Many local residents traditionally spend the night of 22 June in the Brest Fortress. People come to pay tribute to the citadel defenders and all defenders of the Motherland. At 2.30 a.m. the silence was broken by the sounds of Requiem. In the Year of Historical Memory, this great piece of music was played for the first time on the sacred land of the Brest Fortress. It was performed by honored and exemplary ensembles of Belarus: the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Belarus under the...

Brest Oblast of Belarus is aimed at close cooperation with the Asian countries, Brest Oblast Vice Governor Dmitry Gorodetsky told the media on 12 May, BelTA has learned. “Within the economic conditions we have to work under today and the attitude of Western partners, we are focused on working with the countries of Asia and others. This focus will bring results. It takes some time to reorient from one market to another and to build optimal logistical schemes for the supply of goods,...

After spending nearly one month in basements and bomb shelters a family from Mariupol managed to escape from the combat zone. The road to the Belarusian city of Brest took nearly 2,500km and more than two weeks. The family is safe now and is getting reaccustomed to peaceful life. The couple and their kids have been granted a temporary residence permit. The Belarusian Society of the Red Cross delivered food sets and hygiene sets to the forced migrants. The family intends to stay in...

A picket against the construction of a fence in Belovezhskaya Pushcha is held near the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Brest. Photos by Vadim Yakubyonok Source: information agency BelTA

Evan Neumann BREST, 22 March (BelTA) – The U.S. citizen Evan Neumann has been granted refugee status in Belarus. He was issued the relevant document in the Citizenship and Migration Office of the Brest Oblast Police Department on 22 March, BelTA has learned. Evan Neumann said: “I feel safe in Belarus. I am calm, I like it here. Today I have mixed feelings. I am glad because Belarus has shown concern for me. I am upset because I am in a situation when problems occurred in my...

Brest Region Days will be held on January 24, 2022, Belarus Pavilion at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. You can get acquainted with the investment potential of the Brest Region, tourism infrastructure, investment opportunities of Free Economic Zone «Brest», investment projects «Brest of the Future» and innovation development zone «Smart Brest». You will be able to take part in B2B and G2B negotiations.    Detailed information on investment projects (in pdf-format) :...

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STOLIN DISTRICT, 4 November (BelTA) – A memorial to Nazi victims has re-opened after refurbishment in Stasino, Stolin District, BelTA has learned. Over 1,500 participants of the commemorative event moved along the Road of Memory and Sorrow that led to the place of a mass grave where the memorial was unveiled. Bells were rung all the way to the monument, schoolchildren were carrying red carnations. Taking part in the commemorative event were Deputy Head of the Belarus President...

  On 4 May, representatives of the Brest District Executive Committee, the Brest district organization of the Belarusian Union of Agricultural Workers and the Territorial Population Service Center gave two veterans of the Great Patriotic War the jubilee medals to mark the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Pictured: Military commissioner of the city of Brest and Brest District Valery Kasyanyuk presents the jubilee medal to war veteran...

The regional stage of the national patriotic campaign “To the Glory of the Common Victory!” finished with a solemn commemorative meeting in the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial Complex on 22 April, BelTA has learned. The campaign kicked off in September 2019. Since then, a lot of events featuring representatives of local authorities and the public have taken place in cities and districts of Brest Oblast. There are 929 war memorials and places of military glory in the region. Participants...