OKSANA VOLKOVA: "There were times when I was invited after being listened to on YouTube"

The opera singer Oksana Volkova has become the first Belarusian to open the season at New York Metropolitan Opera. She performed Olga's part from Eugene Onegin on the one stage with the world famous Anna Netrebko in the role of Tatsiana.

This February the opera diva will perform Nabucco and Carmen for the Belarusian audience, and February, 20 she will sing again Eugene Onegin Olga's aria. TUT.BY has talked with the Belarusian opera star about her New-York breakthrough, further plans and has dispelled the myths concerning special diets for artists.

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TOP-8 Belarusian sportsmen in 2013: MIKHAIL GRABOVSKY, ice hockey player

TUT.BY sums up 2013 with publications dedicated to Belarusian sports heroes, the best of which will be determined by public vote. Sergei Vishnevsky starts the series of publications with a story about how he begins his working day, how he brings up sons held up Michael Grabovski as an example and why the only Belarusian ice hockey player in the NHL got the title of the best sportsman in the country in 2013.

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New concept of Minsk City presented

Minsk-City, a tremendious office area which Belarusian government would like to see as an international financial centre has a long strory of planning, redesign and conflicts with investors. Initially it was supposed to be built in 2009 but world financial crisis made Itera, a Russian investor, to abandon the project. Now it looks Belarus itself will develop this area.

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Where to go in February?

Honestly, Minsk is a very boring city. The capital of the country rather resembles an isolated Irish island, than a vibrant New York or hardy Moscow.  To be even more honest, in winter Minsk is unbearably, even daintily boring, thus becoming a reliable source of inspiration for pro-realistic artists and adventurous poets.

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Behind the catwalks

Despite all odds fashion is booming in Belarus and other Eastern European countries. Now for the first time The Minsk Herald opens its space to put Eastern Europe on the spotlight of the fashion industry’s most promising hubs when it comes to creativity, business opportunities and a vast option of happenings regarding fashion and style.

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Top 200 Belarusian businessmen in 2013 (ranked from1 to 50)

The fourth and final part of traditional rating of Belarusian businessmen done by electronic daily newpaper "Ezhednevnik". They ranked top 200 Belarusian businessmen  according to their wealth and influence. As it was a year the most influential businessmen in Belarus still is Yuri Czizh, foudnder and CEO of holding Triple.

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"Mystery guest" in Crowne Plaza Hotel

Crowne Plaza Hotel,  owned by a Turkish  businessman, is located on Kirova street just opposite Dynamo stadium. It is one of few 5 star hotels in Minsk but it looks that its service lacks some essential things which are required for hotels of such level. For example, hot water in the morning...

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More stores to offer Tax Free service

System of returning VAT to foreign buyers widely known as Tax Free has been introduced in Belarus only a year ago and stores in only two cities in Belarus joined the system so far. But when this country is preparing to the World Ice Hockey Championship more and more shops and supermarkets are planning to offer such service for visitors from abroad. Here is the list of most popular shopping destination where buyers can save their money claiming VAT back

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Top 200 Belarusian businessmen in 2013 (ranked from 50 to 100)

This is the third part of the traditional rating "Top 200 Belarusian businessmen in 2013" done by daily electronic newspaper "Ezhednevnik" with people who are currently occupying places from 50 to 100

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"Mystery guest" in the Golden Scallop

La Crete d'or («The Golden Scallop" in English or "Zolotoy Grebeshok" in Russian)" is a quite famous French restaurant located in the central area of Minsk just besides Hotel Europa. Prices are really high and the place is one of the poshest in the Belarusian capital. Onliner's "mystery guest" went to the restaurant to find out what can we get for 918 thousand Belarusian rubbles and how good is it.

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