Press releases

Minsk marks Taras Shevchenko’s 205th birthday with literary evening
The works of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko were read out in different languages during an event held in the House of Friendship in Minsk on 6 March to mark the 205th birthday of the great poet...

Over 250 Belarusian books presented at Latvian Book Fair 2019
As part of the Latvian Book Fair one pavilion hosted two expositions: a book one and an educational one. “We should consider adopting the approach because it helped encourage a large number of youth to visit the fair,” Igor Buzovsky added...

Belarus wins Grand Prix, 9 medals at ExpoSweet in Warsaw
Belarusian pastry chefs won the Grand Prix, the People’s Choice Award, five gold, three silver and one bronze at the international competition of confectionary decorations held as part of the international exposition ExpoSweet in Warsaw, Poland...

Minsk among top weekend getaways for Russians in March
Saint Petersburg tops the ranking followed by Paris, Sochi, Rome, Astana, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Minsk, Prague, and Yalta. Baku, Kazan, Berlin, Yerevan, and Tallinn rounded up the top 15 destinations for Russian holidaymakers...

Minsk’s Independence Avenue seen as potential UNESCO Heritage List candidate post 2020
In 2019 the National Commission on UNESCO will be working to get the Belarusian landmarks included into the UNESCO lists of world heritage and intangible heritage in the nominations “Forest Beekeeping” and “Socialist Postwar Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe”...

Maksim Varabei 5th in Men Sprint at Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk
Maksim Varabei clocked 25:38.5 to place fifth. Gold went to Russia’s Eduard Latypov (25:01.2)...

Partisan Chronicles: Women in War
“Partisan Chronicles: Women in 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 female members of the underground and partisan movement...

Tragedy of Ozarichi camps highlighted by new exposition at Great Patriotic War Museum
On 20 March the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History will screen the movie by German historian, Professor Christoph Rass about the military crimes in Ozarichi...

Minsk more popular with foreign tourists
Russians accounted for 67.5% of the total number of visitors from abroad. Most valuable tourism source markets included Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, China, Israel, the United Kingdom, Germany, Iraq, and Estonia...

Two medals for Belarus at Riga Ladies Boxing Cup
In the 90kg weight category Alla Yaroshevich beat Lithuania’s Anna Starovoitova to take gold, while Olga Lushchik lost to Russia’s Lyubov Sharapova in the 51kg weight category to claim silver...

Belarus 2nd in 2019 Winter Universiade medal table
Belarus has clinched two gold medals so far. Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya won the Ladies Aerials event, and paired with Artyom Bashlakov triumphed in the Mixed Team Aerials...

Belarusian wrestlers claim four medals at tournament in Bulgaria
Belarusian wrestlers won four medals at the Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov International Wrestling Tournament in Ruse, Bulgaria...

Kyrgyz Cinema Days in progress in Minsk
The festival will begin today with the movie Red Apple directed by Tolomush Okeyev. The screenplay has been inspired by a story written by Chinghiz Aitmatov...

Shkurdai sets Belarus’ new record in 100m backstroke
The Belarusian clocked 1:00.62 to beat Aliaksandra Herasimenia’s 2011 record of 1:00.68..

Applications open for Minsk Film Festival Listapad
The applications will close on 31 August for six competition programs: Main Feature Film Competition; Feature Film Competition Youth on the March; Main Documentary Film Competition; National Film Schools Competition; Children and Youth Film Competition Listapadzik...

Lukashenko promises to get Kuropaty Forest tidied up
Alexander Lukashenko touched upon the history of the Belarusian People's Republic (BPR). The president noted that "the country is moving in the right direction with regard to the assessment of the role and importance of the BPR"...

Belarusian flag raised in Universiade Athletes Village in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk
The Belarusian delegation includes athletes who will compete in biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski orienteering and freestyle skiing...

Belarusian-Dutch joint theatrical production to premiere in Minsk on 2 April
The play is the joint theatrical project of two unusual companies: the Belarusian family inclusive theater “i” and the Dutch theater Kazou at Leo Kanner autism research center...

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

Minsk to host international short film festival on 15-17 March
The competition program of the forum will feature the best fiction, documentary, animated, experimental, and virtual reality films...