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

Over 6.53m Belarusians complete vaccination against COVID-19
Thus, 71.7% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.6% have been fully vaccinated...

Belarusian explorers in 15th Antarctic expedition begin scientific research
As many as 12 people led by the experienced polar explorer Aleksei Gaidashov have gone to Antarctica this year...

Swimmer Alina Zmushka sets new national record
Belarusian swimmer Alina Zmushka set a new national record clocking 29.62 seconds in the women’s 50m breaststroke semifinal at the second leg of the Friendship Games in Kazan...

Over 6.53m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 71.7% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.6% have been fully vaccinated...

Healthcare ministry: Belarus’ COVID-19 situation is stable
As of today 70% of the population in Belarus has been vaccinated against COVID-19, and 60% has received booster shots...

Belarus win eight medals at World Sambo Championships
Silver medals were collected by Sviatlana Tsimashenka (women, under 80kg) and Yauheni Aleksiyevich (combat sambo, under 88kg)...

Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in 2018-2022
The Minsk International Film Festival Listapad is a large film forum bringing together famous filmmakers, actors, cinema fans...

More than 6.52m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 71.6% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 70.4% have been fully vaccinated...

Sabalenka back to WTA Top 5
Aryna Sabalenka currently goes with 3,925 points. This season she reached tournament finals three times, played 55 matches and won 33 of them...

Minsk among most popular non-beach destinations for Russian travelers in November-December
Learned from the hotel booking service tvil.ru...

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...