Due to state restrictions in Belarus, the second annual festival has been canceled
The traditional WOSTRAU festival in Niasvizh will not be held in 2026. The organizers explained that after the Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 454 of August 22, 2025 came into force, they would not be able to hold the festival at the usual level.
This resolution introduces a mandatory state register of organizers of cultural and entertainment events, in which legal entities that hold such events with Belarusian or foreign performers must be registered.
Without inclusion in this register, organizing events with the participation of foreign artists became illegal. The organizers emphasize that under the new conditions, they cannot independently bring in such artists, so holding the festival at a high level became impossible.
A similar situation previously occurred with the "Solstice" festival in Pruzhany, where the event in 2026 was also canceled because the company was not included in the Ministry of Culture's register and lost the right to invite foreign (mostly Russian) artists.
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