Press releases

Azarenka, Krueger into Madrid Open doubles semifinal
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Ashlyn Krueger of the United States reached the Madrid Open semifinal defeating the U.S. duo of Coco Gauff and Robin Montgomery 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the quarterfinal...

He destroyed five machine-gun points of the enemy. Belarusian Filipp Manuilov, a participant of Victory Parade 1945
Filipp Manuilov took part in the Belarusian offensive operation Bagration, one of the largest in the Great Patriotic War...

Victims of Chernobyl disaster commemorated in Minsk
The leaders and employees of various ministries and departments laid flowers at the Chernobyl Victims and Hiroshima Peace Stone memorial signs in the People’s Friendship Park...

Belarus’ Daniil Patachyts clinches U20 European sambo champion title
Silver medals were secured by Hanna Artsiomava (-50kg), Palina Lukyanchuk (+80kg), Ivan Siamionau (-79kg), and Arseni Malitski (+98kg)...

Sabalenka progresses to Madrid Open round three
Belarus’ world number one Aryna Sabalenka defeated Russia’s Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the Madrid Open round three...

War monument unveiled in Vitebsk
The creator of the monument is Vitebsk sculptor Ivan Kazak, whose work won second place in a national themed competition. Similar monuments will be installed in all regional centers of the country, and they have already been unveiled in Gomel and Brest...

Azarenka advances to Madrid Open doubles round two
In the opener Victoria Azarenka and Ashlyn Krueger of the United States defeated Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands and Asia Muhammad of the United States, 6-4, 6-4...

Belarus’ Kutsko claims gold at 2025 European Sambo Championships
Belarus fielded 17 athletes at the sambo event in Limassol. Eduard Kutsko secured the second gold for the Belarusian team, defeating Dusan Jandric of Serbia and Artur Malkhasyan of Armenia. In the final the Belarusian beat Aleksei Ivanov of Russia 8-0...

Chinese servicemen arrive in Belarus for military parade
Starting tomorrow, the Chinese servicemen will be training together with Belarusian military as part of preparations for the parade...

Film about Belarusian people’s genocide during WWII screened in Belgium
The event emphasized that the truth about these horrific events serves as a reliable shield against the spread of chaos, ideas of superiority, extreme nationalism and the potential repetition of this terrible tragedy of the 20th century...

Belarusian servicemen to attend Victory Day parade in Moscow
Military personnel of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus have left for Moscow to prepare for the Victory Day parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War...

BelTA hits 2m subscribers on YouTube
In addition to Belarus, the top 10 countries watching BelTA's YouTube channel are Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Uzbekistan, the USA, the Netherlands, the UK, Latvia, and Moldova...

Belarus to hold Family Day campaign on 12-17 May
Activities will also be held in the regions: celebration of couples who mark golden and silver wedding anniversaries, sports events for families with disabled children, art exhibitions, open days in museums for families with many children...

Lukashenko announces plans to set up Museum of World Religions in Minsk
The president mentioned several other important facilities - the so-called Belarusian VDNKh, where Belarus' achievements in various fields will be showcased, and the National History Museum dedicated to the history of Belarusian statehood...

Concerts, shows, fireworks – Victory Day program for Minsk unveiled
Traditionally, the main venues for the celebrations will be the Upper Town and the site near the Palace of Sports. The concert “80 Years of Victory” will begin at 12:00 near the Palace of Sports; songs by Belarusian pop singers and other artists will be performed there throughout the day...

He wanted to go into math but became radio operator instead. Amazing life story of participant of 1945 Victory Parade
In the run-up to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian news agency BelTA together with the 7 Days newspaper launched a large-scale project. During the year we will be narrating the stories of the Belarusians who took part in the legendary Victory Parade in 1945...

Belarus win UEFA U16 Development Tournament in Minsk
The final team standings are as follows: Belarus – 6 points, Russia – 6, Kazakhstan – 3, and China – 3...

Over Br18.5m earned during national clean-up day in Belarus
A total of 2,361,100 people took part in the national clean-up day...

Belarus’ Kseniya Norman becomes double world chess champion
Damir Bulgak clinched gold in the U12 rapid event. Silver went to Yuliya Liavonava (U18 rapid). Nika Venskaya was third in the U14 rapid event...

Three medals for Belarus at start of 2025 European Draughts-64 Championship
Ihar Mikhalchenka of Belarus won silver in the men’s event. Georgii Taranin was third. Viktoryia Nikalayeva cliamed bronze in the women’s event...