The center of Minsk has been decorated with large luminous balls for Christmas and New Year. Metal frame was covered with garlands and light snowflakes and benches were installed there. The constructions became good and unusual backdrop for photographs and a new benchmark for meetings.
Belarus State University (BSU) entered the top 500 best universities in the world.
The ranking of world universities was published by British agency QS (THE - QS World University Rankings). According to the ranking BSU entered the top 500 best universities in the world first time and located in the group of universities occupying positions 491-500.
For the first time in history Belarusian university was placed so high in the world ranking.
The sixth folk festival "Kamyanica" was held in the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle in the village Aziarco near Minsk.
The International Fire Festival was held at Minsk district. Best fire’s theaters from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus introduced their programs at the stadium of the Republican Centre of Olympic Training for equestrian sports and horse breeding in Ratamka.
Due to steady hot and dry weather employees of the state enterprise "Bellesavia" daily overflew the territory of Belarus.
Let’s look at the bewitching Belarus from the board of the plane, which makes a daily route above Belarus.
The joust and reconstruction of the Battle of Grunwald were held in Dudutki (Minsk region).
Hundreds of people in medieval armors visited the museum complex ”Dudutki“ on July, 20. The joust was dedicated to one of the most significant events in the history of Belarus - the 603th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald. Despite the changes of weather, the event was held.
It is said that the World championship in the Olympic year (e.g. 2006, 2010) attracts less famous hockey players than usual. World championship in Minsk is not an exception. Many players who took part in Olympic games wasn't able to visit Belarusian capital for many reasons.
Nevertheless Ice Hockey World Championship 2014 in Minsk has attracted well-known players and they are showing their skills to the audience
Today we present our top-10 players who are taking part in the World championship.
Japanese company Rakuten acquired Belarusian-Israeli service Viber for $ 900 millions.
Program ”Viber“ helps its users to talk and exchange messages using Wi-Fi and 3G-Internet. You have to pay only for web traffic and not for expensive international calls.
”Viber“ is similar to legendary ”Skype“ although the creators try to avoid parallels with more popular competitor. However, there are some fundamental differences...
Dr. Lant who uses the pseudonym Radagast the Brown from Tolkien’s novel has compared the climate in the areas of ”The Hobbit“ and ”The Lord of the Rings“ with the real countries.
Slonim was shown in Japanese anime.
In the traditional Japanese cartoon the Belarusian town was recreated with stunning accuracy - the same buildings, the synagogue, town center, only instead of Lenin a strange personality stands on a pedestal.
