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Flowers laid at memorial in Peoples' Friendship park Today, at the 32 nd anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, Minsk hosted commemorative rally dedicated to the tragic event. The participants visited the Peoples' Friendship park and laid flowers at the memorial. Liquidators of Chernobyl disaster, those who suffered from the consequences of the accident, as well ...

All possibilities of new scene involved in play «Romeo and Juliet» at the Youth Theater! The premiere of the new production took place the day before. The characters of William Shakespeare’s tragedy spoke in Belarusian. Translation of the textbook work was done from the original. Nevertheless, for the incarnation on the stage of the Youth Theater, the English version had to be significantly reduced. For the first time the «Romeo and Juliet» play will demonstrate all the possibilities of the new...

Council of the Republic hosted a meeting with Director of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Conference on local self-government issues to be held in September in Minsk. The details of the upcoming session were discussed by the Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich and Director of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. This meeting was preceded by 4 years ...

On Minsk stage, La Bohème is performed in Italian Today the Bolshoi Theatre in Minsk is premiering Puccini’s world-famous La Bohème. It was staged there twice, in 1968 and 2002. Now the opera is directed by the People's Artist of Russia and four-time ...

Patrons of culture support large-scale festivals and major international exhibitions Belarus’ patrons of culture have been awarded in Minsk. The list includes companies, businessmen, and ordinary people who contribute to culture development in the country, support the organization of events, finance the preservation of monuments and historical sites. Thanks to their donations and sponsorship ...

Exposition timed to 85-th anniversary of Bolshoi academic opera and ballet theater of Belarus opened at National library An exposition timed to the 85-th anniversary of the Bolshoi theater of Belarus opened at the National library. 70 showbills tell about the most significant periods of its history. The 25-th of May, 1933 is regarded as the date of birth of the Bolshoi theater of Belarus. Yet, the library's gallery also features several showbills of the 19-th century, which are also connected with...

Collection of Botanical garden boasting over eight hundred succulent species An exotic spring has come to the Belarus's capital Minsk. An exposition of succulent plants opened in the Botanical garden. These flowers usually grow in dry topical forests. The collection of Botanical garden boasts over eight hundred species of the bloodline. A fifth of the collection is presented: ...

About 190 companies take part in Italian-Belarusian forum on green economy Belarus and Italy are expanding economic cooperation. A forum on green economy is being held in Minsk. 50 Italian and 140 Belarusian companies take part in it. The main Belarusian governmental institutions, specialized associations and representative offices of joint Italian-Belarusian enterprises are among the invited participants. The emphasis ...

Around 2,000 trees and bushes to be planted in Minsk on April 21 Native land will be the main idea of the republican Saturday voluntary work day. It will be attended by work collectives and public organizations. Half of the funds raised will be used to purchase equipment for the Minsk City Clinical ...

8 capital libraries to take part in annual action in support of reading Belarus joins the international action «Biblionight», which is held today with the aim of popularizing reading. Only in the capital eight institutions will offer an insomnia night surrounded by valuable publications. The guests will be offered lectures, exhibitions, workshops, excursions and shows. In the Belarusian State University the participants will be able to read a "living book" and meet with a "black...