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24 Jan 2015
Domracheva makes it three in row with Pursuit win
Following her 7.5K Sprint win, the leader of the Belarusian national team led from start to finish to clinch her 25th victory at the IBU World Cup competitions...
23 Jan 2015
Belarusian explorers raise national flag in Antarctica
“In the run-up to the professional holiday, the flags of the Republic of Belarus and the National Academy of Sciences were raised at the field camp of the Belarusian Antarctic expedition, near Mount Vechernyaya. This is a kind of tribute to all the scientists of the country”...
23 Jan 2015
Minsk Oblast to mark Victory anniversary by patriotic campaign
As part of the project the BRSM activists will arrange patriotic campaigns and contests, youth creativity festivals, thematic exhibitions and other events. On the eve of the Victory Day, the BRSM activists will congratulate all war veterans of Minsk Oblast...
23 Jan 2015
The Guardians of Remembrance documentary premiered in Moscow
The locations for the film shooting were the places of mass executions of Jews on the territory of Belarus during the Nazi occupation...
22 Jan 2015
Teatralny Koufar 2015 applications open till 1 May
The 12th International Student Theater Festival Teatralny Koufar will be held from 29 November to 6 December...
22 Jan 2015
Belarus to attend events to mark 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The Auschwitz survivors will also attend the commemoration events in Poland. Among them there will be also those who currently live in Belarus...
21 Jan 2015
Lithuania to open four visa centers in Belarus in January
The Lithuanian visa application center in Minsk started working on 19 January. The center in Grodno will open on 22 January, in Gomel on 26 January, and in Brest on 29 January...
21 Jan 2015
Belarus to present "The Archive of a War Witness” project at Venice Biennale
The project "The Archive of a War Witness" is unusual. "The communication space" is created with the help of the photographic archives of the turning points of the 20th century - the First and Second World Wars...
20 Jan 2015
Exhibition of Belarusian artist Yuri Yakovenko opens in Moscow
By the way, copies of "Song of the Bison" with 13 illustrations by Yuri Yakovenko were presented to Pope Benedict XVI and Queen Elisabeth II on behalf of Belarus...
20 Jan 2015
Belarus to host 4th International Drama Lab 20-26 April
“The Drama Lab will be held in the countryside where playwrights and producers spend five days to write a play”...
20 Jan 2015
Belarus names its team for European Youth Olympic Festival 2015
Belarusian will send 22 athletes to the European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 that is due to take place in Vorarlberg (Austria) and Liechtenstein on 26-30 January...
20 Jan 2015
Diverse program for M@rt. contact Festival in Mogilev
The participants from 10 countries will present 19 performances to the Mogilev's audience...
20 Jan 2015
First Latin American research center opens in Minsk
“The decision to set up this center was made to enhance partnership of Belarus with Latin American countries. Solid cooperation between countries relies on mutual understanding"...
19 Jan 2015
China named Guest of Honor of Minsk Book Fair
From 11 to 15 February Minsk is expecting visitors from more than 20 countries. National publishers, publishers of foreign countries will present their best print products...
18 Jan 2015
MAZ-SPORTavto rounds out Dakar 2015 Overall Top 10
MAZ’s Alexander Vasilevsky took 10th in the general classification of the trucks (7h8m59s back of the leader), the best result for Belarus over the four years of participation...
17 Jan 2015
Belarusian Kalyady celebrated in Paris
The event displayed Belarus’ national traditions of celebrating Kalyady, degustation of rice pudding and other dishes of the Belarusian cuisine...
17 Jan 2015
Scott Rauland suggests holding festival of American documentaries in Brest
The U.S. diplomat congratulated the residents of Brest on getting Belarus’ Capital of Culture status...
16 Jan 2015
Belarus to take part in tourism and leisure expo in Vilnius
The visitors of the expo will get familiar with the Belarusian tourism and its development prospects, wellness opportunities, health and active tourism, and also agro-and ecotourism opportunities of the regions...
16 Jan 2015
Minsk to host Eurasian forum of young scientists in December 2015
Eurasian forum will bring together, first of all, young scientists from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Armenia...
16 Jan 2015
MAZ-SPORTavto ends Dakar Stage 11 one step away from podium
Out of the three Belarusian trucks, Sergei Vyazovich performed the best, finishing the 194km special timed section of Stage 11 in 2h10m11s which was 4th fastest, two minutes off the leader’s pace...
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