Press releases

Voting underway for Belarus’ best tourism brand concept
The National Tourism Agency has presented 17 tourism brand concepts on its website. Voting on the website will run until 16 December...

Aliyev visits Azerbaijan’s Trading House in Minsk
Ilham Aliyev was informed that the products are just on display in the Trading House. The president of Azerbaijan expressed the opinion that it makes sense to establish the sale of Azerbaijani goods in the Trading House...

First film of Minsk Ghetto Chronicle trilogy screened in Tel Aviv
The commemorative evening was organized by the Belarusian diplomatic mission, with the support of the Israeli Association of Immigrants from Belarus and the Russian cultural center in Tel Aviv...

New Year art object to be installed in Belarusian Ded Moroz’ estate
The sign was designed in a form of a clock face showing that only two minutes are left till New Year. It also has Ded Moroz’ felt boots on it, with his walking stick, mitten and sack with gifts nearby...

First delegations to 2018 Junior Eurovision to arrive in Minsk on 17 November
"Delegations of the countries participating in the 2018 Junior Eurovision will arrive in the Belarusian capital on 17-18 November. Rehearsals will start on 20 November"...

Minsk Card to feature over 1,000 facilities by new tourist season
The Minsk Card is mostly popular with tourists from Russia and the European Union. However, more visitors from China, Japan and the United States have purchased it recently...

Wrestling bronze for Belarus at Senior U23 World Championships in Bucharest
In the 87kg weight category the Belarusian defeated athletes from the United States and Finland...

Partisan Chronicles: Legendary Commander Filipskikh and his men
“Partisan Chronicles: Legendary Commander Filipskikh and his men” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...

Lukashenko hails success of Belarusian sambo team at world championships
The head of state congratulated Svetlana Timoshenko and Tatyana Matsko on defending their titles in respective weight categories...

Lukashenko congratulates Belarusian gymnasts on victory at trampoline world championships
" I am convinced that Belarusian trampoline gymnasts will be a success at major international competitions in the future"...

Minsk to host Belarusian-Chinese Youth Innovation Forum on 15-16 November
The program envisages seminars-presentations of youth science, technology and innovation ideas and projects and also scientific sections devoted to IT, instrument engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence, sports engineering, intercultural communications of Belarus and China...

Belarusian citizen among Japanese award recipients
People's Artist of Belarus, Professor of the Belarusian State Choreographic College Klara Malysheva will be awarded...

Belarus’ National Art Museum invites for The Quiet Hour
The exhibition will feature the works by one of the best landscape painters of the first half of the 20th century Vitold Bialynitsky-Birulya, and artists he knew and worked with...

Global Entrepreneurship Week to open in Belarus on 12 November
The centerpiece of the event will be the country’s first exhibition-forum of innovative companies and startups GEW Belarus that will take place at the BelExpo exhibition center on 13-14 November...

Exhibition “Belarus. Religion. Tolerance” opens in Paris
The exhibition was presented by Belarus’ Ambassador to France Pavel Latushko. In his words, it is symbolic that the project was launched during the WW1 centenary celebrations, as the exhibition emphasizes the importance of interethnic peace and interfaith accord for Belarusian people...

BelTA to mark its 100th anniversary with photo exhibition in Moscow
The exposition celebrating 100 years of BelTA News Agency features about 40 large-format photos depicting important landmarks in the history of Belarus since 1918 up to the present day...

25th Minsk International Film Festival Listapad
Golden Listapad Grand Prix for Best Film I don’t care if we go down in history as barbarians, director Radu Jude...

Belarus’ National Library website shortlisted for UN World Summit Awards
World Summit Awards is the international contest of the UN World Summit aimed at supporting digital innovations with a high potential impact on society...

Belarus partliament speaker to attend Paris WWI commemorations
On 11 November Mikhail Myasnikovich will take part in the main events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War: a memorial ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe war monument and the Paris Forum of Peace...

Raubichi to host BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon leg in 2022
Belarus will host 2021/2022 BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon 7 on 28 February-6 March following the Olympic Games in Beijing...