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3 Oct 2017
Forty-six Belarusian populated areas take part in European Mobility Week
The results of the European Mobility Week which took place on 16-22 September under the motto “Clean, shared and intelligent mobility. Sharing gets you further” have been summed up...
3 Oct 2017
Belarusian palace in spotlight in Moscow
The photo exhibition features the palace and park ensemble, castle bastions and courtyard, earth walls, picturesque parks and the lake as well as the interior decoration...
3 Oct 2017
Belarus nominated for National Geographic Russia award for Gastronomy, Agrotourism
Belarus was given the first prize in the Agrotourism category at the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2016...
2 Oct 2017
Minsk to host first conference of Belarus’ honorary consuls 3 October
“The upcoming conference is designed to evaluate the performance of honorary consuls and discuss promising avenues of their work to protect our national interests. Special focus will be put on foreign trade and the attraction of foreign investment”...
2 Oct 2017
Exhibition to mark 25th anniversary of Belarus-Russia relations opens in Moscow
The exhibition is co-located with another photo exhibition "The Union State is a unity of peoples, cultures, and countries" from the funds of Belarusian embassy in Russia...
2 Oct 2017
Pavel Sankovich wins men’s 50m backstroke in Hong Kong
The Belarusian clocked 23.03 seconds to finish ahead of Vladimir Morozov of Russia (23.71 seconds) and Brazil’s Nelson Silva (23.76 seconds)...
30 Sep 2017
Minsk to host Fashion is my Profession forum on 27-29 October
This year more than ten experts from Italy, Germany, the UK, France and Canada will discuss the most important issues in the area of journalism, the digital sector, the protection of business in the age of social networks, B2B basics and brand development...
30 Sep 2017
Belarus Events Calendar: October 2017
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
30 Sep 2017
UN celebrates first ever International Translation Day at Belarus’ initiative
According to the UN, the celebration is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security...
29 Sep 2017
Belarus’ tourist destinations promote EU-developed brands
The project covers five regions: Polotsk, the Kamenets and Pruzhany destination with the Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Myadel District and Lake Naroch, Mstislavl, the Augustow Canal. According to Janez Sirse, the project is nearing its completion. Tourism development strategies and brands have been developed for all the five regions...
29 Sep 2017
Bulgarian theater wins grand prix at theater festival in Belarus
The winner of the award is the play Romeo and Juliet - Sonnet of Enduring Love staged by the theater-laboratory AlmaAlter (Bulgaria). It was also recognized as the best professional performance...
29 Sep 2017
Belarus delegation lays wreath at Mao Zedong Memorial to mark China’s founding anniversary
The delegation comprised Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky, Mogilev Oblast Governor Vladimir Domanevsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Kirill Rudy. The Belarusian representatives also visited the Mao Zedong Museum in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province...
29 Sep 2017
Search for happiness in documentaries of Belarusian film festival
The program of the documentary films of the festival includes four stories about search for happiness which encourage viewers to think why people are so attracted to each other despite differences between them...
28 Sep 2017
Plans to make synthetic sapphires in Belarus-China industrial park Great Stone
"We welcome our Russian partners at the park: this is a Belarusian-Russian project to produce synthetic sapphires on an industrial scale. This field is interesting, and I hope the project will take shape in the park,” head of the park’s administration Alexander Yaroshenko noted on the sidelines of the Belarusian investment forum...
28 Sep 2017
Minsk to choose Manhattan Short Film Festival winners on 29 September
The Manhattan Short Film Festival is starting on 28 September under "One world. One week. One festival" slogan. More than 100,000 film lovers from 250 cities will unite into the world jury to choose the best film from ten finalists of the festival...
27 Sep 2017
German, Polish tourists flock to Belarus thanks to visa-free regime
"The load of Minsk National Airport has increased by 27%. Belarus welcomes most of its visa-free tourists from Germany, Poland, Italy, the United States and the UK. Large-scale marketing campaigns were held, including on the main targeted markets," Belarus’ Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Mikhail Portnoi said...
27 Sep 2017
Novaya Rossiya Orchestra to open 2017 Yuri Bashmet Festival in Minsk
Maestro Yuri Bashmet and his state symphony orchestra Novaya Rossiya will open the 12th edition of the Yuri Bashmet International Festival at the Belarusian State Philharmonics on 27 September. The orchestra has prepared a program of the best music masterpieces for the Belarusian audience. Maestro Yuri Bashmet will conduct and also perform solo...
27 Sep 2017
Belarus’ Andrei Skabelka among top ten KHL coaches
Former forward of the Belarusian national team Andrei Skabelka made the list of top ten KHL coaches thanks to the successful performance of HC Sibir Novosibirsk he led in 2014-2017. The Novosibirsk team under the tutelage of the Belarusian coach reached the 2014-2015 season final and won the bronze of the championship...
27 Sep 2017
Writers of Belarus, China to discuss joint projects in Minsk
The meeting with the Chinese colleagues is expected to become another milestone in the creative cooperation between Belarusian and Chinese authors and will help the two nations learn more about each other’s cultures...
26 Sep 2017
Belavia gets five stars for service quality from APEX
Airlines were categorized as Global Airlines, Major Regional Airlines, and Low-Cost Carriers. The Belarusian air carrier has been awarded the maximum five-star rating in the Major Regional Airlines category alongside Bangkok Air, Air Astana, Caribbean Airlines, and Virgin Australia...
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