Press releases

Minsk, Moscow to carry out cultural diplomacy project on 17-23 September
The House of Moscow in Minsk will host the exhibition part of the project – the Minsk-Moscow: Art of Friendship exposition. It will showcase works of Minsk and Moscow artists...

Alley of Cosmonauts planted in Minsk
Еvery cosmonaut and astronaut who is taking part in the 31s Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers planted a juniper with a rocket-shaped crown...

Journalists of Belarus, Mongolia sign memorandum of cooperation
The parties agreed to exchange information, mutual support in international activities. Plans are in place to organize an exchange of journalistic delegations and consider possible on-the-job training for media representatives in Belarus and Mongolia...

CIS government officials visit Belarus Pavilion at VDNKh in Moscow
The vice prime ministers got familiar with the pavilion and the running exposition. It features clothes, footwear, cosmetics, souvenirs, and food products...

Lukashenko visits Mirziyoyev’s residence in Tien Shan
The residence is situated 90km away from Tashkent, near Lake Charvak, western Tian Shan...

Youth for the Union State festival kicks off in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don
The festival will last through 18 September. The program of activities will cover Rostov-on-Don and the cities of Rostov Oblast. The International Competition of Youth Song Performers, the main event of the festival, will take place on 14 September...

Lukashenko congratulates Belarusian athletes on great performance at 2018 UIPM World Championships
“Anastasia’s gold medial in the individual Olympic program and your joint victory in the women’s relay reaffirm a high level of the national modern pentathlon school. Well done!”

Presidents of Belarus, Uzbekistan watch tricky excavator driving
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the event. The heads of state were informed about the current operation of the enterprise and development prospects...

Foreign diplomats visiting Chernobyl-hit regions in Belarus
The second day of the visit will see the roundtable meeting “Sustainable development of the regions hit by the Chernobyl disaster”...

Made in Belarus expo opens in Tashkent
Individual sections of the expo highlight various branches of the Belarusian economy, including mechanical engineering, transport, chemical industry, petrochemical industry, civil engineering and woodworking, agriculture and food industry, healthcare and pharmaceutics...

Lukashenko receives first copy of Yakub Kolas’ poems in Uzbek as gift
The book comprises the best works of the Belarusian poet. “He celebrated the similarity of our peoples, wrote about the nature of Uzbekistan, Uzbek people”...

Lukashenko officially welcomed at Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s state residence
On the second day of his visit, the Belarusian head of state is holding talks with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev...

Mass media forum resolution against fake news, incompetence signed in Minsk
Participants of the media forum believe that digital technologies also come with certain negative consequences, negatively affecting the authenticity, quality, and objectivity of information streams...

Belarus’ Academy of Sciences awards space exploration heroes
Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Kilin presented the awards to the cosmonauts for their considerable personal contributions to international cooperation in the area of space exploration...

Belarus president lays flowers at monument to first Uzbekistan president
Shortly after arriving in Tashkent on 12 September Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko laid flowers at the monument to independence and humanism and the monument to Uzbekistan’s first president Islam Karimov...

Belarus-Russia regional forum to bring together over 450 craftsmen, artists
The participants and guests of the forum will enjoy the Commonwealth of Cultures – the Commonwealth of Nations concert program with the participation of Belarusian and Russian amateur artists and companies...

Belarus to host Days of Uzbekistan Culture in November
According to Yuri Bondar, during the official visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to Uzbekistan, the culture ministries of the two countries plan to sign an agreement on cooperation...

Cosmonauts, astronauts from 17 states to meet with Belarusian students
Community Day is scheduled for 12 September as part of the 31st Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers program...

Minsk bookshop launches China Shelf project
Initiated by China, China Book International Program is running in more than ten countries. Belarus joined the program on 11 September. Interest in Chinese literature is growing in Belarus, Belarus’ Information Minister Alexander Karlyukevich noted at the opening ceremony...

Radio Belarus, China’s Xinhua sign agreement on cooperation
The agreement provides for the exchange of operational information, photo and video materials about events and facts in Russian, English and Chinese...