Alina Gerasimenko, an 18-year-old native of Orsha, has never worn high-heeled shoes for as long as she can remember.  The girl admits: apparently, due to her height-177cm.  But this was the case until February of this year, when I came up with the idea to try my hand at the regional casting of the National Beauty Contest "Miss Belarus-2023". Today Alina on 10-centimeter stilettos confidently defiles on the catwalk in the capital.  She is one of the 24 finalists of the...

The organizers plan to unite up to 30 artists in such a project,  BelTA  learned from Anastasia Paprotskaya, an art critic of the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. The artists ' festival program continues to be developed.  It is already known that the grand opening of the forum will complement the opening of the exhibition of Vitebsk watercolorists.  A fashion show with a collection of watercolors is also planned.  The next day's project will be based on an...

Belarus has hosted over 300,000 visa-waiver travelers from the neighboring EU countries since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Some 685,687 people from the neighboring EU countries have visited Belarus since the launch of the visa-waiver program, including 434,794 citizens of Lithuania, 47,499 non-citizens and 155,487 citizens of Latvia, and 47,907 Polish citizens. Since the start of the year, Belarus has welcomed 300,701 residents of the...

Employees of the Belarusian public sector will get a pay rise on 1 September 2023, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. The ministry explained that the work on gradual increase in the base amount continues. The government has decided on the next stage of increasing it. Resolution No. 546 by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated 18 August 2023 sets the base amount at Br235. The base amount will increase by 11.4% over 1 September...

Six million tonnes of grain crops, including rapeseed, have already been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 17 August, some 80% of the designated area under these crops has been cleared in Belarus, including 78% of area under grain crops and over 87% of area under leguminous crops. Over 6 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, have been threshed. This made up more than 5 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and 931,000...