Minsk has made it to the top of cities that impress visitors with cleanliness. The ranking of 30 of the cleanest cities in the world was compiled by The Street, an American financial news company. read more

Uladzimir Arlou has received Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award for his collection of stories Dances Above The City. The prize was €5000. read more

Belarus drew 0-0 with Moldova at Dynamo Stadium in Minsk with 10870 people attending. Belarusian were close to scoring in the second half but were unlucky. read more

Belarus is not yet ready to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. read more

Maryna Matsulevich from Mothers 328, a grassroots movement of mothers whose children were convicted on drug-related charges to inadequately long prison terms, has spent the night on a bench near the detention centre in Minsk. read more

Rammstein guitarist Paul Landers visited Minsk under another name in September 2018, German pianist, conductor and impresario Wilhelm Keitel told Belarusian state TV channel Belarus 1. read more

A one-year ban on overnight alcohol sales in Minsk was abolished on the order of Alyaksandr Lukashenka on October 2, one day after it was introduced. read more

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (No 20) on Saturday won her second title of the season defeating Estonia's Anett Kontaveit (No 27) 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Wuhan Open. read more

A music concert will take place for the first time in history on a Minsk metro station's platform. read more

The Ministry of Health official who explained the supplies of the South Korean vaccine Eupenta to Belarus has been detained. Lyudmila Ravutskaya, head of the pharmacological inspectorate of the Ministry of Health. read more