Jews celebrate Purim
Purim or the Feast of Lots is celebrated on 8-9 March. It commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from destruction in the Persian Empire.

Kolozhsky Blagovest festival in Grodno
Grodno hosts an international festival of Orthodox Christian chants Kolozhsky Blagovest on 22-25 February. Taking part in the official selection of the forum are 45 choirs from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Lithuania, Greece and Poland

ERNA President to review Belarusian-Italian project in Grodno
The President of the European Red Cross/Red Crescent Network on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (ERNA), representative of the Italian Red Cross Fabio Vittorio Partuno is to arrive in Grodno on a working visit, according to the information from the Grodno Oblast Red Cross Society (Belarus).

Grodno to host Slavonic martial arts festival 4-6 May
The 12th international Slavonic martial arts festival will take place in Grodno on 4-6 May, BelTA learnt from Grodno’s Slavonic Combat Club Aridan. A nationwide close fight tournament to commemorate soldiers-internationalists will take place as part of the festival at Neman Stadium on 4 may. The festival of martial arts will be held at the agro-tourist center near Grodno on 5 May

Grodno-based Farmatsiya offers 10% discount on medications for certain population categories
The Grodno-based enterprise Farmatsiya has reduced retail prices for Belarus-made medications by 10% for certain population categories, representatives of the enterprise told BelTA. A list of Grodno Oblast drugstores has been compiled to offer the discount