Ukrainian opera singer Taras Schtonda and the Chamber Orchestra of the Belarusian State Academy of Music will open the 32nd edition of the January Music Nights classical music festival in Brest on 9 January, Artistic Director and Chief Director of the festival, Honored Art Worker of Belarus Liliya Batyreva told journalists, BelTA has learned. Soloist at the National Opera of Ukraine Taras Schtonda (bass) will make his debut at the festival. He will perform several famous romances and...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has taken part in a solemn ceremony to commission the Western Bypass Road in Brest, BelTA has learned. The symbolic ribbon was cut by Aleksandr Lukashenko, Brest Oblast Governor Anatoly Lis, Brest Mayor Aleksandr Rogachuk and Director General of Construction Trust No. 8 Pavel Satsuta. Taking part in the inauguration ceremony were representatives of the road construction organizations that took part in the Western Bypass Road project....

Brest's Millennial Anniversary Brest, one of Belarus' oldest cities, is celebrating its millennial anniversary on 6-8 September. Brest History Highlights Brest was first mentioned in The Tale of Bygone Years in 1019. Brest was the first to receive the Magdeburg Rights in 1390. The 1441 Privilege granted it the status of one of the main cities of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Brest is home to Belarus' first printing house (1553) and the unique Brest Bible (1563)....

During festivities held on 6 September to celebrate Brest's 1,000th anniversary Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented a unique copy of the Brest Bible (aka Radziwill's Bible) to residents of the city, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “In the Year of Native Land this ever living book is going home. Our ancestors believed that a city that publishes the Bible is protected by heavens. That neither people nor time will ever be able to crush it. As I present this...

Representatives of 18 countries are taking part in the 2nd economic forum of twin towns and partners of Brest which kicked off on 5 September, Brest Mayor Aleksandr Rogachuk told journalists, BelTA has learned. “We launched the forum of twin towns last year and this idea has paid off. This year's forum has drawn around 40 delegations from 18 countries. We intend to sign 21 cooperation agreements. This will make a good start to the Brest millennium anniversary celebrations,” Aleksandr...

The 10th International Folklore Festival Motol Treats (Motalskiya Prysmaki) will be held in Ivanovo District of Brest Oblast on 10-11 August, BelTA learned from Valentina Borodinchik, Head of the Culture Department of the Ivanovo District Executive Committee. “We are preparing a lot of events, some of which will be brand new, to mark the anniversary of the festival. We want to surprise the guests. The festival will draw creative groups and craftsmen who will present traditional cuisine...

Today's young people are good successors of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers, chairman of the regional branch of the Belarusian association of former juvenile prisoners of fascism, a veteran of the Armed Forces Vladimir Semochkin told BelTA in Brest on 28 July. Brest celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi invaders. Among the participants of the events was the son of the Brest Fortress defender Vladimir Semochkin. His father, political instructor Ilya...

Belarus welcomed the first fans of the 2nd European Games as the visa-free entry for Minsk 2019 ticketholders got underway on 10 June. A family from Germany crossed the Belarusian border via the road checkpoint Brest, BelTA learned from the State border Committee. According to the latest data, Belarus border guards have cleared more than 70 foreign nationals with tickets to the games, almost half of them being French nationals. The most popular among fans of the 2nd European Games...

Brest Oblast will be represented by 23 athletes at the 2nd European Games in Minsk. This information was voiced at a press conference in the Brest regional sports promotion center on 3 June, BelTA has learned. These athletes will compete in nine sports, namely acrobatic gymnastics, badminton, 3x3 basketball, cycling, canoe sprint, karate, athletics, rifle and pistol shooting and beach soccer. “I hope that the athletes from Brest Oblast will be a valuable asset in Belarus' team...

The Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry is looking for investors for the project SymbioCity in Brest, Yekaterina Kuznetsova, the head of the department for environmental policy, international cooperation and science at the ministry, said at a press conference “Introducing green technologies to improve the quality of life in cities and regions of Belarus”, BelTA has learned. This is one of the major initiatives envisaged in the National Action Plan for...