Press releases

Belarusian pastry chefs win 14 medals at cooking contest in Luxembourg
Belarusian pastry chefs have won 5 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at the Culinary World Cup 2018 Luxembourg...

Belarus welcomes 145 newborns on 1 January
On 3 January, the minister visited the Mother and Child National Research Center to give presents to the infants born in the first hours of the new year. The campaign will be underway in all maternity homes of Minsk in January...

Belarus president team to square off against IIHF team in first game of Christmas Tournament
The game will take place in Chizhovka Arena. The Belarusian team will test their mettle against renowned players with NHL experience, the world champions Andrei Nikolishin and Dmitri Khristich...

Minsk to host Golden Puck final
The national junior ice hockey competition Golden Puck will be running simultaneously with the Christmas amateur ice hockey tournament for the prize of the President of Belarus...

Partisan Chronicles: Priest Nikolai Khiltov. A Contact For Partisan Unit
“Partisan Chronicles: Priest Nikolai Khiltov. A Contact For Partisan Unit” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...

Stamp to mark BSSR centennial dedicated in Minsk
“100 years is a moment in history but during this time the Belarusians achieved a lot. We, our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers did everything to help Belarus flourish”...

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

Domracheva to take part in Christmas biathlon race in Germany
Taking part in the competitions will be many legendary athletes: Darya Domracheva and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Russia’s Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht and Anton Shipulin, Franziska Preuss and Simon Schempp from Germany...

Viktor Lukashenko visits foster family in Glusk District to wish Happy New Year
It has become a good tradition for Viktor Lukashenko’s family to come visit a large family during the holiday season...

Dmitry Lukashenko visits children at social and pedagogical center in Minsk for holidays
The children prepared a colorful New Year performance. Dmitry Lukashenko thanked the young artists for the concert and wished them health, happiness and warmth...

Dreams about France expo to go on display in Minsk
The exhibition will feature works of 24 Belarusian artists in different genres: painting, sculpture, photograph, ceramics, textile. All the works will be dedicated to France...

Anatoly Kapsky named Person of Year in Belarusian sport
Anatoly Kapsky passed away on 22 September. He was the founder of one of the most successful Belarusian football clubs...

Minsk to host TIBO 2019 ICT forum in April
The ICT forum TIBO is held in Belarus every year. It provides an opportunity to exchange knowledge and communicate best practices in the field of information technology...

Twelve teams to compete in Christmas amateur ice hockey tournament in Minsk
The preliminary stage will see the teams split into four groups of three apiece. The group winners will qualify for the semifinals. The Belarus president team in Group A will play two matches...

Belarus’ children’s hospice receives gifts from CIS Executive Committee
“It has already become a tradition for the CIS Executive Committee that consists of representatives of the CIS member states to take part in the charity campaign Our Children. This year was no exception”...

Belarus’ Capital of Culture logo chosen in Pinsk
The national campaign "Pinsk is Belarus’ Capital of Culture 2019" will be officially launched on 25 January with a gala concert and an awards ceremony to honor cultural and arts professionals of the city...

Four-year-old Russian boy takes Belarusian heavy truck for a spin
Lev Khromov, a four-year-old from the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, was fascinated by rock haulers made by the Belarusian automaker BelAZ and wanted to ride one...

IT company computer classroom opened in Belarus’ Military Academy
Competition for the available positions was tough, with more than eight people per open position trying to get into the IT company. The army selected 40 young people with a university degree in information technologies and an aptitude for this kind of army service...

Aryna Sabalenka 13th in WTA rankings
This year 20-year-old Aryna Sabalenka won the first two WTA tournaments in her career and approached the Top Ten...

Partisan Chronicles: New Year Celebrations During the War
Even in the difficult wartime the tradition of celebrating the New Year did not go away. It was just that the circumstances, greetings and wishes were different...