On Saturday, September 7, 2013, an autumn fair will be held in the city of Vitebsk on Lenin Street (section from the mini-cafe "Eridan" to the cafe "Avrora") from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

In Novopolotsk, the creation of a citywide bicycle traffic scheme has begun. City council deputies urged their fellow citizens to be more environmentally friendly and, where possible, to do without their usual cars.

Renowned Soviet and Lithuanian theater and film actor Juozas Budraitis presented an exhibition of photographs taken by him on film sets in Vitebsk. The exhibition "My Cinema. 1970-1990s" was held at the Marc Chagall Museum, where a creative meeting with the author took place.

The International Forum "Innovations. Investments. Prospects" is a modern platform for constructive dialogue between business and government, essential for the successful implementation of serious investment projects in the Vitebsk region, a place for concluding the most profitable contracts and high-level international business meetings, and the region's largest event in the field of energy saving.

Winners and prize-winners of the regional review-competition of children's creativity "Rescuers through the eyes of children" are honored in Vitebsk, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Sowing of spring grain crops has begun in five districts of the Vitebsk region, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

More than 400 author's amulet dolls and authentic toys are presented at the "Fair of Wonders" exhibition in Vitebsk. The exposition is located in the Regional Methodological Center of Folk Art.

On Saturday, November 15, a stock fair will be held at the Vitebsk Concert Hall. Products will be sold at reduced prices. Industrial enterprises of the country will offer buyers textile and knitwear, footwear, leather goods, and other products.

Farmers in the Vitebsk region have begun selective harvesting of grain crops, the Agricultural and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee reported.

Craft, ritual, puppet, theatrical and other folk traditions will be presented at the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" by masters from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Slovakia, as reported by the Vitebsk Regional Methodological Center for Folk Art.