The Deputy Minister of Culture noted that Russian performers have been participating in the festival since its very beginning, and their performances are always successful. In this regard, Andrey Busygin cited the triumph of the performance at the festival's opening concert by the Igor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance.

Eight television and six radio public pre-election debates were broadcast. The television debates involved between two and four candidates or their authorized representatives, while the radio debates involved up to three. In the radio debates, candidates preferred to speak themselves, whereas in the televised debates, some contenders for parliamentary seats entrusted their authorized representatives to lead the discussion in front of voters.

The total investment volume of the declared projects is about $300 million.

For the fifth time, the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Regional Executive Committee solemnly honored the heroes of the "Civil Courage" project – people who, risking their lives and health, helped apprehend a lawbreaker or prevent a crime.

It is proposed to hold the events of the XXII International Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" from July 11 to 17, 2013. The preparation for this major event was discussed at a meeting of the organizing committee, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Tozik, BELTA was informed by the press service of the Belarusian government.

On September 21, 2013, a "direct line" with the Head of the Department of Transport and Communications of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Andrey Viktorovich Gulidin, will take place.

Deputies of the Vitebsk Regional Council agreed to increase by five times the real estate tax rates for capital buildings (structures, constructions), their parts, which are not used (inefficiently used),

The editorial office of the regional newspaper "Vitebskiye Vesti" has been reorganized by merging the editorial offices of the regional newspapers "Vitsebski Rabochy" and "Narodnoye Slovo". The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee acted as the founder of the new newspaper, and the Ideological Work Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee was determined as the management body.

Simultaneously with many cities in Belarus, Russia, and some European countries, the first screening of the film will take place in Vitebsk at the Cinema House, but the film's cast and crew, as well as those who helped make it happen, will see the film the day before.