Articles by Yuri Drazdow

About Yuri Drazdow (80 Articles)

Yuri Drazdow is the founder and owner of The Minsk Herald. He is also a journalist specialising in area of business and politics. He has degrees in Journalism and Software Engineering and has been working on media and IT projects in Minsk and London.

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The survey of the rental market for apartments in Minsk in May 2018

Prices are higher than in last year and trend is upward, though with some uncertainty.

2018-06-11 // 0 Comments

Belarus Fashion Week starts April, 11 in new format

Following the international trend of combining fashion with innovative technologies, the Fashion Tech Hub platform will be presented for the first time at the Fashion Week, which will be held in April 11-15, demonstrating technology solutions for the fashion industry.

2018-04-04 // 0 Comments

Trends by Viktor Prokopenya

Famous Belarusian IT entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya, who currently invests in several bang up to date projects, shares his experience in the IT industry and views on how these trends will affect Belarus and its IT sector.

2017-11-10 // 0 Comments

Kirill Kasyanik and Iryna Prasiantsova - 2017 UIPM World Cup

Belarusian modern pentathlon team wins the 2017 UIPM World Cup

Out of 26 countries, the Belarusian modern pentathlon team surprised the audience by winning the gold medal of the team-relay mix’s competition, at the UIPM World Cup, which took place at the Cairo International Stadium, in Egypt.

2017-03-27 // 0 Comments

Belarusian modern pentathlon team competes at the World Cup in Egypt

The 2017 UIPM World Modern Pentathlon Cup started its events on 22 March, and will end on 27 of the same month, at the Cairo International Stadium, in Egypt.

2017-03-23 // 0 Comments

Lynn Bradshaw: My Impressions about Minsk

Lynn Bradshow, a traveler and novelist from London, UK visited Belarusian capital on October last year and share her impressions about our city.

2017-02-25 // 1 Comment

Viktor Prokopenya invest in Astro Digital

Viktor Prokopenya: the First Private Investor in Space Industry in Belarus History

Viktor Prokopenya revealed the details about the Astro Digital project

2017-02-11 // 0 Comments

Belarus tries to achieve good rating for its high education system

Belarusian universities want to improve their position in international rankings - intend to attract more foreign students and demonstrate the quality of domestic higher education. The Belarusian State University (BSU) is currently ranked globally including in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016.

2017-02-08 // 0 Comments

Top 5 youngest and most successful businessmen of Belarus according to BDG

BDG, or Belarusakya Delovaya Gazeta (Belarusian Business Newspaper) created its own list of the youngest and promising businessmen in Belarus

2017-01-11 // 0 Comments

Belarus introduces five-day visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries

It gives the visa-free entry through the border checkpoint at the Minsk National Airport and the visa-free stay in Belarus for up to 5 days for the citizens of 80 states. These are 39 countries of Europe, including the entire European Union, Brazil, Indonesia, the USA, Japan, and other countries.

2017-01-10 // 0 Comments

OutMSQRDed: the main people, events, and scandals of 2016 in Belarusian IT

Belarusian ‘masks’ sold to Facebook, Wargaming’s ‘second wind’, EPAM’s first billion, Infopark deprived of priviliges, High Tech Park’s 10 year anniversary, and Belarus as a ‘silicone valley’ — we sum up the mains events of the last year.

2017-01-10 // 1 Comment

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