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This is a listing of upcoming events related to Belarus.

I welcome your input to this calendar! Please contact me for additions, updates, corrections, and so forth.

Listed conferences may still be accepting papers. Follow the "links," if any, for contact information.

• Also refer to the Belarusians in Great Britain & Ireland Web site for events in Great Britain & Ireland.

• Also refer to Arche Magazine's News section Web site for cultural events in Mensk, Belarus (in Cyrillic Belarusian).

• Also refer to the Minsk News weekly supplement, Eight Days a Week. (Note: Apparently no longer maintained since about 1998.)

• Link to ZD Net Trade Show Calendar     Up-to-Date information about Trade Shows in Belarus. Although this calendar is supposed to focus on technology, it also includes many consumer shows as well. (Note: The Web site appears to have been reorganized, and Belarus-related information is much more difficult to find.)

Events, including Conferences, within Belarus, 2001

• (originally, late November, 2000)   rescheduled for April, 2001   -- Third festival of Youth and Children's Organizations   Mensk, Belarus
  "The 3rd festival of youth and children's organizations in Minsk, scheduled originally for late November, has been postponed to April 2001, a spokesman for Belarus' National Youth Council has told BelaPAN. The spokesman said the council expected to raise more funds by spring to better organize the festival. The organizers expect no less than 50 NGOs from throughout Belarus to take part in the event. They also hope that foreign guests will come to Minsk as they did last fall at the time of the previous festival. As the spokesman noted, the festival plays an important role in promoting youth and children's NGOs and is needed to better inform the general public about their activities."     Source: BelaPAN, No. 77; Friday, August 18, 2000; 6:00 p.m.

  
  

• April 17 - 20, 2001 --   Congress "World After Chornobyl"   Mensk, Belarus.

  "Future for Children -- Chance for the World" is the motto of this 5th International Congress. The Congress is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident, and participants include officials of the UN, UNESCO, the OSCE; scientists, parliamentarians, the clergy, journalists; and representatives of Belarusian charitable fund "For the Children of Chornobyl", the International Association of Humanitarian Cooperation, the German Federal Association of Chornobyl Initiatives, and the International Council, "Future to the Children of Chornobyl," all plan to take part in the Congress. Public initiatives of Belarus, the CIS member-states, countries of Europe, and North America also support the Congress' organizers.     (Source: BelTA, April 11, 2001)

  
  

• June 8 - 10, 2001 --   The National Festival of Belarusian Song and Poetry   Molodechno, Belarus.

  According to people's artist, professor Mikhail Finberg -- the director of the festival, the audience will be able to choose the best singer. However, there will be no musical contest at the festival, he noted.

  Within the framework of the national festival in Molodechno, a special programme "Kupala stars", where the young Belarusian singers will take up the torch from famous musicians, will be organized. The festival will have its own anniversary calendar, dedicated to the fates of outstanding composers, poets, singers, and musicians.     (Source: BelTA, April 6, 2001)

  
  

• Saturday, June 23rd, 2001 at 5.00 pm --   Kupalle -- Traditional Belarusian Mid-Summer Celebration   London, Great Britain, UK.

  Go to the   Belarusians in Great Britain & Ireland   Web site for further information and directions.

  For additional information about the Kupalle holiday, see the   Kupalle   holiday entry.

  
  

• July 5 & 6, 2001 --   The Third World Convention of Belarusians   Mensk, Belarus. Sponsored by the World Alliance of Belarusians.
  • Specific information (in Cyrillic Belarusian only) can be found on the World Alliance of Belarusians, Batskaushchyna Web site: http://zbsb.virtualave.net/3ziezd.html

  • (Currently, I don't have more specifics. The Second World Convention was in July, 1997, and the First was in July, 1993. I will include more details when I receive them.)

  
  

• September 29 & 30, 2001 --   Conference: The Role of the Belarusian Diaspora in Preserving and Developing Belarusian Culture   London.

  • Further information about this event that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Library can be found on the The Belarusian Library in London Web site: http://www.skaryna.clara.net/skaryna/conference.htm

  • Note: Papers should be submitted no later than August 15th.