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3 Mar 2019
Applications open for Minsk Film Festival ListapadThe applications will close on 31 August for six competition programs: Main Feature Film Competition; Feature Film Competition Youth on the March; Main Documentary Film Competition; National Film Schools Competition; Children and Youth Film Competition Listapadzik...
1 Mar 2019
Lukashenko promises to get Kuropaty Forest tidied upAlexander Lukashenko touched upon the history of the Belarusian People's Republic (BPR). The president noted that "the country is moving in the right direction with regard to the assessment of the role and importance of the BPR"...
1 Mar 2019
Belarusian flag raised in Universiade Athletes Village in Russia’s KrasnoyarskThe Belarusian delegation includes athletes who will compete in biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski orienteering and freestyle skiing...
28 Feb 2019
Belarusian-Dutch joint theatrical production to premiere in Minsk on 2 AprilThe play is the joint theatrical project of two unusual companies: the Belarusian family inclusive theater “i” and the Dutch theater Kazou at Leo Kanner autism research center...
28 Feb 2019
28 Feb 2019
Minsk to host international short film festival on 15-17 MarchThe competition program of the forum will feature the best fiction, documentary, animated, experimental, and virtual reality films...
28 Feb 2019
Over 600 questions sent to BelTA as part of Your Question to the President initiativeAs BelTA reported earlier, on 1 March Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will meet with community leaders, experts, Belarusian and foreign journalists. “A big conversation with the president” will take place at the administrative building on 14 Pobeditelei Avenue in Minsk...
28 Feb 2019
Azarenka into semifinal of Acapulco doublesVictoria Azarenka and Zheng Saisai of China notched a victory over the British-German duo Johanna Konta/Laura Siegemund 3:6, 6:3, 10:6 in the quarterfinal match of the women’s doubles in Acapulco...
27 Feb 2019
City and Books 2019 festival to be held in Minsk on 19-20 AprilThe festival will have five thematic venues: a children’s venue, a youth venue, an experts’ venue, a recital venue and an exposition of handmade characters of contemporary books Smiley Creatures...
27 Feb 2019
Belarus, Poland to send joint file on forest beekeeping to UNESCO Secretariat by 31 MarchThe forest beekeeping of Polesie has the status of a historical and cultural value in Belarus. It is an ancient art of honey hunting based on keeping bees in artificially-made caverns placed high in the trees...
27 Feb 2019
Belarus’ National Library to host presentation of Lavrishevo Gospel facsimile edition on 1 March"This unique handwritten specimen of the early period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania became available to researchers and lovers of the Belarusian medieval history thanks to the facsimile reproduction project"...
27 Feb 2019
Positive effects of visa-free travel program in Belarus notedThis year’s number is expected to grow larger since Minsk will host the 2nd European Games in June and a Europe vs United States athletics match in September...
27 Feb 2019
Partisan Chronicles: Special-mission fighters. Boyevoi special unit“Partisan Chronicles: Special-mission fighters. Boyevoi special unit” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...
27 Feb 2019
BelTA launches Your Question to the President initiative“A big conversation with the president” will take place at the administrative building on 14 Pobeditelei Avenue in Minsk. Taking part in the event will be over 200 people...
26 Feb 2019
UNDP project on green urban development to be implemented in four more cities in Belarus“Literally within one month we will announce a contest for four cities that will receive expertise assistance in developing a plan of green urban development. We will help them draw up a development strategy and a plan of action to reduce CO2 emissions”...
26 Feb 2019
Russian 17th century icons to be on view in Minsk"This is one of the most controversial periods in icon painting which witnessed the shift from old Russian traditions to the realistic art, the growing interest to the human personality and the world around, and the influence of the European painting culture"...
25 Feb 2019
Euronews TV channel presents image-building video about Minsk, BelarusThe video is already being demonstrated by the TV channel. It tells viewers about Minsk and its suburbs as well as places of interest in the area...
25 Feb 2019
Over 100 Salvador Dali’s works to go on display in Minsk"All the items are part of the Dali Universe collection which is said to be one of the largest private collections of Salvador Dali’s sculptural and decorative art"...
25 Feb 2019
Foreigners can claim Tax Free cash refund at 27 Belarusbank offices at road checkpointsA possibility to claim the VAT refund in cash right at the border has been available since the start of the year: in January Kamenny Log became the first checkpoint to offer such a service to foreigners leaving the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union by car...
25 Feb 2019
Two medals for Belarus at 2019 Hungarian Grand PrixSilver went to Georgy Chugoshvili who beat wrestlers from the Czech Republic, Hunagry and Finland in the 130kg qualifying, and the wrestler from Ukraine in the semifinal...
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