The world-renowned Igor Moiseyev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble will perform at the international forum. In late February 2012, the ensemble celebrated its 75th anniversary. The gala concert program includes works staged by Moiseyev during various periods of his creative activity, which have become world classics. Among them is the Belarusian dance "Bulba," one of Moiseyev's earliest productions, which is still enthusiastically received worldwide today. The ensemble's repertoire also features other Belarusian dances, such as "Kryzhachok," "Lyavonikha," and "Yurochka." The characters of the Jewish suite "Family Joys" were conceived by Igor Moiseyev under the impression of Sholem Aleichem's Kasrilovka and Marc Chagall's Vitebsk outskirts. The Moiseyev Ensemble's repertoire, which includes dances of the world's peoples, perfectly aligns with the main idea of the festival, "Through Art – To Peace and Understanding." This ensemble was among the founders of the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival; in 1992, Igor Moiseyev's ensemble performed at the first "Slavianski Bazaar" festival.

A museum quarter is being created in Vitebsk, Larisa Olenskaya, head of the culture department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

On the main square of Novopolotsk – Builders' Square – a rock festival will be held on August 30 (as part of the "Musical Evenings of Belarus" campaign).

Late at night, the operational control center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received a report from the watchman about a fire in dormitory No. 1 of the agricultural college, located in the village of Luzhesno, Vitebsk region. The fire occurred in a room on the second floor of a four-story brick building, with heavy smoke observed on the second and third floors. The tenant of the room, an employee of the junior staff of Vitebsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1, was not injured and left the premises on her own. The cause of the fire and the damage are being determined.

The Vitebsk Regional Organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society will hold a training session on "Community-Based Participatory Work for the Promotion of a Healthy Lifestyle" in the northern capital from May 11-13.

The professional skills of the "Vitebskiye Vesti" newspaper's photojournalist helped the police apprehend thieves red-handed. Photojournalist Dmitry Osipov was invited to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee to be awarded a certificate as the winner of the traditional "Civil Courage-2013" campaign.

Yes, on the night of October 19, in the Verkhnedvinsk district, 200 meters from the State Border, two men born in 1975 and 1992 were detained, moving along the railway tracks in the direction of Verkhnedvinsk – Daugavpils. The detainees had bags with personal belongings, a map of Belarus from the USSR era, and a small amount of money. A couple of days later, on the night of October 20-21, in the Braslav district, two more State Border violators, born in 1974 and 1977, were detained.

Based on the rating assessment of the activities of the chairpersons of city and district executive committees in fulfilling the assigned socio-economic development indicators, Novopolotsk took first place, Orsha took second place, and Polotsk took third place.

Suprematist painting has returned to the renovated building at 18 Lenin Street. This is the third time the famous sketch "Death to Wallpaper" has been applied to the building's wall. The drawing itself was created by Malevich in 1919 to decorate the workshop building at 10 Bukhara Street (now 5a Pravda Street).

More than 100 types of social services are provided to the population by territorial centers in the Vitebsk region. This was announced at a round table dedicated to the launch of a new joint project by the Belarusian Red Cross Society and the Austrian Red Cross to expand opportunities for the elderly, by the Deputy Head of the Department of Social Support for the Population.

"Over the years, the former veterinary institute has transformed into one of the largest academic complexes for training qualified specialists in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry," the congratulatory message reads. More than 35,000 academy graduates are successfully working not only in Belarus but also abroad, confirming their high professional level.

The "Belstankoinstrument" holding is creating equipment production for domestic consumers, which will allow them to reduce investment imports. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the holding's general director, Viktor Butko.

The Olympic Youth Days in cross-country skiing are considered the most prestigious competitions in Belarus for this sport. It is doubly pleasant that the representative tournament was held for the first time on a new roller ski track in the Vorobyovy Gory tract in Gorodok.

The regional forum of leaders of BRSM and BRPO "We are together: we keep in our hearts both memory and the Great Victory" is taking place today in Vitebsk, the regional committee of BRSM reported. For the second year in a row, at the initiative of the regional pioneer and youth organizations, a joint forum is held, which unites young activists and leaders from the regions. In 2014, the event was aimed at presenting the areas of activity of BRSM and BRPO and developing new forms of cooperation.