Fifteen sports and 21 disciplines will be contested at Minsk 2019.
Thirteen venues will host events at the second European Games.
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the second European Games will take place at the Dinamo Stadium, which will also host the athletics events.
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha rivers.
Minsk has a population of 1.98 million people.
The Minsk 2019 mascot is Lesik the Fox who represents friendship, development, harmony, discipline, determination, cheerfulness, invincibility and vigour!
Lesik is pretty easy to spot with his red hat, white and green shirt, black shorts, blue shoes and yellow fur. These same colours are used on the Minsk 2019 logo.
One-hundred-and-ninety-nine medal events will be contested at Minsk 2019; 91 men's events, 89 women's events and 19 mixed events.
In all, 4,022 competitors will take part over 10 days.
The European Games take place every four years, the first of which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015.
Eight sports taking place at the European Games will serve as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Minsk was elected as the venue for the second European Games on October 21, 2016 at the General Assembly of the EOC.
Fifty One European National Olympic Committees will be represented in the Belarusian capital during the Games.
Belarusian athletes won 43 medals at the first European Games - 10 gold, 11 silver, and 22 bronze - and finished seventh on the medal table.
The second European Games will be held at the largest sports facilities in Minsk, such as stadium "Dinamo", "Minsk-Arena" and "Chizhovka-Arena".
More than 8,000 volunteers will help prepare and stage Minsk 2019.
Minsk 2019 volunteers are assigned to one of 20 roles ranging from spectator services, hospitality, venue management, medical services, transport and protocol assistants.
Belaruskali is a Premium Partner of Minsk 2019 whilst Yasna-Beltelecom, MTS, Fabrika Reklamy, Belarusbank, UNICEF and LUCH are National Partners.
Faroe Islands will be able to compete for the first time at the second European Games in archery, badminton, judo and table tennis.
The first buyer of a paper ticket was Minsk 2019 mascot Lesik, the baby fox.
The programme of the European Games also includes the European Judo Championships which will gather the best athletes in the Chizhovka Arena.
The second European Games will be held under the motto Bright Year, Bright You.
The logo of the second European Games has been inspired by the slogan "Follow Your Dream".
A Minsk Guest Card has been designed for tourists coming to the Belarusian capital and provides discounts and bonuses for museums, shopping centres, restaurants, and cafes.
Minsk is characterised by long avenues and neoclassical grandeur.
Flame of Peace
Mascot - Lesik
Minsk 2019 TV
The European Games: Day one of competition and Opening Ceremony
The European Games: Opening Ceremony
The European Games: Day two of competition and European Olympic Committees Extraordinary General Assembly
The European Games: Day three of competition
The European Games: Day four of competition
The European Games: Day five of competition
The European Games: Day six of competition
The European Games: Day seven of competition
The European Games: Day eight of competition
The European Games: Day nine of competition
The European Games: Final day of competition
The European Games: Closing Ceremony
Minsk 2019 European Games Medal Table
Russian Federation 44 23 42
Belarus 24 16 29
Ukraine 16 17 18
Italy 13 15 13
Minsk 2019 European Games Results
Women's 10m air pistol Shooting Shotgun
Dorsa Arabshahi 240.1
Haniyeh Rostamiyan 238.7
Kim Min-jung 218.7
World and European gymnastics champion Derwael headlines Belgian squad for Minsk 2019
By Nancy Gillen at Hotel Victoria in Minsk
World champion and two-times European artistic gymnastics gold medallist Nina Derwael is the star of the 50-strong Belgian team for the Minsk 2019 European Games.
Derwael claimed her second European uneven bars title last year in Glasgow before becoming Belgium's first world champion gymnast in Doha in the same event.
She is set to represent Belgium here in the Belarusian capital with the gymnastics competition taking place from June 22 to 30 at Minsk Arena.
Fifty Belgian athletes will compete across 11 sports in all, including archery, badminton, boxing, judo, karate, shooting, table tennis and cycling, which offer opportunities to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in some capacity.
Athletes have also been named to compete in canoeing, sambo and acrobatic gymnastics.
Joining Derwael will be cycling world champion in the keirin event, Nicky Degrendele.
Charline Van Snick will defend her European Games under-48 kilograms judo title, having also earned the accolade of European champion in 2015 and 2016.
Badminton player Lianne Tan, who has competed at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, will be aiming to upgrade her silver medal from Baku in 2015 to a gold.
Cycling world champion Nicky Degrendele has been named in Belgium's team for the Minsk 2019 European Games ©Getty Images
Belgium's Chef de Mission, Gert Van Looy, presented the team at the Warwick Hotel in Brussels.
Also in attendance was Belarus's ambassador to Belgium Aleksandr Mikhnevich, chief executive of the Minsk European Games Organising Committee George Katulin and chief executive of the Belgian Olympic Committee Philippe Vander Putten.
"We are in the final straight line to the European Games," Van Looy said.
"Just like the athletes and the coaches, I look forward to it.
"The first edition four years ago was a success in sporting and organisational terms, I think we can again expect great things in Minsk.
"For many athletes, these European Games are an important step towards Tokyo 2020.
"For others, athletes from non-Olympic disciplines such as sambo, it is a great opportunity to put their sport in the spotlight for a large audience."
The second edition of the European Games begin on Friday (June 21), ending on June 30.
More than 4,000 athletes are expected to compete across 15 sports.
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