Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Reports: 12-month delay likely for Belarusian nuclear station's launch
The Belarusian NPP may be launched 10-12 months later than planned, an anonymous energy market expert told Interfax. The Russian state corporation Rosatom may have to give Belarus the power unit meant for Leningrad NPP-2 that is also being built now. It is ‘in a state of better readiness.’ read more 
Uladzislaw Hancharow wins trampoline gold for Belarus
Uladzislaw Hancharow (Uladzislau Hancharou) of Belarus won the gold medal in the men’s trampoline gymnastics at the Rio Olympics on Saturday. read more 
Election authorities register 521 parliamentary candidates
As many as 521 people were registered as candidates in the upcoming elections for the 110-seat House of Representatives, Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the central election commission, told BelaPAN on Friday, one day after the candidate registration stage ended. read more 
Reports: Belarusbank top managers arrested
A number of Belarusbank top managers have been detained, mass media refer to unofficial sources. Chief executive officer Anatol Bahovik is among the detained read more 
Belarusian programmer wins Google competition for third time
Henadz Karatkevich from Homiel has won the first place in the Google Code Jam sports programming competition. The final tour was held on August 5th in New York. Henadz scored 170 points out of 200 possible. read more 
Incident at Belarus Nuclear Power Plant raises safety concerns
On 10 July 2016 there was an incident at the construction site of the new Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant. read more 
Belarusian nuclear mishap shows Soviet-like secrecy still rules
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in neighboring Ukraine, Belarus, which saw a quarter of its territory contaminated in the world's worst nuclear accident, is building its first energy plant powered by the atom. read more 
Why Belarus fails to attract foreign tourists
In April 2016 the NGO Priceconomics published an article entitled Which Countries Are the Most / Least Overrun by Tourists? in which Belarus was ranked the 11th least popular country for tourists. read more 
1500 people come to Lyavon Volski’s concert in Suharava (photo)
Cult musician Lyavon Volski performed in Suharava, Minsk, on July 27. He sang at a signature collection picket in support of deputy head of the Movement For Freedom Ales Lahvinets. read more 
White-red-white flags in Independence Square - in pictures
The action initiated by ex-political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich started in Independence Square in Minsk at 8.30 a.m. The Independence Day used to be marked on July 27 (the day when the Independence Declaration of the Republic of Belarus was adopted) in the 1990s. Dashkevich urged people to come to read more |
