Press releases

CIS documentary film festival in Minsk 1-4 October
The program provides for meetings with filmmakers, master classes, and roundtables. The festival also runs the youth competition program “Eurasia. Doc: 4 Minutes”...

Sabalenka into 2018 Wuhan Open semifinal
In the quarterfinal the Belarusian defeated Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova, the world number 31, 7-5, 6-3...

Over 40 countries to attend OSCE counter-terrorism conference in Minsk
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and heads of the UN specialized agencies, Interpol, the Council of Europe, the CIS, the CSTO and the SCO are expected to attend as well...

Minsk Planetarium preparing Fulldome Competition program for Listapad
Minsk International Fulldome Festival will show the achievements and the technologies of one of the youngest and most promising areas in the film industry – Fulldome Cinema, an immersive dome-based video projection environment...

Youth for the Union State forum opens in Moscow
"The participants will discuss the ideological and information basis of the Union State, Belarus’ and Russia's legislation in the area of youth policy and promising areas for youth in Belarus and Russia"...

Belarus secures wins over Australia, Croatia at 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi
Belarus men’s team won 2,5:1,5 against Australia. Belarus women’s team secured the same score against Croatia...

Partisan Chronicles: Klichev Partisan Area, or Small Soviet Land
BelTA News Agency and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History presents the next part of the joint project “Partisan Chronicles - Klichev Partisan Area”...

Cooperation with Belarusian universities as important for Huawei
Victor Zhang emphasized that Huawei constantly invests in young talents, their development and education. The company sends students, including from Belarus, to study in China every year...

Racers from four countries to gather for Belarus Motorcycle Racing Cup
Taking part in the competitions will be about 100 racers from Belarus, Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine...

Scientists develop virtual tour across Belarus’ natural reserves
The purpose of the project is to promote environmental and green tourism in Belarus. The website offering the virtual tour across Belarus’ natural reserves features national parks, wilderness areas, natural monuments as well as tourist infrastructure facilities...

Belarusian pentathletes victorious in Kremlin Cup mixed relay
At the start Anastasia Prokopenko won the fencing event. Before the final combined event of pistol shooting and cross country running the Belarusian duet was 21 seconds behind the Russian team of Gulnaz Gubaidullina and Alexander Lesun...

Azarenka 54th in WTA rankings
The former world number one, who made her return to tennis after giving birth, has recently moved up from 63rd to 54th place...

China donates 1,200 books to Belarus’ National Library
Zhao Leji emphasized that cultural exchanges between Belarus and China help strengthen friendly ties between the two nations. Among the donated books is The Governance of China...

Applications open for Listapad 2018 Industry Days
The event provides filmmakers with the opportunity to learn skills in developing and promoting films from specialists of the international cinema market, representatives of the European important festivals and industries...

Remains of WWII soldiers re-interred in Belarus
The remains of about 200 German and 33 Hungarian soldiers were re-interred at the common soldier cemetery near the village of Signevichi on 20 September. Over 20,000 soldiers of Germany and Hungary killed during the Second World War were buried at the cemetery...

Belarus to host Weeks of Germany
The program will include many concerts for the lovers both of classical and rock music. Minsk will host the XJAZZ Festival for the first time...

Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum gets underway in Minsk
EEDRF is an annual open international event to discuss commercial disputes in arbitration and state courts...

Crystal Swan by Belarusian director wins Grand Prix at Almaty
Crystal Swan is the festival hit 2018. The filmmakers received more than 20 invitations to the film forums in Germany, Greece, Sweden, Norway, Great Britain, Slovenia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Spain, Austria, Latvia, Ireland, USA...

Japanese Autumn in Belarus festival to kick off on 20 September
The festival will start on 20 September with an Aikido master class that will be held in the sports complex of the Belarusian National Technical University. The solemn opening ceremony of the festival will take place at the National Art Museum of Belarus...

Belarus-Uzbekistan educational center opens in Tashkent
The center will be working to enhance the Belarusian-Uzbek cooperation in education and culture...