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7 Dec 2015
Production of Nikolai Gogol’s Viy wins main prize at Teatralny Kufar 2015
The same production was given the awards Best Stage Design and Best Supporting Male Actor (Nikita Primochenko)...
7 Dec 2015
Belarusian books to go on show in Turkmenistan
The national stand will feature about 200 recently-published books. The exposition will present the best educational, scientific, popular science, information, encyclopedic. The visitors of the exposition in Turkmenistan will see a book for the visually-impaired, based on the Braille system...
7 Dec 2015
Belarusian swimmers bag four medals at European championships in Israel
Belarus finished 15th in the overall standings with one silver and three bronze medals. Hungary topped the standings with 15 (11, 3, 1) medals...
7 Dec 2015
4G technology to go live in Belarus as from 1 January 2016
First Deputy Minister of Communication and IT Penetration Dmitry Shedko said...
5 Dec 2015
Turkmenistan hosting Days of Belarusian Culture
A joint concert by Belarusian and Turkmen cultural workers will take place on 10 December...
4 Dec 2015
More Belarusian tourists come to Georgia’s Adjara every year
Belarus is one of the countries that Adjara expects to welcome more tourists from in the next few years. The most beautiful region in Georgia’s southwest welcomes about 500,000 tourists from various countries every year, including from Poland, Lithuania, and Armenia...
3 Dec 2015
Skardino 6th in women’s 15K individual in Ostersund
Clean-shooting Nadezhda Skardino was 1:04.1 behind the winner...
3 Dec 2015
Roman Zaslonov’s exhibition enjoys sell-out opening in Minsk
Roman Zaslonov who left Belarus nearly 20 years ago keeps in touch with his motherland. Abroad he presents his works as a Belarusian artist even despite the fact that he has gained popularity during his life in France...
3 Dec 2015
Marc Chagall’s museums in Belarus, France to aim for closer cooperation
Anne Dopffer, Director of the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice, and the museum’s curator Blanche Grinbaum-Salgas arrived in Belarus to discuss the organization of an exhibition of Marc Chagall’s works in the National Art Museum in Minsk in 2017...
3 Dec 2015
Belarus to provide refugees with equal rights for medical care
The single procedure of applying for the refugee status, additional protection or asylum will be introduced in the country. The documents will also determine the order of actions in case of massive inflow of foreigners seeking protection...
3 Dec 2015
Minsk International Christmas Opera Forum to feature artists from 22 countries
"The opera forum has become a real celebration which features the best premiere of the Belarusian theater, meetings with artists from other countries"...
2 Dec 2015
Italian embassy in Belarus eager to give visas faster
The number of Belarusian tourists willing to travel to Italy has increased considerably in the last few years. Five or ten years ago most of the applications requested visas for Belarusian kids, who went to Italy for all kinds of rehabilitation programs. At present these applications account for only 20-25% of the total, while tourists account for 60-65%...
2 Dec 2015
Prince of Monaco interested in cooperation with Belarus in sports
“The agreements which Belarus plans to sign with the Principality of Monaco provide for the use of our sports facilities in full. I mean high-level competitions. And then through sport we can establish contacts in other areas: culture, economy"...
2 Dec 2015
Exhibition dedicated to former Belarus Ambassador Vladimir Grigoriev opens in Moscow
The exhibition features photographs, documents, awards, materials about major periods of life of Vladimir Grigoriev from the Soviet time to the later period when he served as Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia in 1997-2006...
1 Dec 2015
January Music Nights in Brest to bring together musicians from 16 countries
The forthcoming edition of the international festival will take place on 9 to 12 January. Partaking in the forum will be over 300 performers from different countries, including Vietnam, Italy, the United States, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and China...
1 Dec 2015
Visits to BelNPP included in tourist routes
"The information center in Ostrovets can be visited at any convenient time without pre-notification and the harmonization of the date of the visit. It is more difficult to organize a visit to the NPP. It is a high-security facility. Certain rules of the visit will be available on our website”...
30 Nov 2015
Belarusian cultural figures awarded UNESCO medals
“The decision of UNESCO to honor three Belarusian cultural figures demonstrate their recognition and considerable role in the preservation and development of the national culture"...
30 Nov 2015
Belarus Events Calendar: December 2015
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
30 Nov 2015
Belarus may host European Youth Ice Stock Sport Championship in 2019
The idea was voiced by Karl Rosenberger, Vice President of the International Federation Icestocksport (IFI) in Brest after the European Cup. He suggested organizing the European competitions among athletes under 16, 18 and 23 in Belarus...
28 Nov 2015
Lukashenko presents Order of Honor to Azerbaijan first vice premier
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko presented the Orders of Honor to Azerbaijan First Vice Premier Yagub Eyubov and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ganja Automobile Plant Khanlar Fatiyev...
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