News - Land Of Ancestors - Belarus

Belarus has lowered prices of visas for citizens of the USA and Great Britain

Lida — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:25:54 +0300

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

Tragedy in Paris: the deceased journalist Charlie Hebdo was married to Belarusian woman

Lida — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:41:23 +0300

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

Belarusian mountain skier Shkanava won the slalom at the FIS races in Switzerland

Newsmaker — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:26:12 +0300

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.

The winner of competition "Best agroecohomestead 2014" became "Mazychy" estate

Newsmaker — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:38:38 +0300

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 will be held the at the Big Theatre of Belarus on December 22

Newsmaker — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:16:18 +0300

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.

Domrachava and Kushnir declared the best athletes of Belarus in 2014 according to the journalists

Newsmaker — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:40:06 +0300

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 of twelfth and thirteenth centuries will be presented at the exhibition "New in the Archaeology of the Homel region"

Newsmaker — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:44:04 +0300

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

Newsmaker — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:17:42 +0300

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 Germane for the development of rural tourism

Newsmaker — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:50:25 +0300

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.

Tatsiana Drazdouskaya won the silver at the stage of KM in sailing in Australia

Newsmaker — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:05:31 +0300

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.