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16 Aug 2018
Ivie to host Belarus’ tomato festival on 18 August
The tomato festival will be held in Ivie for the second time. Ivie is by right considered the tomato capital of Grodno Oblast...
16 Aug 2018
Minsk forum to discuss digital agenda for media sector
This year’s forum will focus on the digitization of the Eurasian Economic Union, the development of the digital economy and information society in Belarus, quality changes in the activity of modern mass media...
15 Aug 2018
Belarus’ Ihar Boki claims third gold medal in Dublin
Earlier, 11-time Paralympic champion Ihar Boki won gold medals in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke and Men’s 100m Butterfly events...
15 Aug 2018
Belarusian army pilots victorious at Aviadarts 2018
According to the source, the Belarusian teams secured prizes in three nominations. Belarusian pilots flew recently acquired Yak-130 aircraft and came in second in the Assault Aircraft nomination...
15 Aug 2018
Two gold medals for Paralympian Ihar Boki in Dublin
The Belarusian clocked 53.95 seconds to clinch the champion title in the Men's 100m Butterfly S13 event, just 0.1 second off his world record time. In the Men's 100m Breaststroke S13 Ihar Boki swam to gold in 1:05.97...
15 Aug 2018
Minsk to host Days of Ukrainian, Korean Culture on 18-19 August
On 18 August the Day of Ukrainian Culture in Upper Town will feature numerous performers from Ukraine and Belarus, a number of exhibitions showcasing paintings, arts and crafts, ceramics, Ukrainian literature, photographic works and confectionary products...
15 Aug 2018
Belarus wins 22 medals at 2018 FISU World University Championships
Gold medals were clinched by Natalya Trukhanovich and Irina Vikhruk who won C2 500m and C2 200m events...
15 Aug 2018
Brest Fortress to unveil new museum exposition in 2018
The Brest Fortress is implementing a Union State project that envisages overhaul, restoration and preservation of structures located at the memorial complex...
14 Aug 2018
Teams from 13 countries to compete in road cycling race in Minsk on 18-19 August
In his words, the race is important from the point of view of preparations for the 2nd European Games Minsk 2019. Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix are part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour series and are on the calendar of the International Cycling Union...
14 Aug 2018
Belarusian Statehood concept presented at BelTA
The scientists singled out historical (Principality of Polotsk, Principality of Turov, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rzeczpospolita and others) and national forms of statehood...
14 Aug 2018
Nino Katamadze to perform at Tbilisoba in Minsk on 1 September
This year the much-loved festival will grow even bigger. It will last till midnight and spread along the Svisloch River and Zybitskaya Street...
14 Aug 2018
Chinese poetry in Belarusian to go on show in Beijing
The collection includes poems of well-known Chinese poet Su Shi, whose works are published in Belarus as a separate book for the first time...
14 Aug 2018
Pinsk District to host Belarus-Ukraine festival of small rivers
Representatives of Pinsk District together with representatives of Ukraine’s Lubeshov District are implementing the small river monitoring project Transboundary Water Inspectors...
13 Aug 2018
European champion Volha Mazuronak to take part in Minsk Half Marathon 2018
The winner of the gold medal in the women’s marathon at the European Athletics Championships 2018 in Berlin will participate in one of the biggest mass sport events in Minsk on 9 September...
13 Aug 2018
Belarus to take part in Beijing International Book Fair
Belarus and China have been developing relations between professional organizations and associations in book publishing, typography and distribution of printed products as part of the program on comprehensive strategic partnership for 2014-2018...
13 Aug 2018
Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka breaks into ATP Top 100
A week ago the 24-year-old Belarusian was 125th. After reaching the round of Last 16 at the Rogers Cup in Toronto the player moved into the ATP Top 100 with 559 points...
13 Aug 2018
Belarusian athletes congratulated on great performance in European women's marathon
Alexander Lukashenko noted that the team did great at the track in Berlin and won the team’s cup reaffirming the strength of the Belarusian athletics school...
12 Aug 2018
Belarusian army team third in Tank Biathlon during International Army Games 2018
Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov took part in the closing ceremony upon the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...
11 Aug 2018
Lukashenko tests Belarusian super harvester
“These harvesters are for the farms that have learned how to get the soil ready. This is really the harvester of the future,” the president said...
10 Aug 2018
Belarus welcomes first visa-free tourists from China
"Belarus is a very beautiful country. People are kind. You have beautiful nature here. One can go hunting or fishing here. I like Belarusian cuisine a lot, particularly draniki [potato pancakes] and fish. This time I will once again taste your national cuisine"...
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