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13 Apr 2018
Lukashenko against doping in sport
“At the same time we cannot allow a discriminatory attitude to our athletes. The example is the suspension of the Belarusian men's canoe and kayak national team from the 2016 Rio Games”...
13 Apr 2018
Belarus’ cross-country skiing under fire for poor results
"The coaches who discover and train talents need to be encouraged. They need to be paid for this"...
13 Apr 2018
Uzbekistan hosts Days of Belarusian Culture
The program includes the performances of the Syabry band, the State Academic Dance Ensemble of Belarus, and the lead actor of the Zhinovich National Folk Orchestra Igor Zadorozhny...
13 Apr 2018
Minsk named CIS most popular tourist destination during May holidays
The top five most popular cities include Minsk, Astana, Baku, Yerevan and Brest. The Belarusian capital also tops the five CIS and near abroad cities for Russian travelers during the New Year and 8 March holidays...
13 Apr 2018
Mirnyi, Oswald progress to Houston semifinal
In the quarterfinal the Belarusian-Austrian duo defeated Scott Lipsky and Tennys Sandgren of the United States 6-7, 7-6, 11-9...
12 Apr 2018
Plans to publish Yanka Kupala’s literary works in Korean
The translation of Kupala’s poems into Georgian and Italian is underway. “The more they know about Yanka Kupala, the more they will lean about Belarus”...
12 Apr 2018
Minsk hosts Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
It is important to remember the World War II victims, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Aron Shomam. Millions of people died during the genocide of Jews, including in Belarus...
12 Apr 2018
Mogilev to host international traditional culture forum on 24-28 April
The folk art celebration to be held on the first day of the forum will showcase the local artistic groups who will demonstrate Mogilev’s folklore heritage: traditional dances and songs, folk-tunes, round dances and much more...
12 Apr 2018
Lapko advances at Samsung Open
Belarus’ world number 130 Vera Lapko saw off Estonia’s world number 28 Anett Kontaveit 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the 2018 Samsung Open round one in Lugano...
12 Apr 2018
Eurasian Oriental Dance Championship in Minsk to see about 130 contestants
This is an open competition for dancers from across the globe sharing the best oriental cultural traditions...
12 Apr 2018
Vitebsk to host Innovations. Investments. Prospects forum on 17-18 May
This year the forum will be held under the motto Vitebsk Oblast 2018 as a meeting place for innovative demand and supply to promote business initiative...
12 Apr 2018
Vitebsk school students triumph in online English language competition in Russia
Minsk and Mozyr also were among the top 10 cities with the highest average score...
12 Apr 2018
100 Ideas for CIS expo opens in Minsk
The exhibition features 45 projects from six CIS countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia...
12 Apr 2018
Sasnovich into Lugano Samsung Open round two
After Aryna Sabalenka saw off Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands 7-6, (7-4), 6-0...
12 Apr 2018
Mirnyi, Oswald off to good start in Houston
Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Austria’s Philipp Oswald beat the Argentinean-Chilean tandem of Horacio Zeballos and Julio Peralta 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) in the opener at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, the United States...
11 Apr 2018
Belarus President’s team beat HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl veterans
Sergei Lukichev and Valentin Lepikhov (both – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) and Andrei Astashevich and Yaroslav Chupris (both - Belarus) were named the best players of the match...
11 Apr 2018
Legendary space explorers to meet at ASE Congress in Minsk
“We will see legendary people who have been involved in space exploration, taken part in various space programs of the Soviet Union, Russia, NASA”...
11 Apr 2018
Russia’s St Petersburg to host Minsk Days in September
"The recent Business Cooperation Council in St Petersburg discussed the issue as well. It is expected that the joint cooperation program for 2018-2020 will be signed during Minsk Days," said Alexander Krepak...
11 Apr 2018
Augustow Canal in Belarus to host water tourism festival on 15-16 April
According to the source, it will be a traditional festival. The festival usually opens a new water tourism season...
11 Apr 2018
Three Belarusian universities in Round University Rankings
This year, 783 universities from 74 countries took part in the ranking. The ranking is published by RUR Rankings Agency...
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