Belarus has lowered prices of visas for citizens of the USA and Great Britain since January, 13.

One of the fallen staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo Michel Renaud was married to the woman from Gomel.

Leading Belarusian skier Maryia Shkanava won the slalom competition that was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, under the auspices of the International Ski Federation (FIS). In addition, she won a silver medal in other disciplines - giant slalom, said the Belarusian Federation of skiing and snowboarding.

Grand Prix of the republican contest "Best agroecohomestead 2014" was the estate "Mazychy" (Village Mazychy in Kobryn district, Brest region). This was announced at the award ceremony by the chairman of the jury, Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Cheslau Shulga.

Christmas Charity Ball of the book and auction of books will be held at the Big Theatre of Belarus on December 22, according to the National Academic Big Theater of Opera and Ballet.

Three-time champion of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in biathlon Darya Domrachava and the champion of the same Games in ski freestyle acrobatics Anton Kushnir declared the best athletes of Belarus on the results of a survey of journalists conducted by the newspaper "Sports Panorama".

Glass bracelets, supposedly made in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that women used as jewelry, will be presented at the exhibition "New in the Archaeology of the Homel region". It opens today at the Palace of Rumyantsevy-Paskevichy, said museum director Aksana Taropava.

Drawn carpets of the region Paazerje near Vitsebsk were included in the list of historical and cultural heritage of Belarus. The decision was made at a meeting of the Belarusian Republican Scientific and Methodological Council on Historical and Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.

Vitsebsk region received a grant of the support program of Belarus of German Federal Government for the development of rural tourism. This was announced by the coordinator of the project "Development of rural tourism as one of the main areas of sustainable development of Vitsebsk region," said the consultant of Minsk International Educational Center Aleh Krauchuk.

The leader of the national team of Belarus in sailing in the Olympic class yachts "Laser Radial" Tatsiana  Drazdouskaya won the silver medal at the World Cup this season, which was held in Melbourne, Australia, said the Belarusian Sailing Federation.