Society & culture

Belarus Foreign Affairs Ministry: No Belarusians injured in Barcelona train accident There are no Belarusians injured in the train accident in Barcelona. The information was published d on the official twitter page of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus. The Belarusian Embassy in Spain continues controlling the situation. Meanwhile specialists do not stop working at the accident site. They are trying to get into the control cabin to identify the definite reasons of the accident.

Japan renders ultrasound equipment purchasing grant for oncologic dispensary in Minsk The patients of Minsk oncological dispensary can now have tests done on new ultrasound equipment. More than 160 thousand rubles were spent on its purchasing. The grant was given by the Japanese government. This is the first project realized in Minsk. Before support was rendered to the regions of the country.

Mock helicopter sports championship held at airdrome Borovaya On the first day of the international helicopter sports competition, crews demonstrated professional skills in navigation. In difficult weather conditions helicopter pilots searched for hidden targets on the ground and practiced precision. The aviators had no more than five minutes to go through the track. Besides the skillfulness of the pilot, the sharp eye of the navigator played a big role as well.

Ambassador of Iceland: Earlier I knew about Belarus thanks to Eurovision only Berglind Asgeirsdottir, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iceland to the Republic of Belarus has answered several questions in the TV program Simple Questions with Yegor Khrustalev. Berglind Asgeirsdottir, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iceland to the Republic of Belarus: Before I arrived in Belarus, I associated the country exclusively with the Eurovision Song Contest. Many years ago Norway won this musical competition. However, the young winner was from Belarus.

Hard work o combiners in harvesting season 2017 News from the fields was the most expected thing this year. Cold summer and long lasting rains did well for the harvest. The harvesting season started later than usual, but it was even better. The south of the country is in the lead as usual. This is not a parade o special machinery. These are the harvesters going to the fields. The work of agrarians begins om the early morning.

Japan school students share impressions about Belarus Zubrenok summer camp once again welcomes young tourists from Japan. More than 100 foreign students this time. They come to Belarus rom the regions which suffered from natural disasters. The first group of teenagers arrived in Minsk on July 22; another group is expected at the end of the month. Besides health improvement course by Lake Naroch, a fruitful cultural program awaits them. They will also visit the Gomel region, and see with their own eyes the restores after Chernobyl lands.

International camp on international law in Belarus gathers 15 countries Participants from 15 countries gathered a summer camp on international law on the banks of the Berezina River in Belarus. Among them are students from Yale, Harvard, the Geneva Academy and winners of international law Olympiads. The main theme of this summer's summer school is the law in the field of cyber technologies.  World-class professors gave lectures on the intricacies of regulating modern realities - from hybrid wars to blockchain. 

Belarusian becomes four-time winner of Yandex. Algorithm Programmer from Belarus Gennady Korotkevich became the four-time winner of the competition in sports programming "Yandex. Algorithm". Participating in the championship, which is held since 2011, this year were almost 5,000 people from all over the world, including India, China, Peru, and Cameroon. As reported on the company's website, more than half of applications were from Russia. Second in terms of the number of participants were programmers from Belarus with Ukraine placed third.

Passenger flow increases in National Airport Minsk The passenger flow in National Airport Minsk increased by one third from the beginning of 2017. As many as 2 million passengers. In June alone the number of passengers was 425 thousand.

Belarusian school students win 4 medals at International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand Chemistry of success. Belarusian school students won three silver and one bronze medal from the International Chemistry Olympiad, which finished on July 17, 2017 in Thailand.

Alexander Lukashenko meets with chairman of Belarus' Supreme Court On July 17, Alexander Lukashenko received the chairman of the Supreme Court. Valentin Sukalo reported to the President on the work of the unified judicial system. It was decided to improve it three years ago.

Day of Union State at Slavonic Bazaar 2017 July 14, 2017 at Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk is dedicated to the friendship of Belarus and Russia. The Day of Union State 2017 at the festival is dedicated to the anniversary of the Belarusian musical band “Syabry” (Friends). The band is loved both in Belarus and in Russia.

Guests on 2017 Slavonic Bazaar Festival in Vitebsk Vitebsk does not sleep today. It's noisy and there's a lot of fun around the city. The XXVI International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk officially opened yesterday in the evening.

Tamara Gverdtsiteli's star unveiled on Stars Square in Vitebsk Today, July 13, is a special day for the Russian singer, actress and composer Tamara Gverdtsiteli. Her personal star was opened on the Square of Stars near the Summer Amphitheater in Belarus' Vitebsk. In the evening the singer will be awarded a special award of the President of Belarus "Through Art to Peace and Mutual Understanding". Similar stars are opened in Vitebsk every year, with Russian and other former Soviet artists being perpetuated on the alley.

Aleksei Volin: Mass Media should impart skills and basics of information hygiene to people The responsibility of journalists for every written word, the place and the role of mass media in the modern society- the big talk united more than 250 journalists in Minsk. Minsk is hosting the XIX Russian Press World Congress. Alexander Lukashenko took part in the main day of the forum. He shared his opinion on the role and place of the Russian language in Belarus’ history.

Photofact: Vyazynka celebrates Kupala’s anniversary The 135th anniversary of Yanks Kupala was celebrated in his native place of Vyazynka in Molodechno district. The world famous museum is located here, lovers of Kupala’s talent have been gathering here for 45 years now. The current poetry celebration was special. Literature experts, critics, modern poets and lovers of poetry gathered here once again to listen to Kupala’s poems in connection with his anniversary.

Yadviga Poplavskaya reads Alexander Tikhanovich’s farewell poem Another birthday of another talented person of today – in a few days’ time. July the 13th is Alexander Tikhanovich’s birthday. Alexander Tikhanovich passed away at the beginning of 2017. The duet of Tikhanovich and Poplavskaya is now transformed into a duo of Yadviga Poplavskaya and Anastasia Tikhanovich. Mother and daughter openly spoke about their thoughts and feelings for the first time after Alexander Tikhanovich’s death in the interview to the program “Simple Questions”. It will be broadcast on July 13 on RTR-Belarus.

President Lukashenko about revival of small towns and villages in Belarus President Lukashenko announced the concepts of Belarus’ further development, emphasizing the quality life conditions. Alexander Lukashenko went on a working visit to the Vitebsk region on July 7, 2017. Beautification and social-economic development are at the center of attention. Kopys, a small town in Orsha district, was one of the stops of President Lukashenko. Alexander Lukashenko emphasized, that other small town of Belarus should follow the example of Kopys.

OSCE supports Belarus' resolution on psychoactive substances Participants of the summer session of the OSCE PA on July 7 continued their work in Minsk. The initiative, put forward by Belarus, draws attention to the need to solve the problem of psychoactive substances by joint efforts. Over the past two or three years, the number of people who take drugs has doubled. This is confirmed by the UN and OSCE experts. It's not easy to identify such substances. They quickly appear, but new ones are then created while the nature of older ones is studied.

National Art Museum of Belarus restores Aivazovsky's Storm on the Azov Sea Restoration of the "Storm on the Sea of ​​Azov" by painter Aivazovsky has completed at the National Art Museum of Belarus, which is timed to the 200th anniversary of the maestro. This is one of the best works of the famous artist telling the viewer the story of the death of the ship Yastreb (Hawk) in the waters of the Azov Sea. The color transitions that Aivazovsky used were so thin that the restorer was faced with a very difficult task.

Belarusian scientists develop electronics for Russia’s NICA collider Belarusian scientists have developed electronics and mechanical parts for the future Russian NICA collider. Nuclear physicists from nearly 20 countries a working on the grand project. The collider in Dubna is meant for researches, which are not available or ordinary laboratories. It will also permit to find out how protons and neutrons were formed after the Big Bang in the Universe. In the future these researches will help to develop a completely new type of fuel. The total sum of the Belarusian scientists’ works is estimated at 1.5 million dollars.

Military hardware exhibition held in Minsk All the power of Belarusian Army at a distance of a hand. After the military parade dedicated to Independence Day, all the military and agricultural machinery, which participated in the parade, was lined up near the Minsk Hero City complex. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers, tractors and cars were at people’s disposal for one hour.