“I need a bouquet for my daughter,” says the woman in a red fur coat and takes her phone out of her pocket. - Yes, I’ll be there soon, I came to pick up some flowers. Yes, your favorites. Well, it’s not scary that it’s not a surprise, you haven’t seen the flowers themselves. Anna carefully unwraps a pack of pink ronunculus. The fresh batch arrived from Dutch greenhouses less than an hour ago, and they had not yet been put into the refrigerator.

Tomsk resident Maria Kostyaeva sent a photo of an advertising board to the editorial office of the TV2 news agency. “The pavilion with an advertising board at the intersection of Vershinin and Uchebnaya streets is the territory where the Russian language rests. The House of Public Services offers restOvration!”, said the Tomsk resident.

On International Women's Day, a number of events will be held in Tomsk. They invite girls and women who are passionate about sports, a healthy lifestyle, culture and handicrafts. Today in Tomsk the open championship of the Tomsk region in ice climbing will take place. Climbers will compete for speed at the Pobeda stadium ice rink. The judges also offer Tomsk residents to help evaluate athletes. The start of the junior group is 9 o'clock, the start of the adult group is 15 o'clock.

The opening hours were extended due to the massive flowering of azaleas, the university press service reported. According to biologists, the blooming of azaleas can be compared to the cherry blossoms in Japan, when the foliage is not visible because of the flowers. “The Siberian Botanical Garden has the richest collection of azaleas in the Asian part of Russia,” the press service reported. In addition to azaleas, camellia japonica and sarcococcus bush are now blooming.

The violations were recorded by a video recording system, the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. “After recording the violation with a video camera, the information is transferred to the traffic police, processed, and after some time the owner of the vehicle receives a receipt by mail to pay the fine,” the police clarified. It should be noted that every day inspectors additionally identify about 30 “reckless drivers” on the city’s roads.

Tulip traders took to the streets of Tomsk. On March 8, the first buyer showed up at 7 am. As traders told a TV2 news agency correspondent, the main influx of men took place last night. Today they sort flowers for their wives and girlfriends. “The largest purchase is 50 tulips,” said one of the sellers on Yuzhnaya Square. As flower shop employees previously told us, in addition to traditional tulips and roses, Tomsk residents prefer to receive eustoma, freesia and lilac by March 8th.

Today in Tomsk a series of meetings of students of the TPU and Siberian State Medical University parliamentary debate clubs starts. As Oleg Kotikov, coordinator of the Debate League, told the TV2 news agency, the event will be held within the framework of the Siberian Environmental Agency project. Every Saturday in March and April, students will meet for debates in the Youth House at 186 Lenin Street. The leitmotif of this series of debates will be the environmental problems of the Tomsk region.

The match took place today in St. Petersburg and ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the opponents. This was reported on the official website of FC Tom. The Zenit youth players scored both goals in the second half. “Having an advantage in the first half, in the second half we made a number of unnecessary mistakes and ultimately lost with a score of 2:0,” according to the website of FC Tom. The Tomi youth team takes 15th place with 20 points.

The promotion is valid on March 8. Also, girls with bouquets in their hands will have the right to a free visit, museum staff reported on their official VKontakte page. “Men, give your ladies a romantic mood, a beautiful view of the city from the observation tower, photographs in ancient halls and in historical costumes,” the museum staff said. On March 9 at 13.00 Tomsk residents are invited to the interactive excursion “Women’s Secrets”.

Photo: Roman Unashev A handicraft fair took place at the art site of the SMILESCity shopping center for two days. According to the organizers, the fair features crafts from various craftswomen: interior items, handmade soap, toys, jewelry, notebooks, postcards and much more. The money raised from the sale of souvenirs will go to the treatment of a girl who was involved in an accident. The fair is open on the second floor of the SMILES City shopping center on March 8 from 11:00 to 18:00.