Press releases

Sabalenka outlasts Jabeur in WTA Finals opener
World number 7 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus notched a comeback win on the opening night of round-robin play at the WTA Finals to top world number 2 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 3-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-5 in Fort Worth...

Sabalenka to take on Jabeur on WTA Finals Day 1
On Monday, world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka will face world number 2 Ons Jabeur. Sabalenka leads 2-1 head-to-head with Jabeur. For the 24-year-old Aryna Sabalenka it is going to be her second WTA Finals. She fell in the round-robin stage in 2021...

Belarus Events Calendar: NOVEMBER 2022
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Sabalenka 7th ahead of WTA Finals
Victoria Azarenka is 26th with 1,597 points, Aliaksandra Sasnovich – 31st with 1,428 points...

More than 6.5m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 71.5% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.3% have been fully vaccinated...

Over 6.5m trees planted in Belarus during forest restoration campaign
The national voluntary campaign "Let’s restore forests together!" was held in the country from 8 October to 22 October to restore forests affected by severe storms...

WTA: Sabalenka down to 7th, Azarenka moves up 10 spots
A week ago Aryna Sabalenka was 4th in the WTA, and moved down to 7th after the loss in the round of Last 32 at the Guadalajara Open. She currently holds 2,970 points...

Azarenka reaches Guadalajara Open quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number 37 Victoria Azarenka has secured her third victory at the ongoing Guadalajara Open tournament ousting world number 15 Madison Keys of the United States, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, to reach the quarterfinal...

Belarus ranked 13th out of 172 countries in Postal Development Report
This is one position up compared to the previous year, when Belarus scored 67.4 points and placed 14th among 168 countries...

Azarenka advances to Guadalajara Open round three
Belarus’ world number 37 Victoria Azarenka advanced to the Round of 16 at the Guadalajara Open Akron after world number 8 Paula Badosa of Spain was forced to retire...

Over 6.5m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 71.4% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.2% have been fully vaccinated...

Azarenka moves to Guadalajara Open round two
Belarusian world number 37 Victoria Azarenka went off to a good start at the Guadalajara Open defeating Russia’s world number 130 Elina Avanesyan, 6-4, 6-2, in an hour and 25 minutes...

Over 100 films to be screened at Minsk International Film Festival Listapad
A total of 1,360 entries were submitted to the festival. Over 80 films have already been shortlisted to take part in four programs of the festival (Feature Films Competition, Documentary Films Competition, Children and Youth Films Competition Listapadzik and Animation Films Competition)...

Competition program for animated films to debut at Listapad film festival this year
This year, the festival will run four programs: feature, documentary, animated films, as well as films for children and youth audiences Listapadzik. A separate competition program for animated films are a novelty of this year’s edition...

Sabalenka up to 4th in WTA
Last week Aryna Sabalenka reached the San Diego Open quarterfinal to move up from the 5th to the 4th spot with 3,515 points...

Ivashka progresses into Gijon Open round two
The Belarusian will next play Russia’s world number 9 Andrey Rublev...

Belarus learn UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying opponents
Belarus drew with Switzerland, Romania, Andorra, Israel and Kosovo in Group I.

Sabalenka remains 5th in WTA rankings
Aryna Sabalenka did not play last week and still holds 3,470 points. This week the Belarusian will play at the San Diego Open...

Team Belarus wins 25 gold medals at Paralympic games in Russia
All in all, the competitions brought together about 1,200 athletes from Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Germany, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mali, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Eritrea. The program included nine sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, archery, taekwondo, wheelchair fencing, football, draughts and chess...

2023 CIS Games events to be held in all regions of Belarus
According to the organizing committee, the competitions are scheduled for 4-14 August 2023. The Games will be held not only in Minsk, but also in all regions of the country: each regional capital will host events in two sports...