National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" will take a part in a new film project of Serbian director Emir Kusturica.

In Belarusian health resorts in the period from January to August 159.5 thousand foreigners from near and far abroad vacationed and recuperated (2.5 thousand people more in comparison with the same period of the last year). The director of the National Center of Health Improvement and Sanatorium Treatment of the Population under the Council of Ministers Henadz Balbatouski reported this.

Women's basketball team of Belarus started with a win at the World Cup, which began in Turkey on September, 27. In the first fight the team of Rimantas Grigas in the nervous struggle took precedence over a team of South Korea. The final score is 70:64 (11:23, 21: 7, 23:15, 15:19).

On September, 28 in Izmir (Turkey) the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Сhampionship, in which Belarusian athletes won five medals, has ended.

Belarus plans to realize projects jointly with Microsoft and IBM, reports the website of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.

Traditionally, from September, till October, 5 2014 the competitive screenings of world's biggest short film festival - the Manhattan Short Film Festival (New York, USA) will take place in Belarus.

On September, 23 the first sets of awards were contested at the World Championship in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Izmir (Turkey). One of the medals is in the asset of the Belarusian grace Melita Stanyuta.

Belarusian Alena Amialiusik won a bronze medal at the World Cycling Championship.

Viktoria Azarenka (№17 of BTA rating) confidently beat Russian player Elena Vesnina (№56) and advanced to the fourth round of the US Open tennis tournament. This victory became the 100th for Belarusian player in Grand Slam matches.

Belarusian documentary film «Daughter of Prypyat» («Dachka Prypyaci») won the Grand Prix at the International Catholic Festival of Christian Films and TV programs Magnificat-2014.