Press releases

Bronze for Belarus’ Ksenia Stankevich at 2019 European Wrestling Championship
The Belarusian defeated Frederika Petersson from Sweden and Iwona Matkowska from Poland, and lost in the semifinal to Miglena Georgieva Selishka from Bulgaria who reached the final to finish second behind Oksana Livach from Ukraine...

Plans to showcase some 100 brand new defense products at MILEX 2019 in Minsk
The expo’s solemn opening ceremony will take place at the historical and cultural complex Stalin’s Line on 15 May. Weapon systems will be put on display in Minsk Arena on 15-18 May...

Gomel student wins Yandex Scientific Award
The Belarusian student was awarded for achievements in machine learning and computer vision. Pavel Goncharov is working on ways to recognize plant diseases via pictures, to reconstruct elementary particles trajectory...

Exhibition about Slovak partisans in Belarus opens in Bratislava
In his welcoming speech Belarus’ Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Leshchenya emphasized the relevance of this exhibition that opened in the run-up to two important anniversaries – the 75th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders and the 75th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising...

Belarus’ Petr Asayonak clinches weightlifting silver in Georgia
The Belarusian took silver in the men’s -81kg category with the total of 355kg. Petr Asayonak hit a maximum of 159kg in the snatch and 196kg in the clean and jerk...

Belarusian wrestler Ali Shabanov wins bronze in Bucharest
The Belarusian defeated Murad Suleymanov of Azerbaijan 11-2 to take bronze. In the qualifying round Ali Shabanov lost to Russia’s Vladislav Valiyev who later advanced to the final...

Belarusian takes part in Russian space experiment
The experiment is carried out on Earth but in the conditions which stimulate the Moon environment. It includes long-lasting survival experiments and control over the process...

Schematic design of new Belarusian-Russian satellite nearly ready
The full-scale engineering development and manufacturing of the satellite is supposed to begin in 2020. The satellite is supposed to be inserted into orbit in 2023...

Belarus government awards BelTA employees
Editor-in-Chief of BelTA’s Publishing House Galina Golovataya and the lead press photographer of the Photo Information Department of BelTA’s Visual Information Editorial Office Leonid Shcheglov were awarded Medals of Francysk Skaryna...

Partisan Chronicles: Giant of a Man. Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Liventsev
“Partisan Chronicles: Giant of a Man. Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Liventsev” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...

Belarus’ Vadzim Likharad wins bronze at European Weightlifting Championships
Vadzim Likharad scored 153kg in Snatch and 182 kg in Clean & Jerk, with a combined total of 335 kg...

Crypt of All Saints Church in Minsk to store capsule with soil from concentration camp
A capsule with soil from the site of the Flossenburg concentration camp (Germany) will be placed into the church’s crypt. The soil sample was collected back in November 2018 when a Belarusian delegation visited the concentration camp site...

Japan to host Days of Belarusian Culture on 18-21 April
Honored Artist of Belarus, MP of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Irina Dorofeyeva called the upcoming Days of Belarusian Culture in Japan a landmark event for bilateral relations...

Belarusian-Korean forum on science and innovations kicks off in Minsk
The business program will last for two days. It will include a plenary session with the participation of representatives of the Republic of Korea and Belarus, panel discussions on nanotechnology and biotechnology, and a seminar on scientific and technical information...

Three medals for Belarus at FIG World Cup 2019 Pesaro
Katsiaryna Halkina of Belarus claimed bronze with the Hoop scoring 21,200 points...

Azarenka moves up to 60th, Sabalenka remains in WTA Top Ten
Before the Mexican tournament the Belarusian was 67th. Now, she holds 1,001 points. Aryna Sabalenka remained at 10th with 3,595 points...

International forum to discuss Vitebsk People’s Art School legacy due on 9-10 April
The conference will be held at the Marc Chagall Art Center and the Museum of the Vitebsk People’s Art School History. Attending the event will be 15 researchers from Belarus, Russia, the Netherlands, the United States of America and the United Kingdom...

Belarus’ Gennady Laptev victorious at European Weightlifting Championships
The Belarusian showed the best result in Snatch and Clean + Jerk (133 kg +153 kg) to set Belarus’ new record (a combined total of 286 kg)...

6th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia expected to gather over 600 participants
The plenary session will focus on interregional cooperation as the foundation for forming common cultural and humanitarian space of the two countries. On the whole, the forum will be dedicated to cultural, humanitarian, and educational cooperation...

Exhibition to mark 100 years of Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble opens in Moscow
Life and work of the Rumyantsevs and the Paskeviches, outstanding Russian statesmen and military figures, are closely connected with the history of the palace...