International Festival Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk
In the year, the festival became a member of the International Federation of Festival Organizers, which confirmed the authority of the forum around the world.
Since this year, the festival is held under the personal patronage of the President of the Republic of Belarus.The International Festival of Arts, which is the name the forum received this year, has become a matter of national importance.
The first satellite broadcast of the festival was launched
got its present name
The festival set a recird by bringing together representatives of all the Slavonic nations
The festival has twice been awarded (in 2000 and 2004) the diploma FIDOF Festival of the Year for the qualite of organisation,professionalism,hospitality,and promotion of noble humanistic aims at the international level
Through Art to Peace and Understanding awars was introduced in this year
In this year,near the lower terrace of the Summer Amphitheatre there appeared the Walk of Fame
In This year the anniversary festival was held.For 20 years, the forum has received more than 55 thousand participants from 68 countries.in the Summer Amphitheater -316 concerts were held, which were visited by about 3 million spectators.
