Press releases

BelTA wins Belarus president’s special prize for art luminaries
The book Last Witnesses is a joint creative project of BelTA and the Prosecutor General’s Office. The book includes stories told by underage prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The stories were written down by investigators as part of the Prosecutor General’s Office’s criminal investigation into the genocide of the Belarusian nation...

Belarus’ Harnasko claims five medals at Sky Grace 2023 in China
On Saturday, Belarusian team leader Alina Harnasko clinched the All-Around silver, and she won four more medals in individual events the next day...

Sabalenka, Djokovic claim ITF world champion awards
Aryna Sabalenka has been named women’s ITF World Champion for the first time. This year she won her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open, reached the US Open final and also the Roland Garros and Wimbledon semifinals...

Minsk in Top 10 places for group getaways among Russians in December
Trips to the Belarusian capital are booked for an average of three days...

Belarus’ Ilya Solovyov earns first assist point in NHL
The Calgary Flames hosted the Minessota Wild on Wednesday, with Ilya Solovyov playing his third match in the NHL current season...

Belarus 95th in FIFA rankings
Over the past months, the Belarusian team, under the tutelage of new coach Carlos Alos Ferrer of Spain, have played two European Qualifiers 2024 games. Belarus beat Andorra and Kosovo 1-0 each...

Belarus Events Calendar: DECEMBER 2023
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Belarus’ Eleonora Kachalovskaya named first Runner-Up of Miss Europe Continental 2023
“The beauty contest is over, Belarus ended up in the second place (the first Runner-Up title of Miss Europe Continental 2023),” Miss Belarus 2023 Eleonora Kachalovskaya shared on her social media...

Belarus, China sign agreement on joint film production
The document has been signed by Director General of Belarusfilm Yuri Aleksei and film and TV actor, producer Lei Han...

Belarus’ Yuliya Hatouka into ITF Luxembourg round two
Belarus’ world number 229 Yuliya Hatouka of Belarus went off to a good start defeating world number 599 Amandine Monnot of France 7-5, 6-4 in the ITF Luxembourg 01A opener...

Belarusian Konstantin Shostak of Severstal named KHL best goalie of the week
The Cherepovets goalie faced 73 shots, or 24.3 per night, posting a saves percentage of 95.89%...

Sabalenka advances to Cancun semis
Belarus’ world number one Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the semifinal of the GNP Seguros WTA Finals with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win against world number 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan...

Belarus Events Calendar: NOVEMBER 2023
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Sabalenka off to good start at WTA Finals
World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus eased past world number 9 Maria Sakkari of Greece to win her round-robin opener, 6-0, 6-1...

Lukashenko, youth make Allee of Generations near Palace of Independence
The ceremony followed the president’s meeting with the Belarusian youth and veterans of the Komsomol movement. The event marked the 105th anniversary of Komsomol and the 10th anniversary of the Palace of Independence...

Sharangovich scores first goal in 2023/24 NHL season
The Belarusian joined the Calgary Flames this summer following three seasons with the New Jersey Devils...

Belarusians on KHL All-Star Game roster
The fan voting made the first stage of the selection, deciding on four players from each KHL division...

Belarus’ Sasnovich into Jiangxi Open second round
Belarus’ world number 90 Aliaksandra Sasnovich went off to a good start at the Jiangxi Open defeating Slovakia’s world number 113 Viktoria Hruncakova, 6-1, 6-3, to move to the second round...

Belarus’ Gerasimov progresses to ATP Challenger Shenzhen II round two
Belarus’ world number 397 Egor Gerasimov has advanced to the ATP Challenger Shenzhen II second round, defeating Kazakhstan’s Denis Yevseyev, 6-2, 6-2...

Belarus’ Gerasimov into ATP Challenger Shenzhen II main draw
Last week Egor Gerasimov reached the semifinal at the previous event in China’s Shenzhen and rose from the 503rd to the 397th place in the ATP rankings...