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

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.

The new national space program was developed in Belarus, said  the general director of the Joint Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus Aliaxandar Tuzikau.

The National Belarusian Airline Company “Belavia” is presented at one of the largest aerospace exhibition in the world – Farnborough International Airshow (UK).  

Belarus got the ninth place in the 2014 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index. It is the best result among former Soviet republics.

Ariel Sharon (February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was a politician and former Prime Minister of Israel.

His ancestors came from Belarus. His grandfather Mordechai Sheinerman was born and raised in Brest (Belarus). He was a staunch Zionist and became one of the founders of the Zionist organization in Brest.

In 1910 Sheinerman with his family moved to permanent residence in Palestine.

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.