Press releases

Minsk to join 2019 World Poetry Day celebrations
On 21 March all participating cities will host gala concerts with the hashtag #vsempoezii. The Moscow House in Minsk will be the major venue in the Belarusian capital celebrating the event with concerts, poetry readings, book exhibitions...

Azarenka in 2019 ESPN World Fame 100
The names were ranked based on a formula that took into account three fame factors: Google search scores, endorsement dollars and social media following...

BelTA launches multimedia project about Belarusian sport
In the run-up to such a big event as the 2nd European Games, we suggest recalling the most momentous events of Belarusian sport with the help of a multimedia project depicting BelTA’s archive photos...

MTZ to compete in tractor biathlon event in Udmurtia
“The race will feature local residents and representatives of Belarus’ MTZ. A total of 30 participants will compete on 16 tractors, including four MTZ vehicles. The Belarusian manufacturer will bring BELARUS-82 tractors to test them in extreme conditions”...

Belarus pavilion to open at Biennale Arte on 9 May
The Exit work consists of five depersonalized human-sized sculptures bearing easily recognizable features of time and living environment. All the figures can be transformed into multimedia objects...

Enrique Iglesias to perform in Minsk
The Spanish musician will give a stunning live show, with the setlist featuring his most famous songs. There will be plenty of stage lighting and effects to make the show extra special. The singer will perform in Minsk Arena as part of All The Hits Live concert tour...

Partisan Chronicles: Children of the War
“Partisan Chronicles: Children of the War” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History. It is dedicated to children and teenagers who joined the partisan movement during the war...

Belarus to host Days of Egyptian Culture in 2019
They also lauded the experience of mutual participation in cultural events held in Belarus and Egypt, including the international art festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk and the Cairo International Film Festival...

Plans to start selling tickets for Europe vs USA athletics match in Minsk in April
The match will take place in the Dinamo Stadium on 9-10 September. The ticket program is now in development...

Domracheva gets Small Crystal Globe as 2014/15 Pursuit results revised
Due to the anti-doping rule violation, Ekaterina Glazyrina’s results in the Women Pursuit at the 2017 IBU Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen were revised...

Journalists, bloggers plant allee of birch trees to mark Brest millennium
The media representatives laid out an allee of birch trees in Brest Millennium Park. Journalists of printed media, online media, and television planted 48 birch trees. Several young trees were planted by Brest Mayor Alexander Rogachuk...

Piano competition in Brest to gather young hopefuls from five countries
The Sviatoslav Richter international competition for young pianists is designed to celebrate the great pianist who performed in Brest many times, to help fledgling pianists hone their professional skills...

National Center for Contemporary Arts in Minsk to present art project about Malevich
"In the 1920s, Belarus, in particular Vitebsk, became the cradle of the 20th-century avant-garde in the traditional understanding of the word. It was here where Malevich set up the UNOVIS group that explored and developed new concepts in art"...

ZENA to release album after Eurovision 2019
"At the Fabrika Zvyozd (Star Factory) project I sometimes helped other participants write songs. I am currently working on new musical material. And I plan to release an album of my songs after Eurovision 2019"...

Belarusian athletes take three medals at 2019 FIG Acro World Cup
Artur Belyakov and Olga Melnik scored a total of 29,560 points to take silver in mixed pairs...

Eight medals for Belarus at European Throwing Cup 2019
Champion titles were claimed by Tatyana Kholodovich in javelin (65.89m), Anna Malyshchik in hammer (74.95m), and Aleksei Kotkovets in javelin (82.45m). Belarusian athletes also won four silver medals in Samorin...

Vitali Piasniak claims gold at U23 Senior European Championships
In the 125kg weight category the Belarusian defeated Kamil Tomasz Kosciolek of Poland, Zuriko Urtashvili of Georgia, then Samhan Jabrailov of Moldova in the semifinal and Yurii Idzinskyi of Ukraine in the final...

Maksim Varabei wins silver at Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk
The Belarusian covered the 15K distance in 40:54.1. Two penalties in the final shooting deprived him from securing a gold medal...

Belarusian wrestlers win two medals at U23 Senior European Championships
Aliaksandr Liavonchyk took bronze at the Greco-Roman 67kg weight category. In the quarterfinal he lost to future silver medalist Sebastian Nad of Serbia to successful come through the repechage defeating athletes from Bulgaria and Romania...

Maksim Varabei 4th in Men Pursuit at Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk
Maksim Varabei clocked 36:17.2 to place fourth with five penalties...