countries...

Ivye Tomato Festival due in Belarus on 17 August
The festival will start with a theatrical procession along the central streets of the town. The first jar of fresh tomatoes will be pickled on the embankment. A huge tomato sandwich will be cooked, measured and offered to visitors for tasting...

Minsk to celebrate Estonia Culture Day on 10 August
The Estonian association “Swallow” and the Estonian Embassy in Belarus have put up a program of the celebration which will span five venues. The concert program kicks off at 12.30 on the main stage at the Upper Town concert hall...

Central Russia art to go on display in Minsk
"The exhibition will feature more than 40 works of artists from 25 cities of Central Russia," the organizers noted. "The works depict landscapes, churches, monasteries, landmarks, and scenes from modern life"...