IIHF World Championship 2014 in Minsk

Aliaksandr Lukashenka meets International Ice Hockey Federation president and International Olympic Committee member René Fasel in Minsk.

The President mentioned the future Ice Hockey Championship while awarding the Belarusian Olympic heroes.

President's decree #57 of February 4, 2014 preserves all benefits for the hotels that will not be finished by World Ice Hockey Championship in May

Russian domestic security service FSB will share 'fans database' with Belarus ahead of the World Ice Hockey Championship in May.

The championship Directorate has never heard of the official chef chosen for the hockey championship back in 2011.

Foreign fans should not lose their hockey tickets and will need to register at the Citizenship and Migration Department.

Representatives of a number of major Finnish mass media are refusing to go to Belarus.

The anti-trust department head at Minsk City Hall Mikalai Kryzhevich says the prices will not skyrocket ahead of the upcoming ice hockey world cup.

The opening was postponed many times because builders could not make it on time. A criminal case for stealing construction materials was also started