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13 Mar 2024
Organizers expect 20,000 runners at 2024 Minsk Half Marathon Organizers expect 20,000 runners at 2024 Minsk Half Marathon
The event will also feature 10.5km, 5km, corporate relay, and 1.5km family races. A relay format will be introduced for the first time...
12 Mar 2024
Over 15,000 tourists visit Belarusian MTZ in 2023 Over 15,000 tourists visit Belarusian MTZ in 2023
The specialist went on saying: “Apart from that, industrial tourism contributes to the image of our enterprise and helps with career guidance. We introduce kids to future professions, demonstrate what a modern manufacturing enterprise looks like today”...
12 Mar 2024
Over 130 Belarusian enterprises develop industrial tourism Over 130 Belarusian enterprises develop industrial tourism
The official went on saying: “These days virtually all the industrial facilities can arrange some master classes, demonstrate manufacturing practices, invite people to participate in the process. The second component is as important: promotion of goods such as souvenirs, samplings, and so on”...
12 Mar 2024
National beach soccer team honored at Belarus’ NOC National beach soccer team honored at Belarus’ NOC
"This is truly a sporting feat,” NOC President Viktor Lukashenko said. “Not only the players, but also the coaching staff, the administrative team, medical workers, as well as relatives, friends and fans were involved in this success"...
10 Mar 2024
Belarus’ sports ministry shares trends in domestic tourism Belarus’ sports ministry shares trends in domestic tourism
The Travel. Experience. Get Inspired campaign attracts a lot of attention at the beginning of the summer season. This year it will be held for the third time...
9 Mar 2024
Belarus hosts tourists from 174 countries in 2023 Belarus hosts tourists from 174 countries in 2023
For example, earlier Grodno Oblast and Brest Oblast were working on visa-free travel for tourist groups...
8 Mar 2024
Vasilevskaya, Lenkova raise Belarus’ flag at Baikonur Cosmodrome Vasilevskaya, Lenkova raise Belarus’ flag at Baikonur Cosmodrome
“The traditional flag raising ceremony symbolizes the official start of the final stage of preparations for Expedition 71 (NASA astronauts) and Visiting Expedition 21 (Roscosmos cosmonauts and spaceflight participants) on a crewed mission,” the press service remarked...
7 Mar 2024
Belarusian to take part in opera festival in Russia’s Samara Belarusian to take part in opera festival in Russia’s Samara
"Our arrangements with Samara do not stop with this festival. We have already held negotiations, and the ballet company will attend the Dmitri Shostakovich Festival in Samara and show the performances Spartacus and Illusions of Love," she added...
5 Mar 2024
Lukashenko attends charity festival in Minsk Lukashenko attends charity festival in Minsk
The Alina festival is one of the largest projects of the Alina Kabaeva`s Charitable Foundation. The festivals have been held since 2009. The key purpose of the charity festival, which brings together hundreds of young athletes from Russia and other countries, is to popularize junior sports, in particular, rhythmic gymnastics...
5 Mar 2024
Minsk to host Alina 2024 festival Minsk to host Alina 2024 festival
This year Belarus and Russia are co-hosting the charity festival for the first time...
4 Mar 2024
Minsk book fair 2024 to feature about 20 countries Minsk book fair 2024 to feature about 20 countries
About 20 countries will be featured at the 31st edition of the Minsk International Book Fair, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will be the central exhibitor...
4 Mar 2024
Minsk book fair to open in Belarusian capital on 14 March Minsk book fair to open in Belarusian capital on 14 March
The exhibition will be themed around the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the Year of Quality, anniversaries of famous Belarusian writers and poets, etc...
2 Mar 2024
Khatyn memorial draws over 500,000 visitors in 2023 Khatyn memorial draws over 500,000 visitors in 2023
"Over the past year, the Khatyn museum drew 525,600 visitors, which made up 185% of the 2022 numbers. The new museum was a major contributor to the increase in the visitor numbers"...
29 Feb 2024
Belarus clinch 26 medals at Altyn Mergen Grand Prix in Shymkent Belarus clinch 26 medals at Altyn Mergen Grand Prix in Shymkent
On the final competition day Belarus bagged two more medals: the 10m air pistol mixed team gold (Aliaksandra Piatrova and Vladislav Demesh) and silver in the same event (Nadezhda Leonovets and Ivan Kazak)...
29 Feb 2024
Belarus Events Calendar: MARCH 2024 Belarus Events Calendar: MARCH 2024
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
29 Feb 2024
Belarusian space flight participant: ‘We are encouraged and believe in success’ Belarusian space flight participant: ‘We are encouraged and believe in success’
The final exam of the main crew of the 21st visiting expedition to the International Space Station is taking place in the Cosmonaut Training Center...
29 Feb 2024
Marozava advances to San Diego Open quarterfinal Marozava advances to San Diego Open quarterfinal
Belarus’ Lidziya Marozava and Belgium’s Kimberley Zimmermann went off to a good start defeating the Italian duo of Angelica Moratelli and Camilla Rosatello, 1-6, 6-1, 10-7 in the San Diego opener...
28 Feb 2024
‘We feel support, trust the commander.’ How Marina Vasilevskaya passed a space exam ‘We feel support, trust the commander.’ How Marina Vasilevskaya passed a space exam
Belarusian women are getting closer and closer to the outer space. A pass/fail comprehensive training session of the main crew of the 21st visiting expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) took place in the Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast on 28 February. The crew composition is international: the Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, and Belarus’ Marina Vasilevskaya, who will fly into the outer space together with the experienced colleagues in late March...
28 Feb 2024
Belarus clinch five medals on Altyn Mergen Grand Prix day five Belarus clinch five medals on Altyn Mergen Grand Prix day five
Taking part in the tournament are 230 athletes from six countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Tuesday competition program featured five events, with Belarusians securing medals in three finals...
28 Feb 2024
Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya undertakes examination training at Cosmonaut Training Center Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya undertakes examination training at Cosmonaut Training Center
The training uses the simulators of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft and the ISS Russian Segment...
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