Ali Shabanau wins bronze at 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Poland On his way to the podium, the Belarusian athlete defeated Dzhemal Rushen Ali of Bulgaria 6-0, Gheorghi Pascalov of Moldova 11-1. In the semifinal Ali Shabanau lost to Georgia’s Sandro Aminashvili 2-3. In the bronze-medal bout the Belarusian proved stronger against Poland’s Sebastian Jezierzanski...
22 Apr 2021
Over 211,000 Belarusians receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine No cases of complications after vaccination have been reported. Around 10% of the vaccinated experience general (flu-like symptoms, fever, headache) and injection-site (swelling or pain) reaction within 1-3 days after getting the shot...
21 Apr 2021
Minsk to run exhibition to mark Chernobyl’s 35th anniversary "Numerous photos and archival materials will tell about the accident, its consequences for Belarus, relief efforts and reconstruction, about the fate of people whose lives were connected with Chernobyl"...
Sabalenka off to a good start in Stuttgart The match lasted 1 hour 8 minutes. The Belarusian will next face German Anna-Lena Friedsam for a spot in the quarterfinals...
Ivashka powers into Barcelona second round In the opener the Belarusian needed less than an hour to see off world number 144 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-1. Ilya Ivashka will next face Spain’s world number 3 Rafael Nadal...
Sabalenka remains 7th in WTA The Belarusian currently holds 5,085 points. This week Aryna Sabalenka is set to play in Stuttgart, Germany. The Belarusian will open the tournament against China’s world number 40 Zhang Shuai...
Belarus win eight medals at 2021 FIG World Cup in Uzbekistan Alina Harnasko won gold in the Ribbon routine (22,750 points). Italy’s Sofia Raffaeli took silver with the total of 22,100 points. Russia’s Dina Averina claimed bronze (21,500 points)...
Works by BelTA’s photographer on display in Hermitage Oksana Manchuk has presented eight works depicting the Student Village in Minsk. She worked on the project for one and a half years under the guidance of famous Russian photographer Yuri Kozyrev. "The project is called Babylon"...
Vitebsk to host Estonian art exhibition The exhibition will feature the works (watercolor, gouache, collage, printed graphics) by Estonian artists Pusa (Piret Bergmann), Viive Noor, Alexey Kornilov and Juri Mildeberg...
Belarus' Brest plans to host cross triathlon, half marathon events in summer The cross biathlon event in Brest is scheduled for 3 July. Participants will be offered to swim 500m in open water, to ride 10km on a bicycle over rough terrain and to finish with a 3km run. The section of Mukhavets near the lifeguard station, as well as the coast of the river have been chosen as the location for the event...