Press releases

Belarus president’s team wins amateur ice hockey competitions for 9th time
To date, the Belarus president’s team has won the tournament eight times (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 204, 2015, 2016, and 2017)...

H.O.H. Spring Challenge moto season in top 3 tourist events in Minsk
The first one is Minsk Half Marathon (30,000 participants). The second-largest event is Viva Rovar bike festival (almost 15,000)...

Belarus’ Vera Lapko advances to Ladies Open Lugano semifinal
Vera Lapko guaranteed her spot with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens...

Plans to plant over 18m trees in Belarus during Forest Week
The new forests to be planted during the event will occupy over 3,700ha...

Mirnyi, Oswald reach Houston final
In the semifinal the Belarusian-Austrian duo ousted one of the world’s best tandems, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6...

Forest Week gets underway in Belarus
"This year the campaign is dedicated to the Year of Native land and restoration of forests damaged by the board-scale distribution of bark beetles"...

Vera Lapko of Belarus into Ladies Open Lugano quarterfinal
In today’s Round of 16 singles, Vera Lapko beat Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6:2, 6:3...

Lukashenko against doping in sport
“At the same time we cannot allow a discriminatory attitude to our athletes. The example is the suspension of the Belarusian men's canoe and kayak national team from the 2016 Rio Games”...

Belarus’ cross-country skiing under fire for poor results
"The coaches who discover and train talents need to be encouraged. They need to be paid for this"...

Uzbekistan hosts Days of Belarusian Culture
The program includes the performances of the Syabry band, the State Academic Dance Ensemble of Belarus, and the lead actor of the Zhinovich National Folk Orchestra Igor Zadorozhny...

Minsk named CIS most popular tourist destination during May holidays
The top five most popular cities include Minsk, Astana, Baku, Yerevan and Brest. The Belarusian capital also tops the five CIS and near abroad cities for Russian travelers during the New Year and 8 March holidays...

Mirnyi, Oswald progress to Houston semifinal
In the quarterfinal the Belarusian-Austrian duo defeated Scott Lipsky and Tennys Sandgren of the United States 6-7, 7-6, 11-9...

Plans to publish Yanka Kupala’s literary works in Korean
The translation of Kupala’s poems into Georgian and Italian is underway. “The more they know about Yanka Kupala, the more they will lean about Belarus”...

Minsk hosts Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
It is important to remember the World War II victims, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Aron Shomam. Millions of people died during the genocide of Jews, including in Belarus...

Mogilev to host international traditional culture forum on 24-28 April
The folk art celebration to be held on the first day of the forum will showcase the local artistic groups who will demonstrate Mogilev’s folklore heritage: traditional dances and songs, folk-tunes, round dances and much more...

Lapko advances at Samsung Open
Belarus’ world number 130 Vera Lapko saw off Estonia’s world number 28 Anett Kontaveit 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the 2018 Samsung Open round one in Lugano...

Eurasian Oriental Dance Championship in Minsk to see about 130 contestants
This is an open competition for dancers from across the globe sharing the best oriental cultural traditions...

Vitebsk to host Innovations. Investments. Prospects forum on 17-18 May
This year the forum will be held under the motto Vitebsk Oblast 2018 as a meeting place for innovative demand and supply to promote business initiative...

Vitebsk school students triumph in online English language competition in Russia
Minsk and Mozyr also were among the top 10 cities with the highest average score...

100 Ideas for CIS expo opens in Minsk
The exhibition features 45 projects from six CIS countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia...