Press releases

Belarusian national culture night at Bolshoi Theater in Minsk
Before the performance of the national opera "The Grey Legend", the audience will be able to take part in an interactive event, tour an exhibition of traditional Belarusian costumes and take part in workshops in wearing Namitka and Slutsk belts...

Belarus’ Alina Zmushka earns 2024 Paris Olympics berth
In the Women 100m Breaststroke Belarus’ Alina Zmushka clocked 1:06.77 to qualify to the semifinal in the fourth position. Alina Zmushka’s performance secured her a berth at the 2024 Paris Olympics...

Belarus’ Falei wins ITF event, rises 48 spots in rankings
Aliona Falei of Belarus won the ITF France tournament in Grenoble defeating France’s Manon Leonard, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the final...

Expert names most popular medical services among foreigners in Belarus
According to him, the most popular medical services among foreigners are medical treatment, diagnostics and aesthetic medicine...

Belarus’ Khaslakhanau earns UWW Player of January honors
Abubakar Khaslakhanau of Belarus was named the best Greco-Roman wrestler of January. In January, the Belarusian claimed the champion title in the 97kg event at the major international tournament Zagreb Open...

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

Survey: Belarusians value health and family more than career and high status
EcooM conducted the sociological survey at the request of the Belarusian Information Ministry in January 2024. A total of 1,240 residents were interviewed in all Belarusian regions. The margin of error does not exceed 2.5%...

Vladislav Morozov signs with F.C. Arouca
The 23-year-old forward scored 16 goals and produced four assists for FC Dinamo Minsk that won the champion title last season...

WTA rankings: Sabalenka remains 2nd, Azarenka drops 11 spots
Aryna Sabalenka currently holds 8,905 points. World number one Iga Swiatek has 865 points more...

Harnasko wins 2024 Winter Queen Cup in Spain
As a year ago, Alina Harnasko become the absolute winner of this year’s edition, earning 139.484 points in the All-Around event, and receiving the highest points in all individual finals...

About 521,000 tourists visit Belovezhskaya Pushcha in 2023
The tourist flow increased by 6% over 2022. Moreover, the number of foreign visitors increased by more than a third up to 74,000...

Belarus’ Hanna Tserakh claims gold at Russian Track Cycling Championship
t. She was victorious in the first, second and third stages, coming second in the final fourth stage. In the overall standings Hanna Tserakh was 10 points ahead of silver medalist Natalia Frolova from Russia’s Tula Oblast; another Belarusian athlete Karolina Biriuk came third...

Belarus, Russia plan to organize combined tours for Chinese tourists
Chinese travelers in Belarus prefer business, educational, agro, eco, historical, and cultural tourism. Popular tourist destinations include the towns of Mir, Nesvizh, and Kossovo with their castles and also national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and nature reserves such as Belovezhskaya Pushcha and Naliboki Forest...

Over 5,000 excursionists visit Belarusian nuclear power plant in 2023
During the year, 228 tourist groups visited the information center and the training center of the nuclear power plant. There were excursionists from all regions of Belarus, as well as from other countries, including Russia, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, and Hungary...

Belarus remains popular destination among Russian travelers
Tourism is one of the key areas of cultural cooperation in the Union State, as Russia and Belarus are of mutual interest to each other...

Over 6,300 EU residents enter Belarus visa-free since 1 January 2024
They include 3,415 citizens of Lithuania, 1,242 citizens and 288 non-citizens of Latvia, as well as 1,360 citizens of Poland...

Sasnovich moves to Adelaide International doubles quarterfinal
Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic reached the Adelaide International quarterfinal after seeing off Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8...

Sabalenka makes Brisbane semifinals
Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka powered into the Brisbane International semifinals with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Russia’s world number 18 Daria Kasatkina in 1 hour and 26 minutes...

Azarenka holds off Ostapenko to reach Brisbane semifinals
Belarus’ world number 23 Victoria Azarenka edged world number 12 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in a 2-hour and 30-minute battle, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, to make her fifth Brisbane International semifinal...

Sabalenka cruises into Brisbane quarterfinals
Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka has reached the Brisbane International quarterfinals defeating world number 33 Zhu Lin of China, 6-1, 6-0, in an hour and nine minutes...