Press releases

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...

Vladimir Chepelin wins men’s sprint at 2017 IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships
The Belarusian clocked 23:13.5 with one penalty...

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”...

Vanessa Kolodinskaya claims gold at 2017 World Wrestling Championships
The Belarusian has brought the first gold to her country at the current sport forum...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Belarusian defense products on display in Russia on 22-27 August
A large number of cutting-edge products that rely on modern innovative technologies will be presented...

UNFPA to provide information support to population census in Belarus
The UNFPA will assist in the preparation of information materials ahead and after the 2019 census (publication of the statistical compilations, the launch of a website, etc.)...

Five medals for Belarus at Minsk FIG World Cup 2017
In the men’s event Olympic champion Vladislav Goncharov of Belarus scored 60,755 points to place first. Second was Nathan Bailey of the UK (59,165 points). Bronze went to Oleg Ryabtsev of Belarus (59,100 points)...

Belarus president’s son drives harvester, collects 5 tonnes of grain
While visiting agricultural enterprises in Shklov District and Orsha District Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was made familiar with the performance of a flagship harvester made by the Belarusian company Gomselmash. Some time later Nikolai Lukashenko went behind the steering wheel of the harvester...