Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, alongside Russian. Additionally, it is spoken in some parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine by Belarusian minorities in those countries.
Men's Health (MH), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries; it is the bestselling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands.
Basóvišča is the festival of Belarusian alternative and rock music, which is annually conducted by the Belarusian Association of Students since 1990.
Nasha Niva is one of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspapers, founded in 1906 and re-established in 1991. Nasha Niva became a cultural symbol, due to the newspaper's importance as a publisher of Belarusian literature and as a pioneer of Belarusian language journalism, the years before the October Revolution are often referred to as the 'Nasha Niva Period'.
The Belarusian Private News Agency or shortly BelaPAN is a non-governmental independent Belarusian news agency, one of the main in the country. BelaPAN provides news on politics, economy, and sports from Belarus in Russian, Belarusian and English. The staff includes a wide net of reporters and correspondents.
Tut.By was an independent news, media and service internet portal, one of the five most popular websites in Belarus in the Russian language, and the most popular news web portal in the country. After its owning company was closed down by the Minsk Economic Court in June 2022, its successor Zerkalo.io remains online as of September 2022.
Mova Nanova is a Belarusian course that has taken place in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, since January 13, 2014. It is a non-profit NGO, a cultural and linguistic initiative aimed at expanding the everyday use of the Belarusian language, which alongside Russian is one of the two official languages of Belarus. The lessons are held in the gallery of modern art «Ў». The initiative has caught on and has been acclaimed by other regional cities that support the endeavour locally – now the courses can be also found in Baranavičy, Hrodna, Babrujsk, Niasviž, Brest, Maladziečna, Mahilioŭ, Viciebsk and Homel. The undertaking has also expanded outside Belarus and has an affiliate group in Kraków. On 23 July 2021, Mova Nanova was forcibly disbanded by the Minsk district executive committee.
Bristeil are an indie rock music band from Minsk, Belarus. Their music is often referred to as "intelligent rock". The group was formed in 2013 by lead vocalist and guitarist Aleh Vial. They released the debut EP Cyruĺnia Svietu on 26 May 2014. At present, Vial mostly focuses on songwriting for his solo electronic music project Helaiv, launched in 2017, while guitarist Max Bykau in fall 2018 began to play in the acoustic pop duo Maks & Lera, while playing part-time in the cover band Miami.
Onliner.by is a Belarusian web portal, including the five main sections: technologies, auto, real estate, people, and a forum. Onliner.by also performs as a marketplace of cars, services, and consumer electronics. As of August 2015, Onliner.by was among the top 10 most visited websites in Bynet and the first created by Belarusians.
Alaksandar Ćvikievič was a Belarusian politician, historian, jurist, philosopher, and a victim of Stalin's purges. He served as Prime Minister of Belarus in exile for two years, from 23 August 1923, until October 1925. His interest featured philosophy and history. He worked as a jurist and lawyer. He was also a professor at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Palina Yuryewna Palanyeychyk, known mononymously as Palina, is a Belarusian singer. Repertoire mainly consists of her own works, and she performs songs in Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and French.
Budzma! Tuzin. Perazagruzka-2 is a compilation album by a dozen Belarusian and foreign bands and solo performers, who usually sing in Russian, English, and Ukrainian, but made covers of their songs in Belarusian. The CD was released by the public movement Budzma Belarusians! and the music portal Tuzin.fm in December 2011. The project was visualized by Siarhei Budkin. The presentation of the compilation, which was headlined by Oleg Skrypka, took place at the Minsk club "Loft" on December 15, 2011.
Tuzin.fm is a private non-profit Belarusian web-portal, which was created in 2003 to cover musical creativity in Belarus. Among its objectives, the site promotes music written in Belarus and motivates to listen to Belarusian songs as large an audience as possible. It initiates and implements music projects and is the information partner of the most significant events of the Belarusian independent music scene. Independently determining its information policy, the nature and content of the information, advertising, audio, and video materials, in 2009 the mass media had more than 50 thousand monthly visitors who downloaded more than 80 thousand songs.
Experty.by is a web-portal dedicated to music in Belarus, as well as the associated music awards of the same name of Belarusian music critics. Moreover, the portal acts as a coorganizer of another awards, the Rock Profi awards.
Rusya is a Belarusian vocalist of the band Indiga, a "rock-princess" according to the results of the tenth Rock Coronation. She is additionally the vocalist of the band Šuma and also takes part in the bands such as Akana-NHS.
The Lira is a Belarusian set of national music awards in the field of popular music, which was founded on December 24, 2010, it was an initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus. Since 2011, the Lira has been broadcast by the Capital TV channel.
Brestskaya Gazeta is a non-governmental newspaper from Brest, Belarus. Its first number came on November 18, 2002. The main language of the newspaper and its website is Russian, but some stories are written in Belarusian. Its latest issue is dated December 30, 2020.
Viсtor Martinovich is a Belarusian writer and art historian.
Oleg Grushecki is a Belarusian writer, journalist, translator, public figure. The revivalist of scouting in Belarus, one of the founders of the «Belarusian Scout Association». Author of literary and historical articles in both Belarusian and foreign scientific publications. Winner of a number of creative awards.
The Flow is a Russian music and entertainment site surrounding hip-hop culture, founded in 2014.
