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22 Aug 2018
Film about BelAZ trucks shortlisted for Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards final
The film about Belarusian haulers is taking part in two nominations: Corporate Image Films and Internal Communication. The film was shot by Novosibirsk’s LBL-Production to mark 70 years of the plant...
22 Aug 2018
Center for Chinese Studies to open at Brest State University
In September 2017 Brest State University signed a cooperation agreement with one of China’s leading educational institutions - Anhui University. A verbal arrangement was reached to set up the Center for Belarusian Studies in the city of Hefei with assistance of the Brest-based university...
22 Aug 2018
Minsk to host Day of Armenian Culture on 25 August
This year the Day of Armenian Culture is timed to the 2,800th anniversary of Yerevan. It will be held under the motto “With Ararat in the heart!”...
21 Aug 2018
Guangzhou to host Belarus-China tourist forum in November
The preparation for the forum was in focus of the meeting between Belarus’ Consul General to Guangzhou Leonid Batyanovsky and Vice General Manager at Guangdong Nanhu International Travel Service Co. LTD Spark Chen...
20 Aug 2018
Tourists from Netherlands become 50,000th visa-free visitors of Grodno District
They arrived in Belarus on a yacht rented in Poland. In Augustow they learned that it was possible to visit Belarus visa free. The tourists from the Netherlands said that it did not take them long to register all the necessary documents, and they crossed the border very fast...
20 Aug 2018
Belarusian wrestlers win three bronze medals in Germany
Belarus’ Greco-Roman wrestler Maksim Kazharsky defeated Viktor Petryk from Ukraine in the 60kg bronze medal event...
20 Aug 2018
Belarus wins 10 gold medals at Para-Swimming European Championships in Dublin
Belarus placed sixth in the medal table with 14 medals...
20 Aug 2018
Belarus to showcase over 150 defense products at Army 2018 expo in Russia
Belarusian defense contractors will bring over 150 products to the expo. Many of them will be demonstrated for the first time...
20 Aug 2018
Experts from 18 countries discussing green solutions for Mogilev
The participants of the summer school are to come up with innovative and eco-friendly solutions to promote the city’s green infrastructure network, in particular in the area of Pechera Lake, Podnikolie, Buinichi, and the Dubrovenka River basin...
20 Aug 2018
Belarus’ embassy to mark 25 years of diplomatic relations with concerts, film screenings in Syria
According to Alexander Ponomarev, a number of events are scheduled in Syria on 26 August. They will feature a tour of a dance company from Belarus. A concert in the Damascus Opera House will take place in early September...
20 Aug 2018
Aryna Sabalenka up to 25th in WTA rankings
A week ago the Belarusian was 34th in the WTA rankings. She moved up to 25th after reaching the Cincinnati semifinal...
20 Aug 2018
Belarus wins 7 medals at FIG World Challenge Cup 2018 in Minsk
Yekaterina Galkina claimed gold with the Hoop scoring 19,750 points. Aleksandra Soldatova of Russia placed second with 19,150 points...
17 Aug 2018
Over 80 events planned for Belarusian Written Language Day celebrations
The celebrations will take place in the town of Ivanovo, Brest Oblast, on 1-2 September. The festivities will be based around two dozen venues...
16 Aug 2018
Belarusian Industrial Forum 2019 scheduled for 17-20 September
The Belarusian Industrial Forum has been regularly held since 1997. Over the time it has gained international recognition as a demonstration platform of advanced industrial technologies and innovations...
16 Aug 2018
Over 500 wrestlers to take part in European Judo Open in Minsk
The international tournament will be held for the 20th time. According to the head of the Belarusian Judo Federation, Chizhovka Arena will host such a tournament for the first time...
16 Aug 2018
China to launch Belarusian State University satellite
Students are encouraged to carry out research projects in all Belarusian educational institutions. Seven universities are busy introducing the University 3.0 model, which provides for commercializing scientific research...
16 Aug 2018
Minsk Guest Card in Chinese soon
The website of the project will soon provide information about the main sights of the city in Chinese. In November the Minsk Guest Card will be displayed at an exhibition in Shanghai...
16 Aug 2018
Plans for more Chinese language teachers at Belarusian schools
The training will be available in the intra-mural and extra-mural forms. This is an experimental project with the Confucius Institute at Belarusian State University...
16 Aug 2018
Over 30 people invited to audition to choose Junior Eurovision 2018 hosts in Minsk
The youngest candidate is 10 years old; the oldest is 36. A text in English was recited in front of the jury by famous media personas and young talents who took part in the audition for the first time...
16 Aug 2018
Books of Chinese poetry in Belarusian to be donated to Belarus’ Culture Center in Beijing
The books that include Chinese poems translated into Belarusian for the first time make part of the Bright Signs: Poets of China series and the anthology of the Chinese poetry of the 20th century Petals of Lotus and Golden Daisy...
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