Press releases

Sabalenka moves to Silicon Valley Classic quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka reached the Silicon Valley Classic quarterfinal in San Jose defeating world number 168 Caroline Dolehide of the United States, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, in two hours and 38 minutes...

Kristina Dmitruk reaches ITF Poland Last 16
Belarus’ world number 426 Kristina Dmitruk has progressed into the ITF Poland 01A round of Last 16 defeating world number 82 Magdalena Frech of Poland, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3...

Over 6.42m Belarusians now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 70.4% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 69.4% have been fully vaccinated...

Azarenka progresses into Citi Open round two
Belarus’ world number 20 Victoria Azarenka had a successful tournament debut in Washington, dispatching Ukraine’s world number 77 Dayana Yastremska, 6-4, 6-0...

2022 Minsk Half Marathon to draw over 10,000 runners
This year the main 21km distance will feature a renewed route – from Dinamo Stadium along Nezavisimosti Avenue, Lenina Street past the city hall and the Sports Palace, Pobeditelei Avenue, Masherova Street, Strozhovskaya Street through the Trinity Suburb and Kuibysheva Street, Victory Square and back to Dinamo Stadium...

ATP rankings: Ivashka up to 49th
A week ago, the best Belarusian tennis player ranked 53rd. He rose to 49th (a total of 955 points) after reaching the Atlanta Open semifinal...

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

Atlanta Open: Ivashka into quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number 53 Ilya Ivashka has reached the 2022 Atlanta Open quarterfinal defeating world number 91 Steve Johnson of the United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the round of Last 16...

Atlanta Open: Ivashka into Last 16
Belarus’ world number 53 Ilya Ivashka went off to a good start at the 2022 Atlanta Open seeing off world number 74 Quentin Halys of France, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, in an hour and 45 minutes...

Program of Belarusian Written Language Day in Dobrush unveiled
Visitors to the holiday will be invited to see the exhibition of regional printed media Newspaper Boulevard, the venue History of the Press of Gomel Oblast. The book and press event promises to be informative and memorable...

Over 6.4m Belarusians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Over 149,000 teenagers aged 12-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 144,000 children have been fully vaccinated...

WTA rankings: Sabalenka 6th, Azarenka 20th, Sasnovich one spot up
Aryna Sabalenka remains 6th with a total of 3,267 points. Victoria Azarenka goes 20th with 2,016 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich reached the round of Last 16 at the tournament in Hamburg last week and went up from 35th to 34th spot with the total of 1,341 points...

Belarusian Anastasiya Shkurdai victorious in Kazan
On the first day of the tournament, the Belarusian team won two awards. Anastasiya Shkurdai was victorious in the women’s 200m backstroke, Alina Zmushka came in third in the women’s 50m breaststroke final...

Sasnovich advances to Hamburg European Open quarterfinal
Today the Belarusian defeated Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic (75) 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour 15 minutes...

Sasnovich into Round of 16 at Hamburg European Open
In Round of 32 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (WTA No.35) eased past Germany’s Nastasja Schunk (WTA No. 146) 6-1, 6-4. The match lasted 1 hour 15 minutes...

Sabalenka sixth on WTA ranking
Last week, the best Belarusian tennis player did not play and remained sixth with 3,267 points. Former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka is the 20th (2,016 points). Another Belarusian tennis player Aliaksanra Sasnovich returned to the 35th place (1,311)...

Winners of International Children’s Song Contest announced at Slavianski Bazaar
Yelisei Kasich of Belarus has been awarded the Grand Prix of the contest. The main award – Lira – was presented to him by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the opening ceremony of the festival a day before...

Over 6.3m Belarusians now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Thus, 69.3% of the country’s population have received one dose of the vaccine, 68.4% have been fully vaccinated...

Lukashenko awards winner of International Children’s Song Contest at Slavianski Bazaar
Young Belarusian singer Yelisei Kasich has won the Grand Prix of the International Children’s Song Contest...

BelTA presents exhibition of wartime letters at Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk
The photo exhibition is located in Military Glory Alley in Pobeditelei Park. These are 18 stories of frontline soldiers, a collection of scanned soldiers' letters. They are full of hope and pain, thoughts and stories about combat and other ordeals...