BelarusFeed. Stereotypes can be fun and informative but some of them can be offensive and even spark fierce arguments. So if you are not a fan of disputes you better avoid certain aspects of life, culture, and history of Belarus.
Here are 7 things you shouldn’t say to a Belarusian: Take note!
Because why not!
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BelarusFeed. Flo Period and Ovulation Tracker got in the ranking of the most popular free apps to keep you healthy in 2018, according to CNBC website.
The app that cares!
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BelarusFeed. The majority of European men just can’t think right when they come to Belarus and see our women and no wonder why. They look like goddesses, love passionately and cook like French chefs.
They are simply superwomen!
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BelarusFeed. As the years go on, the New Year spirit is sometimes in short supply. Catch your fesive mood by turning on any of these 7 old movies and the magic of the Soviet cinema will hold you tight and won’t let go.
Forget you ever watched Home Alone, Elf and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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BelarusFeed. The blazing contemporary new work “Burning Doors” of Belarus Free Theatre hit the list of the Best Theatre preformances of 2017 compiled by the New York Times.
“The world’s most visible and lionized underground theater,” the chief theater critic of The New York Times.
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BelarusFeed. Soviet-made Minsk motorcycles make a comeback in Hanoi and new generation of Vietnamese adore them, CNN reports.
Difficult to start, but once it’s running, it will go anywhere!
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BelarusFeed. Fancy yourself an expert of Soviet dishes just because you’ve tried borsch once? But what about viscous kisel, vinegret or even svekolnik? Test your knoweledge, guess the foods in the photos below!
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BelarusFeed. The Belarusian toy company “Polesie” has signed a contract with the world-famous company Disney.
Belarusian Hulks and Mickey Mice are coming!
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BelarusFeed. Minsk Waterpark “Lebyazhy” made it to the 25 best waterparks in Europe, according to the latest TripAdvisor rating.
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BelarusFeed. Belarusbank has added Chinese to the language menu in its ATMs.
Previously, clients were able to choose from Belarusian, Russian and English.
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BelarusFeed. President test drives a Tesla, the nuclear power plant is coming in less than two years, IT sector is growing bigger and bigger… Can all these factors boost a new tech craze in Belarus?
Because why not!
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BelarusFeed. Belarus has every chance of getting into the world’s top 20 transplantation countries, BelTA reports with a reference to Oleg Rummo, Head of the National Research Center for Organ and Tissue Transplantation.
In 2016 Belarus ranked 26th wordwide in the number of organ transplantations per 1 million persons.
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BelarusFeed. Six companies residents of Belarus’ Hi-Tech Park (HTP) have been featured in the 2017 Global Outsourcing 100 list, HTP’s website reports.
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) published the 12th annual listing 2017 Global Outsourcing 100 in June.
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BelarusFeed. A tank might be a weighty military vehicle, but it’s still a car. So it can get into accidents, just like civil vehicles do.
On Saturday evening, during the rehearsal of the 3 July parade, one tank knocked down a tree and a lamp post on its way to the city center.
Columns of military vehicles had taken up position and were practising rolling through the streets.
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BelarusFeed. The work of a Belarusian designer Angelina Pischikova has just won Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions 2017 festival.
It is the first Lion for Belarus in the past 12 years.
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BelarusFeed. Belarusian State University (BSU) rose 20 positions up to 334th place in the updated list of the world’s top universities QS World University Rankings 2017/18.
It is the highest position BSU has ever reached in the history of its participation in international rankings.
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BelarusFeed. A definitive prove that centuries-old patterns CAN look hip and trendy!
Belarusian motifs have proved to be a source of inspiration for designers more than once.
For example, in 2014 we saw Chagall-inspired red-and-white patterned dresses at Valentino show during Paris Fashion Week.
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BelarusFeed. Every year about 150,000 foreigners come to Belarus for medical services, First Deputy Health Minister Dmitry Pinevich told BelTA on 25 May. Their flow is rather stable, which indicates the quality of medical care, according to the official.
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BelarusFeed. EPAM Systems, an American company with Belarusian rootes, has been included into Forbes’ annual Fast Tech 25 list – for the third time in five years.
“The companies of the Fast Tech 25 stand out for a trailing three years of strong sales growth combined with industry-leading projected earnings growth for the next three to five years,” the authors of the ranking explained.
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BelarusFeed. We guess you know the names of such famous Belarusians as Victoria Azarenka, Victor Kislyi and Svetlana Alexievich.
But you’ll be surprised to learn how many other celebs have ties with Belarus!
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BelarusFeed. Here are some facts that will help you understand Belarusian women better and explain why Belarusian men must be the luckiest in the whole world!
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BelarusFeed. Rich Belarusian nobles from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had many estates. It appears that besides the grand castles and palaces like Nesvizh, Mir and Ruzhany, they also had impressive property abroad.
Here is just a part of their real estate in other countries. Quite impressive!
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BelarusFeed. Enhanced bustlines and newly minted, sparkling smiles probably aren’t the first things that come to mind when you think of Belarus. But the country has become a minor health-care utopia for Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, and affluent patients from other states.
More than 50,000 “medical tourists” came to Belarus in 2016, according to Uladzislau Androsau, the 28-year-old director of medical-tourism operator MedTravelBelarus. This figure is significant considering the meager total of foreign tourists in 2015 that is lower than 300,000, according to Belstat.
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BelarusFeed. Paul B., the author of Geography Now! Youtube blog, has made a new video about Belarus.
The episode, released on 30 December, tells about the differences between the Belarusian and Russian languages, Narochansky bread, pancakes and the National Library.
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BelarusFeed. In recent year the foreign media have discovered that Belarus can offer more than agricultural produce and tractors. In a new article, the Wall Street Journal is exploring the country’s ambitions as the Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe.
The success of the industry is largerly credited, WSJ writes, to the country’s Hi-Tech Park, a 123.5-acre haven for IT companies in Minsk.
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BelarusFeed. Jacques Saoutchik, an immigrant from Belarus, influenced the French car design while styling automobile bodies for brands like Bugatti, Delahaye, Pegaso, and created luxury cars that are auctioned for millions of dollars nowadays.
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BelarusFeed. Belarus has been put in the group of low-risk travel destinations by International SOS and Control Risks in the Travel Risk Map 2017. The map is published to help organisations better understand the risks in the markets where they operate and travel.
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BelarusFeed. 5 Top Models That You Did Not Know Are From Belarus 1 Year Ago
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Belarus is known for the beauty of its women. One risks getting serious neck pain when walking down the streets here because of the number of good-looking girls around.
What’s less known is that many Belarusian beauties walk world’s most posh designer shows and appear on fashion magazines’ covers.
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