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3 Jun 2019
Minsk National Airport named CIS Best Airport 2018 Minsk National Airport named CIS Best Airport 2018
On 29 May, the Airport Association of CIS Civil Aviation held its annual meeting in Moscow to review the performance in 2018 and honor the winners...
3 Jun 2019
Belarusian book about military medics to be presented in London, Brussels Belarusian book about military medics to be presented in London, Brussels
The book was inspired by the story of life of the author’s mother who was a combat medic during the war. In the summer of 1942 she joined a medical corps of a rifle division fighting in the Northwestern Front in the area of Demyansk...
3 Jun 2019
Belarusian e-vehicles join Electric Marathon Belarusian e-vehicles join Electric Marathon
"Our marathon is made up of 30 stages. Three of them are in Belarus: Brest - Mir, Mir - Minsk, Minsk - Gomel. Our race pursues educational purposes. Safety is important for us"...
3 Jun 2019
Belarus working on electric race car Belarus working on electric race car
Belarusian cars will become the unofficial participants of the Electric Marathon for the Cup of Andrei Nagel 2019 and will travel along the roads of Belarus with the numbers of the marathon...
3 Jun 2019
Winners of Brest-Minsk leg of Electric Marathon honored in Minsk Winners of Brest-Minsk leg of Electric Marathon honored in Minsk
The organizers of the marathon, which spans through ten European countries, aim to popularize electric transport and to show that the car with an electric engine can drive from Monte Carlo to St. Petersburg...
31 May 2019
Belarus Events Calendar: June 2019 Belarus Events Calendar: June 2019
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
30 May 2019
Interactive map of Minsk with places of interest presented in BelTA Interactive map of Minsk with places of interest presented in BelTA
The interactive map offers information about over 200 places of recreation and entertainment in the Belarusian capital: theaters, parks, sport complexes. Every place has a description, photos, and directions. Some of them even offer a virtual tour, a 3D panorama, audio and video records...
30 May 2019
Minsk ghetto victims commemorated in New York Minsk ghetto victims commemorated in New York
During the ceremony the former prisoner of the Minsk ghetto, member of the underground movement Savely Kaplinsky and the Belarusian partisan who was part of the Jewish resistance Hone Epstein received the commemorative medals signed by U.S. President Donald Trump...
30 May 2019
Anastasia Salos of Belarus wins four medals at Grand Prix Holon 2019 Anastasia Salos of Belarus wins four medals at Grand Prix Holon 2019
The Belarusian clinched gold in the all-around event scoring a total of 80,300 points...
30 May 2019
Belarus to present over 500 editions at Red Square book festival in Moscow Belarus to present over 500 editions at Red Square book festival in Moscow
"The stand will highlight several important themes, including the 75th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from Nazi invaders, the 2nd European Games and the Year of Native Land"...
29 May 2019
Belarusian Education Days underway in Moscow Belarusian Education Days underway in Moscow
The diplomat recalled that humanitarian contacts were in focus of the February meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia. The presidents discussed educational partnerships and gave instructions to harmonize educational and scientific standards and youth programs...
29 May 2019
EuroVelo 2 European Capitals bicycle route to pass through Belarus EuroVelo 2 European Capitals bicycle route to pass through Belarus
The EuroVelo 2 bicycle route was dubbed Capitals Route because it passes through six European capital cities. The Capitals Route starts in Galway in the West of Ireland and goes through the territory of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and Belarus and reaches its easternmost point in Moscow...
29 May 2019
Azarenka, Barty breeze into French Open doubles second round Azarenka, Barty breeze into French Open doubles second round
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and Australia's Ashleigh Barty eased past Australia 's Ajla Tomljanovic nd Serbian Aleksandra Krunic 6-1, 6-1 in the Roland Garros doubles opener...
29 May 2019
Belarus hosts Cambodia Culture Days
The opening ceremony will be held in the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society and will feature a concert of dance companies and soloists-instrumentalists of Cambodia. A similar concert will be held in the Palace of Culture in Molodechno on 30 May...
29 May 2019
Partisan Chronicles: Heroes of the Soviet Motherland. Lizyukov Brothers Partisan Chronicles: Heroes of the Soviet Motherland. Lizyukov Brothers
A new page in the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History tells about the heroes – the Lizyukov brothers...
28 May 2019
Kupala Night Festival in Belarusian Alexandria to draw participants from seven countries Kupala Night Festival in Belarusian Alexandria to draw participants from seven countries
The festival will be themed around the three-year Native Land program. It will bring together representatives of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland...
28 May 2019
New open-air museum in Belovezhskaya Pushcha to open on 1 June New open-air museum in Belovezhskaya Pushcha to open on 1 June
Guests of the launch event will be able to immerse themselves in the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. An ancient settlement has been recreated in the flood plain of the Lesnaya Pravaya River near the village of Kamenyuki close to the main entrance to the park...
28 May 2019
Belarus study center opens in Nanjing University of Science and Technology Belarus study center opens in Nanjing University of Science and Technology
The new center will also develop education tourism and organize education programs on summer and winter holidays for the academic staff, students and post-graduates from Belarus and China...
28 May 2019
MTZ tractors to race in Bison Track Show near Russian Rostov on 2 June MTZ tractors to race in Bison Track Show near Russian Rostov on 2 June
It will be the 17th race on record. Participants of the event will have to race for time, overcome water obstacles, participate in a paired closed-circuit race with interchangeable lanes...
28 May 2019
International folk dance festival due in Brest on 1-2 June International folk dance festival due in Brest on 1-2 June
Taking part in the festival will be children and youth from Poland, Ukraine, Moldova and Russia. The contestants specialize in folk dances...
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