Official Website of the Republic of Belarus
News
Belarus Events Calendar
Belarus’ Top Tourist Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Belarus
Belarusian sanatoria and health resorts
Souvenirs from Belarus
| Home | News | Press releases

Press releases

29 Aug 2017
Minsk-Bishkek interstate linkup scheduled for 31 August
The linkup will discuss cooperation between Belarus and Kyrgyzstan within the Eurasian Economic Union, the implementation of joint trade, economic and humanitarian projects, culture and traditions of the two countries...
28 Aug 2017
Belarusian State University exhibits over 20 R&D solutions in Mozambique
The Belarusian exhibition features medicines and medical equipment, chemical substances and materials used in agriculture and in environmental protection, and also a multipurpose aerial multispectral system...
28 Aug 2017
Belarus among winners of Slavic culture festival in Estonia
“Belarusian participants won prizes in all three categories of the Svetoch festival: music, dance, arts and crafts"...
28 Aug 2017
Belarusian Summer festival held in Moscow
Catherine’s Park of Moscow became a place of the Belarusian history, culture and traditions...
26 Aug 2017
Belarusian defense company wins Best Exhibition award at Army 2017 expo
The scale of the event which was once a newcomer proves that it has turned into one of the world’s leading military expos, with the record-breaking exhibition area and eventful scientific, business, and exhibition programs...
26 Aug 2017
25 Aug 2017
Lukashenko promises free rinks for ice hockey teams in Belarus
“As far as I understand, there have never been any problems with ice rinks. You will get as many of them as you need anytime. We are considering providing them to ice hockey teams for free as a gift from the government. For children’s sports schools and any teams”...
24 Aug 2017
Vanessa Kolodinskaya claims gold at 2017 World Wrestling Championships
The Belarusian has brought the first gold to her country at the current sport forum...
24 Aug 2017
Delegations from 16 foreign cities to attend Minsk’s 950th anniversary celebrations
Minsk City Day is traditionally celebrated on the second weekend of September. This year Minsk will mark the 950th anniversary from the first mentioning in the Primary Chronicle...
24 Aug 2017
Belarus’ Academy of Sciences drafts program for next year’s international space congress
International congresses of the Association of Space Explorers are held every year and gather cosmonauts and astronauts, representatives of research institutions and national space agencies...
24 Aug 2017
Vitebsk strengthens cultural ties with Germany’s Nuremberg
Vitebsk is hosting Wolfgang Oppelt, an expert at the Council of Senior Experts of Germany, Doctor of Arts...
24 Aug 2017
Belarusian scientists to gather for congress in autumn
“In the autumn we will organize the congress together with our scientists: academicians, doctors and candidates of science,” Alexander Lukashenko said at a plenary session of the Nationwide Conference on Teaching...
23 Aug 2017
Belavia to sell tickets at discount on 24 August
The special offer starts at 00:01Minsk time and finishes at 23:59 on 24 August. Tickets will be sold on the website belavia.by only...
23 Aug 2017
Bronze medal for Belarus at World Modern Pentathlon Championships
Ilya Polozkov and Pavel Tikhonov were a success in all disciplines. They finished third in the final discipline, cross-country race combined with a shooting event, and scored 1,407 points in the overall rankings...
23 Aug 2017
Vitebsk to host 3rd Kettlebell Lifting Olympiad
It is expected that the participants of the competition will set many records. Partaking in it will be about 200 athletes from 20-25 countries, including Belarus’ many-time world kettlebell lifting champion...
22 Aug 2017
Campsites to bring more tourists to Belarus during 2019 European Games
“This kind of recreation is convenient and practical. A campsite can recoup its cost and even generate profits within one season”...
22 Aug 2017
Belarus to develop cooperation with Austria on Chernobyl matters
Belarus is grateful to Austria for many-year cooperation on the Chernobyl matters, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Austria Alena Kupchyna...
22 Aug 2017
China CITIC Construction partners with Belarus’ Ice Hockey Federation
An agreement on cooperation, which major area will be to develop children’s and youth ice hockey, was signed for the 2017-2018 season...
22 Aug 2017
Minsk, St. Petersburg to choose urban housing design concept in autumn
St. Petersburg and Minsk have announced a competition for the urban housing design concept of new residential areas in the two cities...
22 Aug 2017
Belarusian scientist honored with Stars of Commonwealth Award
Ivan Saverchenko is a famous scientist-philologist, an author of numerous historical novels and assays about prominent personalities of Belarus. His books are widely used to teach students in the CIS countries...
Archive
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
Great Patriotic War monuments in Belarus