On December 13, in the capital of the Republic, on the initiative of the People’s Council Committee for Youth Policy, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, a round table was held on the topic “Karate development in the professional sports system of the DPR”.

Currently, Donetsk People’s Republic’s legislation is much closer to the Russian one than the Ukrainian. This was stated by the Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka in an interview to RIA Novosti.

On December 9, the Donetsk Park named after The Lenin Komsomol hosted the unveiling of a bust of the Hero of the Donetsk People’s Republic, People’s Artist of the USSR and the DPR Joseph Kobzon.

On December 3, a solemn ceremony dedicated to International Day of Disabled Persons was held in a hotel and entertainment centre “Shakhtar Plaza” within the framework of a project entitled “Republic for Everyone” organized by a public movement “Donetsk Republic” together with the Donetsk organization of persons with disabilities “New Life”.

On November 29, a solemn event dedicated to the 80th anniversary took place in a municipal general education institution “Donetsk School No. 22”. The event was attended by the Chairman of the People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka and Deputy Yaroslav Lisobey, Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism Dmitry Kovyrshin, representatives of the Voroshilovskiy District Administration of Donetsk, public and trade union organizations. The parliamentary…

On November 29, the People’s Council adopted the DPR Law "On the State Border of the Donetsk People’s Republic." The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, Vladimir Bidyovka, provided his commentary on the main provisions of the Law to the press.

On November 14, the III Donbass International Medical Forum “Science of Victory... over the Disease” kicked off in Donetsk. Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka, Minister of Healthcare of the DPR Olga Dolgoshapko, Rector of Donetsk National Medical University named after M. Gorky Grigory Ignatenko, as well as guests from the LPR, the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation attended the event.

On November 14, before the start of a plenary meeting dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the creation of the People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the DPR People’s Council Chairman, Vladimir Bidyovka, delivered a welcoming speech.

On November 9, the capital of the Republic hosted a solemn event dedicated to DPR Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day, which was attended by the DPR Head, Denis Pushilin, the Chairman of the People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka, the Deputy Chairman of the People’s Council, Olga Makeyeva, deputies, as well as representatives of relevant ministries and departments.

On November 1, the Republic's capital hosted a futsal tournament dedicated to Remembrance Day of the DPR internal affairs bodies' employees who died in the line of duty (military service duties). DPR People’s Council Chairman Vladimir Bidyovka, Donetsk Republic's parliamentary leader Valery Skorokhodov, MP Yury Sivokonenko, as well as representatives of relevant ministries and departments, attended the event.