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In November 2011, the channels were rebranded: on November 5, Channel One changed its name to "Belarus 1", on November 14 LAD became known as "Belarus 2", and the international "Belarus TV" on January 1, 2013, was renamed "Belarus 24". On February 8, 2013, the digital socio-cultural TV channel "Belarus 3" was launched.
After the end of War in 1945, Belarus became one of the founding members of the United Nations Organisation. Joining Belarus was the Soviet Union itself and another republic Ukraine. In exchange for Belarus and Ukraine joining the UN, the United States had the right to seek two more votes, a right that has never been exercised. [27]
The agency was founded on December 23, 1918. During the Soviet times BelTA cooperated with the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), although it was legally independent of it. [citation needed] After the USSR ceased to exist in 1991, BelTA has been the national news agency of Belarus.
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
The second largest state-run TV company is All-National TV, nowadays, it mostly broadcasts content of the Channel One Russia. [62] Third leading channel is STV (Stolichnoye Televideniye), founded in 2000, rebroadcasts Russian REN TV. [27] [63] Belsat TV, the first independent TV channel in Belarus, is in exile and bases in Poland. [27]
Belarus National State Broadcasting: Belarus-1: 1956: 1080i (HDTV) First national channel Belarus-2: 2003: 1080i (HDTV) Entertainment channel Belarus-3: 2013: 1080i (HDTV) Culture channel Belarus-4: 2015: 1080i (HDTV) Regional channel in Viciebsk, MahiloĊ, Homiel, BieraĊcie and Horadnia Belarus-5: 2013: 1080i (HDTV) Sports channel Pervyi ...
A court in Belarus on Tuesday declared a Polish-funded television channel that extensively covered last year's anti-government protests in the country extremist, the latest move in a sweeping ...
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million.