Press releases

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...

Minsk to host BelTexIndustry 2022 expo on 5-7 October
BelTexIndustry is an important business platform for light industry professionals. This year the forum will bring together over 50 exhibitors from Turkey, Russia, Belarus, will delight with a bright fashion show and a rich business program...

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

Belarus’ Gusakov re-elected as head of International Association of Academies of Sciences
A number of major international scientific events are taking place on the sidelines of the 35th meeting of the IAAS Council in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Among them are a meeting of the Council of Young Scientists of the IAAS, a meeting of the public council of the CIS base organization on the development of research infrastructure of the megascience class and a meeting on biosafety in the Union State of Belarus and Russia...

Orsha Half Marathon to gather athletes from Russia, Lithuania, Armenia
According to the sports and tourism department, more than 200 people have already applied for the participation in the main races...

Sabalenka remains 7th in WTA rankings
Aryna Sabalenka now holds 3,470 points...

Second leg of Commonwealth Biathlon Cup kicks off in Raubichi
More than 50 biathletes will compete in Raubichi, including the leaders of the Belarusian team Anton Smolski and Dzinara Alimbekava...

Sabalenka one spot down in WTA rankings
The Belarusian was 6th in the rankings prior to the US Open and lost one spot after losing to US Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland in the semifinal. Aryna Sabalenka now holds 3,470 points...

Over 6.4m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 70.8% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 69.6% have been fully vaccinated...

Sabalenka reaches US Open semifinal
The Belarusian saw off world number 22 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinal...