Press releases

Belarusian icons on show in Liechtenstein
The icons on show are from the collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus. Many of them got to the museum after the Second World War, when the museum started traveling across Belarusian cities to find icons in closed churches...

School student from Mogilev wins gold at I-FEST 2019 in Tunisia
Belarus took part in the festival for the first time. Daniil Sharoykin presented the water quality cintrik equipment he designed himself (Environment category). The international jury highly appreciated the level of his training and praised the systemic and purposeful work of the Mogilev school...

Belarus Events Calendar: April 2019
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

ZENA to perform at Eurovision party in Amsterdam
The Netherlands will host the large-scale European promo event for the 11th time. Amsterdam will bring together almost all the participants of the upcoming song contest and ZENA will present her song Like It to the Eurovision viewers...

Gomel University, Beijing Institute of Technology to develop scientific cooperation
“The GSU scientists will get an opportunity to carry out research in the BIT laboratories, enhance economic effectiveness of their developments, promote them in China’s market”...

Days of Belarusian Education due in Vietnam in 2019
The parties also discussed recuperation of Vietnamese children in Belarus at the invitation of the Belarusian president. This humanitarian project was discussed in detail...

More foreigners coming to Belarus thanks to 30-day visa-free travel program
About 50 marketing events were arranged in 2018 to help promote Belarus’ tourism potential on the global market. "We took part in 15 international expos, including two image-building ones in London and Berlin. We are working hard on it"...

Partisan Chronicles: Komsomol Unit
“Partisan Chronicles: Komsomol Unit” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...

Ballet Summer at Bolshoi to feature outstanding Belarusian artists
"The Ballet Summer will coincide with the 2nd European Games in Minsk. There will be many theater celebrities. The gala concert will feature Belarusians well-known in St. Petersburg, Warsaw and London"...

Sonderghetto documentary to get special release in Minsk
"The main characters of the film are children of war from Germany, Canada, and the UK who should not have survived. They survived, however. They are the witnesses of a monstrous crime"...

Belarus wins two silver medals at 2019 European Championship 10m in Croatia
Abdul-Aziz Kurdzi of Belarus claimed the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior silver. Together with Yauheni Lamashevich and Uladzislau Dzemesh, he grabbed another silver in the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior Team Event...

Two gold medals for Belarus at FIS Aerials Europa Cup in Switzerland
Sniazhana Drabiankova scored 70.46 points to claim gold. Second was her teammate Yana Yarmashevich (69.16 points). Alexandra Baer from Switzerland placed third with 68.11 points...

About 100 scientists to attend conference on China at Belarusian State University
Panel discussions will deal with China’s economic potential, culture and education and other topics. Apart from that, the School of Young Sinologist will be arranged at the BSU History Faculty during the forum...

Netherlands to give over 50 wild horses to Belarus
"Rewilding is at the heart of the project. Rewilding is a progressive approach to conservation that provides for gradual restoration of natural processes by reintroducing keystone species"...

3D-printed interactive castle model unveiled in National History Museum in Minsk
The model can be interacted with thanks to augmented reality technology. "Visitors will be able to take a tablet computer and see the castle anew"...

Belarus takes part in Global Education & Skills Forum in UAE
Belarus’ education system has been presented at the Global Education & Skills Forum that took place in the United Arab Emirates on 22-25 March...

Belarusian judokas bag 5 medals at Athens Junior European Cup 2019
Belarus placed first in the team standings. Second was Turkey with two gold, three silver and five bronze medals. Third was Kosovo with two gold and one bronze medals...

Global Money Week kicks off in Belarus
"Over 170 countries mark this event. In every country the Global Money Week is opened by a currency and stock exchange and Belarus is no exception. All in all, in 2018 the BCSE held over 40 events for children and the youth"...

Shimanovich renews Belarus’ record in 100m breaststroke in France
At the preliminary stage the Belarusian clocked 58.79 seconds to set a new record for Belarus. In the final he improved to 58.29 seconds...

Belarus clinches 11 medals at Sambo World Cup in Moscow
The competitions were held at the small arena Luzhniki. Gold medals were claimed by Vera Gorelikova (60kg) and Svetlana Timoshenko (80kg)...