Facts - Land Of Ancestors - Belarus

Large luminous balls were installed in Minsk

Lida — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:29:37 +0300

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 entered top 500 best universities in the world.

Lida — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:31:49 +0300

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"

Lida — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:55:09 +0400

The sixth folk festival "Kamyanica" was held in the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Lifestyle in the village Aziarco near Minsk.

Dances with the flame, fire-breathing people, "hot" theater: the fire festival was held in Ratamka (Minsk district).

Lida — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:33:54 +0400

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.

Bewitching Belarus from the board of air patrol plane (photos)

Lida — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:18:01 +0400

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)

Newsmaker — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:44:06 +0400

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.

Top-10 players who take part in the Ice Hockey World championship 2014 in Minsk

Newsmaker — Thu, 15 May 2014 03:58:26 +0400

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.

Belarusian who created the program Viber sold it to the Japanese for $ 900 million

Newsmaker — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 06:38:14 +0400

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...

Belarus could be the hobbits homeland acccording to the climate

Newsmaker — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:28:00 +0400

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

Newsmaker — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 06:03:39 +0400

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.