About 150,000 tickets have been sold for the 2nd European Games, BelTA learned from the press service of the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC). Athletics, sambo, karate, rhythmic gymnastics, boxing, archery, beach soccer, rowing, basketball and shooting are most popular with fans. The countries that have bought the most tickets so far, except for Belarus, are Russia, Ireland, Latvia, Germany, Poland and Lithuania. Official representative of the Belarusian...

A session of the CIS Defense Ministers Council will take place in the Russian city of Anapa on 5 June. The defense ministers of the CIS states will discuss the forthcoming CIS air defense exercise Combat Commonwealth 2019 among other things, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee told BelTA. There are over 20 items on the agenda. The defense ministers are going to discuss the military political situation in the world and its effect on the state of security of the CIS states,...

CEO of the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC) George Katulin spoke about the design and composition of the medals of the upcoming sports festival in an interview with the ONT TV channel on 26 May, BelTA has learned. “The gold medal looks traditional as it is a classic circle. Everything else is the result of a huge collective effort. The design embodies the main idea of the European Games: making your dream come true or, figuratively speaking, finding your magical fern...

The Ministries of Interior Affairs of Belarus and Russia have reviewed the approaches to the exchange of information on refugees and asylum-seekers, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Russia’s Tula played host to a meeting of the interstate interagency working group to develop recommendations on the concerted migration policy. On behalf of Belarus the meeting was attended by Deputy Interior Affairs Minister Nikolai Melchenko, on Russia’s behalf by First Deputy...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has received congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War from foreign leaders and heads of international organizations, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the first to extend Victory Day greetings to the Belarusian leader. Vladimir Putin said that “by marking Victory Day, we celebrate the unrivaled heroism of our compatriots who...