Press releases

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...

Over 6.54m Belarusians complete vaccination against COVID-19
Thus, 71.8% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.7% have been fully vaccinated...

WBA reinstates Belarusian, Russian boxers in rankings
The decision was taken following the discussion of the issue by all the members of the Championships Committee and Ratings Committee of the World Boxing Association...

Belarus, Russia may take part in 2024 Olympic Games
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) supports the idea of letting Belarusians and Russians participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in a neutral status, said USOPC chair Suzanne Lyons...

Sabalenka, Ivashka named Belarus’ tennis players of 2022
Aryna Sabalenka has played at the highest level this year, climbing to the second position in the world rankings during the season...

Anton Smolski, Maksim Varabei in top 10 in sprint at Russian Biathlon Cup
The men’s sprint race opened the competition program on 8 December. Anton Smolski of Belarus finished 5th with one penalty, 25 seconds behind the winner, Eduard Latypov of Russia...

Belarus’ Iryna Shymanovich wins Rio de Janeiro event
In the final the Belarusian saw off world number 237 Irina Khromacheva of Russia, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours 33 minutes...

Belarus to play under FIDE flag until 2024
The previous decision for the participation of Belarusians and Russians in international tournaments was valid through 31 December 2022...

Belarus’ Iryna Shymanovich reaches Rio de Janeiro semifinal
In the quarterfinal the Belarusian secured a confident win, 6-1, 6-3, over Spain’s world number 290 Yvonne Cavalle Reimers...

Over 6.5m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 71.7% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.7% have been fully vaccinated...