The Head of State compared the "Slavianski Bazaar" festival to the Olympics. "In terms of the number of participants and the diversity of its program, the "Slavianski Bazaar" can claim the title of the Summer Cultural Olympics," the President said. "The main Olympic principle applies here: art, like sport, is beyond politics. The spirit of fair competition and sincere admiration for talent reigns on the stage, regardless of the nationality, faith, or skin color of its owner."

According to the Vitebsk Regional Emergency Management Department, a report of a fire at a warehouse was received at noon on October 22 by the duty officer of the Polotsk City and District Department for Emergency Situations. The chief zootechnician explained that there was a fire in the egg warehouse building, located on the territory of the poultry farm of JSC "Gluboksky Feed Mill" Polotsk Production Unit.

August 28, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. The information campaign "Life - without alcohol!" will be held in the Vitebsk region from September 3-7, BELTA correspondent was informed at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center for Psychiatry and Narcology.

The Directorate of the International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" is working on updating the festival's concept, Larisa Olenskaya, Head of the Culture Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

Following a recently mastered recipe, the bread 'Bilevsky Aromat', 'Pastushok', the loaf 'Braslavsky Novy', and the baguette 'Evropeysky' are prepared. The enterprise also has its own developments.