Press releases

Over 11.6m cellular communication subscribers in Belarus
Belarus was the first CIS country to switch to digital aerial television back in 2015. At present digital aerial television is available to 99.5% of the country’s population...

Belarus win five medals at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
Gold medals were secured by Tatsiana Sharakova and Yauheni Karaliok in the Scratch Race, and Hanna Tserakh in the Individual Pursuit...

Sabalenka remains 4th in WTA
Last week the best Belarusian tennis player lost in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia round of Last 16. The player currently goes with 6,195 points. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is 16th with 3,526 points...

Belarus reports 1,627 new COVID-19 cases, 1,842 recoveries in past 24 hours
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 376,341 cases...

Brest drama theater to be featured at theater festival in Saint Petersburg
The program of the festival includes eight productions of various genres from Russian-language theaters from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Moldova. Belarus is represented by two companies. The Grodno Oblast Puppet Theater showed the production “Demon” based on the poem by Mikhail Lermontov on 15 May. The Brest Academic Drama Theater will wrap up the festival...

Belarus reports 1,363 new COVID-19 cases, 1,382 recoveries in past 24 hours
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 374,714 cases...

Team of Belarusian State University victorious at international olympiad in analytical economics
The international olympiad in analytical economics and economic forecasting was held for the seventh time. Its aim is to stimulate students’ interest in economic subjects, support talented youth, and encourage their creativity...

Belarus beat Estonia to reach 2021 CEV EuroVolley Women final
Eventually, the hosts led by their top scorer Hanna Klimets (16 points) grabbed a victory to secure a ticket for EuroVolley...

Belarus' COVID-19 latest: 1,109 new cases, 1,067 recoveries
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 373,351 cases...

Belarus’ Borisov to celebrate its founder Prince Boris on 15 May
Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, will conduct a religious service in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. After the service, participants of the event will welcome the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk...

Study of COVID-19 herd immunity kicks off in Belarus on 14 May
The study of herd immunity against COVID-19 kicked off in Belarus on 14 May. Belarus will use the results to adjust, if needed, its COVID-19 response measures...

Belarus reports 837 new COVID-19 cases, 694 recoveries in past 24 hours
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 372,242 cases...

Sabalenka off to good start in Rome
In the first match after her recent victory at Madrid, Belarus’ top player defeated Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo (No.51) in two sets 7-5, 6-1...

Belarus' COVID-19 update: 896 new cases, 1,196 recoveries
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 371,405 cases...

Two nurses from Belarus awarded Florence Nightingale Medal
Twenty-five outstanding nurses from 18 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal...

Sabalenka moves to 4th in WTA
Last week the best Belarusian tennis player won the Mutua Madrid Open defeating world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia in the final. Now, Aryna Sabalenka has a total of 6,195 points...

Belarus reports 742 new COVID-19 cases, 661 recoveries in past 24 hours
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 370,509 cases...

Belarus reports 1,354 new COVID-19 cases, 1,311 recoveries in past 24 hours
The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 366,305 cases...

Belarusian proprietary COVID-19 vaccine invented
"We received our own vaccine in a test tube yesterday. A Belarusian vaccine. It is different from what we buy today. Medics describe it as a live vaccine"...

Sabalenka slides past Pavlyuchenkova to reach Madrid final
Belarus’ world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka moved into the Mutua Madrid Open final beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (World No.41) 6-2, 6-3...