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3 Apr 2015
Augustow Canal to host Nemanskaya Vesna festival 17-19 April
Competitions will be held on the river Ostashanka on the territory of the Augustow Canal near the village of Nemnovo. The event will gather about 300 participants from Minsk, Belarusian oblasts, various tourism clubs, sport and educational establishments and organizations...
3 Apr 2015
Exhibition of Japanese urban projects of the 1960s to open in Gomel
Under the broad theme of architecture and the city, this exhibition takes a fresh look at proposals on the city that were put forward by Japanese architects in the 1960s when Japan saw a flourishing of ideas and activities in that area...
2 Apr 2015
Nuclear power development in spotlight at Atomexpo Belarus 2015
As part of the forum a specialized expo of Russian and Belarusian enterprises that make products and provide services for the nuclear energy industry will take place...
2 Apr 2015
Belarus’ entries for Slavonic Bazaar song contests to be announced on 3 April
All in all, the organizers received some 70 applications for the participation in the elimination rounds of the 24th International Song Contest Vitebsk 2015 and the 13th International Junior Song Contest Vitebsk 2015 from different regions of Belarus...
1 Apr 2015
Big Crystal Globe winner Darya Domracheva to arrive to a warm welcome in Minsk on 1 April
Darya Domracheva’s fans gathered at Minsk National Airport with banners welcoming her home, congratulating her on the victory, and thanking her for the moments of happiness she had given to them...
1 Apr 2015
Belavia may open flights from Minsk to Birmingham
"The flights between Minsk and Birmingham will give fantastic benefits for both sides. Birmingham Airport is looking forward to begin work with Belavia and the National Airport Minsk, and to open additional flights between the United Kingdom and Belarus in the future"...
1 Apr 2015
Delegations of Belarus, Russia to partake in Life-Giving Water of Friendship festival in Gomel
The forum will be held with the participation of the Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs. The oblast center will bring together participants of the UNESCO clubs from Gomel, Minsk, Brest, Grodno...
1 Apr 2015
Gomel Oblast to host Days of Russian Film 2-8 April
The Battle of Sevastopol will premiere at the Gomel Kalinin Cinema House and all digital cinema theaters of the oblast on 2 April...
31 Mar 2015
UNWTO Secretary General to visit Belarus 7-10 April
The program of the visit includes a number of business meetings. The UNWTO head will also take part in the opening of the 18th spring fair of tourism services Recreation 2015 and the international conference “Sustainable tourism for economic development of regions”...
31 Mar 2015
Belarus’ longest Kupala belt to be presented at Alexandria Gathers Friends festival
According to the schedule, weavers from different parts of Belarus will come to Mogilev to continue the work introducing the traditional local patterns into the belt...
31 Mar 2015
Belarus Events Calendar: April 2015
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
30 Mar 2015
Belarus’ Grinkevich-Sudnik breaks world record in classic powerlifting
Alexander Grinkevich-Sudnik won his weight category event with the total result of 710kg (squat – 242.5kg, bench press – 167.5kg, deadlift – 300kg) to set a new world record...
30 Mar 2015
Belarus Events Calendar: April 2015
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...
30 Mar 2015
New business lounge for passengers in Minsk airport
The new lounge can welcome 80 people at a time. Its design is modern while the walls are decorated with colorful panel pictures dedicated to the history of Belarus and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War...
30 Mar 2015
Belarus’ National Art Museum to create new exhibtion spaces
“There are museum complexes in European cities. The creation of such complex in Minsk will enable us to demonstrate the whole spectrum of the national culture, and to arrange exhibitions built from the museum’s own holdings"...
30 Mar 2015
Minsk to host Leisure 2015 expo in April
Visitors to Leisure 2015 will be offered all kinds of business tours, cruises, children’s tours, educational tours, and guided tours. Those who will book a tour at the expo will get a discount...
30 Mar 2015
Museum attendance in Belarus goes up
The Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War draws from 30,000 to 60,000 people per month and is one of the most visited Belarusian museums...
29 Mar 2015
IEC GA in Minsk to highlight energy use for enhancing living standards
Minsk will host the General Assembly of the IEC, the world’s biggest business forum in electric, electronic and allied technologies, for the first time in its history. The meeting will take place on 5-16 October 2015...
29 Mar 2015
Belarus’ Prokopenko wins Anatoly Kharlampiyev Memorial gold
Yekaterina Prokopenko claimed the champion title beating Georgia’s Shorena Sharadze in the final. Apart from the gold, Belarusian sambo athletes took ten bronze medals...
28 Mar 2015
BSU hosts Minsk Language Festival on 29 March
The forum showcased 50 languages, including rare and popular, modern and extinct ones. The “debutants” of the festival included Tatar, Armenian, Estonian, Maltese, Afrikaans, Navajo...
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