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26 Jan 2015
Belarusian wrestlers win five medals at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015
Ibragim Saidov claimed gold in the 97kg event. The Belarusian reached the final after taking two shutouts over Mongolia’s Huderbulga Dorjkhand and Russian wrestlers Yevgeny Kolomiyets and Yuri Belonovsky...
26 Jan 2015
UNFPA: Urban dwellers to make up 80% of Belarus’ population by 2030
The total fertility rate (the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime) in Belarus is the same as in the world’s most developed countries, including Europe...
26 Jan 2015
Belarus’ delegation attends EYOF 2015 opening ceremony
The captain of the Belarusian team, biathlete Nikolai Pososhnichenko from the Novopolotsk school of biathlon, carried the national flag during the parade...
26 Jan 2015
Bishop of Gomel Stefan hands over humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees
According to the information from the Belarusian Orthodox Church, refugees from the regions in southeastern Ukraine engulfed in the military conflict have difficulties with accommodation arrangement in Belarus...
24 Jan 2015
Domracheva makes it three in row with Pursuit win
Following her 7.5K Sprint win, the leader of the Belarusian national team led from start to finish to clinch her 25th victory at the IBU World Cup competitions...
23 Jan 2015
Belarusian explorers raise national flag in Antarctica
“In the run-up to the professional holiday, the flags of the Republic of Belarus and the National Academy of Sciences were raised at the field camp of the Belarusian Antarctic expedition, near Mount Vechernyaya. This is a kind of tribute to all the scientists of the country”...
23 Jan 2015
Minsk Oblast to mark Victory anniversary by patriotic campaign
As part of the project the BRSM activists will arrange patriotic campaigns and contests, youth creativity festivals, thematic exhibitions and other events. On the eve of the Victory Day, the BRSM activists will congratulate all war veterans of Minsk Oblast...
23 Jan 2015
The Guardians of Remembrance documentary premiered in Moscow
The locations for the film shooting were the places of mass executions of Jews on the territory of Belarus during the Nazi occupation...
22 Jan 2015
Teatralny Koufar 2015 applications open till 1 May
The 12th International Student Theater Festival Teatralny Koufar will be held from 29 November to 6 December...
22 Jan 2015
Belarus to attend events to mark 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The Auschwitz survivors will also attend the commemoration events in Poland. Among them there will be also those who currently live in Belarus...
21 Jan 2015
Lithuania to open four visa centers in Belarus in January
The Lithuanian visa application center in Minsk started working on 19 January. The center in Grodno will open on 22 January, in Gomel on 26 January, and in Brest on 29 January...
21 Jan 2015
Belarus to present "The Archive of a War Witness” project at Venice Biennale
The project "The Archive of a War Witness" is unusual. "The communication space" is created with the help of the photographic archives of the turning points of the 20th century - the First and Second World Wars...
20 Jan 2015
Exhibition of Belarusian artist Yuri Yakovenko opens in Moscow
By the way, copies of "Song of the Bison" with 13 illustrations by Yuri Yakovenko were presented to Pope Benedict XVI and Queen Elisabeth II on behalf of Belarus...
20 Jan 2015
Belarus to host 4th International Drama Lab 20-26 April
“The Drama Lab will be held in the countryside where playwrights and producers spend five days to write a play”...
20 Jan 2015
Belarus names its team for European Youth Olympic Festival 2015
Belarusian will send 22 athletes to the European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 that is due to take place in Vorarlberg (Austria) and Liechtenstein on 26-30 January...
20 Jan 2015
Diverse program for M@rt. contact Festival in Mogilev
The participants from 10 countries will present 19 performances to the Mogilev's audience...
20 Jan 2015
First Latin American research center opens in Minsk
“The decision to set up this center was made to enhance partnership of Belarus with Latin American countries. Solid cooperation between countries relies on mutual understanding"...
19 Jan 2015
China named Guest of Honor of Minsk Book Fair
From 11 to 15 February Minsk is expecting visitors from more than 20 countries. National publishers, publishers of foreign countries will present their best print products...
18 Jan 2015
MAZ-SPORTavto rounds out Dakar 2015 Overall Top 10
MAZ’s Alexander Vasilevsky took 10th in the general classification of the trucks (7h8m59s back of the leader), the best result for Belarus over the four years of participation...
17 Jan 2015
Belarusian Kalyady celebrated in Paris
The event displayed Belarus’ national traditions of celebrating Kalyady, degustation of rice pudding and other dishes of the Belarusian cuisine...
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