Press releases

Marathon of Unity described as huge honor and responsibility for Orsha
Igor Moroz noted that one of the highlights of the event will be an exhibition of military equipment. The idea of the exhibition has to do with the history of Orsha...

Minsk to host spectacular Time of Our Victories show on 7 December
Taking part in this sports and music show will be athletes and artists from Belarus, Russia and China...

BelTA launches multimedia project to celebrate Belarus’ CEC milestones
The BelTA team, together with the CEC, has been working to collect information and archive photos. All this is featured in the project which accumulated the most significant information about the activities of the Central Election Commission...

Marathon of Unity to debut new events in Orsha
Orsha will host the marathon on 6-7 December. As the organizers announced earlier, new events will be added to the program. For instance, the community center in the town of Baran, Orsha District, will play host to a workshop and concert of the Belarusian Military Academy Orchestra on 7 December. It is scheduled to start at 12.00...

Laskevich progresses to ITF last 16 in Dubai
Belarus’ Evialina Laskevich moved to the ITF United Arab Emirates round of Last 16, defeating Ekaterina Yashina of Russia, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0...

Laskevich into ITF main draw in Dubai
Belarus’ world number 347 beat Kazakhstan’s world number 332 Zhibek Kulambayeva, 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1 in the decisive round...

Sprint bronze for Smolskaya at start of Russian Biathlon Cup
Leader of the Belarusian biathlon team Dzinara Smolskaya had one penalty to finish third, 16 seconds behind the winner, Natalya Shevchenko from Sverdlovsk Oblast...

Belarus Events Calendar: DECEMBER 2024
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Smolski 3rd in sprint at Russian Biathlon Cup opener
The leader of the Belarusian team showed the best time with one penalty in the first group...

Vitebsk gearing up to host Marathon of Unity
The program envisages a lot of landmark events and entertainment from the organizers: concerts, meetings, excursions, workshops and many more. Food trucks, retail and catering outlets will operate on 30 November...

Belarus 98th in FIFA rankings
The country currently holds 1226.61 points and goes 98th among 210 teams...

Lida to host Belarusian Written Language Day
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko was appointed chairman of the organizing committee, Information Minister Marat Markov and Deputy Chairman of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee Viktor Pranyuk were appointed deputy chairmen...

Shymanovich wins silver at 2024 Russian Short Course Championships
The Belarusian clocked 25.73 seconds, just 0.08 seconds behind Kirill Prigoda of Russia...

Belarusian Volha Nemahai wins Quzhou Marathon
Volha Nemahai clocked 2 hours 41 minutes 48 seconds to win the marathon, which is part of the World Athletics Label Road Races calendar...

President's hockey team off to good start in new RHL season
Today, on the ice of the capital's Olympic Arena, the president’s squad beat the Grodno Oblast team 10-3 (4-1, 3-0, 3-2)...

MSLU rector asks Lukashenko about his vision of university's future, gets unexpected answer
Rector of Minsk State Linguistic University Natalya Lapteva noted that last year the university marked its 75th anniversary. “We try to imagine what our university will be like in the future. What is your vision of the linguistic university in 25 years?” she asked the president...

New projects to be unveiled during Marathon of Unity in Mogilev
In addition, a conversation “My life. My path. My president” will take place at Mogilev State University. Mogilev will be the first city where such a project will be held...

World Aquatics allows Belarusians to compete as neutral athletes
World Aquatics has reviewed its policy for the participation of Belarusian and Russian athletes in its events...

Reenactors from Belarus, Russia to stage battle of 1812 near Borisov
Events on the occasion of the anniversary of Napoleon's army defeat will begin with a flower ceremony at the Brilev Field memorial to Russian soldiers...

Lukashenko describes Mogilev Oblast as unique
As far as agriculture is concerned, the Gorki Agricultural School, the first agricultural university in Europe, was founded in Mogilev Oblast in 1840...