Press releases

Azarenka books Melbourne third-round spot
Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (World No.24) saw off world number 191 Nadia Podoroska of Argentine, 6-1, 6-0 in less than an hour to move to the 2023 Australian Open round three. In the opener Victoria Azarenka defeated world number 203 Sofia Kenin of the United States, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)...

Healthcare Ministry: No cases of ‘Kraken’ Covid variant in Belarus yet
Specialists of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Healthcare Ministry conduct regular molecular genetic screening of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in order to keep track of new variants circulating in the country...

Aid worth Br450,000 provided to children’s care homes during Our Children charity campaign
About 130 organizations and 246 individuals took part in the charity event...

Raubichi to host two legs of Commonwealth Biathlon Cup on 19-29 January
Competing in Raubichi will be over 60 best Belarusian and Russian athletes, including winners and medalists of the Olympic Games, world championships and other big international competitions...

Belarus to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
This year the Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities plans to organize a series of events throughout Belarus...

Sabalenka cruises into Australian Open second round
Belarus’ world number 5 Aryna Sabalenka dispatched world number 74 Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4, in one hour and ten minutes to reach the 2023 Australian Open second round...

Azarenka progresses to Australian Open round two
Belarus’ world number 24 Victoria Azarenka went off to a good start at the 2023 Australian Open, defeating world number 203 Sofia Kenin of the United States, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) in two hours...

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka reaches quarterfinals of 2023 Adelaide International
In today's match of the 1/8 finals, world’s No.26 Victoria Azarenka beat world’s No.28 from China Qinwen Zheng in two sets - 6:2, 7:5. The game lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes...

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka starts 2023 with a win in Adelaide
The Belarusian won the first-round match against Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina (39) on two tie-breaks 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-5). The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes...

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

About 1m children to take part in Belarus’ Our Children charity event
The official said that more than 20,000 children would participate in the events of the Our Children campaign at the national level. However, according to Yelena Simakova, this number will be much bigger across the country...

Belarusian polar explorers send New Year wishes
On behalf of the members of the 15th Belarusian Antarctic Expedition, its head Aleksei Gaidashov sent congratulations on the upcoming New Year 2023...

Belarus to host over 70 international sports events in 2023
The list of events for the next year includes the international basketball 3x3 tournament Palova Snowball 3x3...

Winter bison count kicks off in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
According to the latest records, as of 1 January 2022, 703 bison lived in the forest, including 117 adult males (older than three and a half years), 402 adult females, 107 young animals (from one year to 3.5 years) and 77 calves...

Perfect Timing Awards 2022: Belavia named most punctual airline
This is a traditional rating held twice a year by Sheremetyevo International Airport...

Belarusian strongman Sergei Zaslavsky sets new national record
As he planned, the athlete finished the year 2022 in Minsk with a new achievement in the 85kg weight category, lifting 120 kg...

Belarusian cosmonaut candidates named
Aleksandr Lukashenko was told that more than 3,000 people were interviewed. Six best candidates remain at this stage...

Belarus 97th in FIFA rankings
Since the previous rankings publication (6 October) the Belarusian team held two friendlies at the training camp in the United Arab Emirates...

Belarus welcomes nearly 370,000 visa-waiver travelers
Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 369,703 arrivals: 25,786 non-citizens and 83,999 citizens of Latvia, 239,591 Lithuanian citizens and 20,327 Polish citizens...

International sports trauma congress opens in Minsk
The congress that will be running on 15-16 December will focus on the best practices in high-tech diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries; accounting and analysis of damage using information technology; sports nutrition; development of physical qualities using the method of vibration stimulation and so on...