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exchange of views on current issues, results of the year and plans for the future. traditional pre-new year summit of the commonwealth in st. petersburg. 42 people were poisoned by smoke in albania, a twelve-story building caught fire, firefighters fought the fire for several hours. the coming year will be difficult, and the world will face wars and instability, and many more elections. forecast from the new york times. miracles and joy of the new year holidays to everyone without exception. the action our children are walking around the country. results of the year and plans for the future. an informal meeting of the leaders of the cis countries will take place today in st. petersburg. the pre-new year summit of the heads of state and the commonwealth has already become traditional. this is a good opportunity to exchange views on current issues. as a rule, the event takes place in the city on the neva. the place is special and this day begins for the belarusian delegation with an important symbolic gesture. minister of foreign affairs and ambassador of our country to russia, on behalf of the people on the eve of the eightieth anniversary.

ended up in besieged leningrad. on this spot a memorial sign was installed, which was opened by the president of the republic of belarus alexander grigorievich lukashenko in 1996, and of course, we remember and mourn when visiting this sacred place. of course, the lessons of history, they should not only be kept in memory, they should teach us to maintain peace on earth, maintain peace on the planet and truly ensure. peaceful and creative life.

alexander lukashenko's working day began with a bilateral meeting with ilham aliyev. the president of azerbaijan on sunday celebrated his birthday. then the leaders communicated by phone. the current conversation is already on working issues, in particular , the upcoming visit of the president of belarus to azerbaijan is on the agenda. regarding the economy , joint cooperation projects were discussed. aliyev also invited belarus to take part in the modernization and construction of infrastructure in karabakh. azerbaijani leaders were generally informed by alexander.

military-political cooperation, everything will have something to protect, it won’t go away either, we have a chance, the most important thing is not to stop. by as a result of the summit, a number of documents were adopted, including a declaration on the further development of the eurasian economic union until 2030 for the period until the forty-fifth year. the focus is on the image of the future of integration. details of the second day of negotiations in our next issues. 2020. the fourth year will be

difficult for the global economy, the world will face wars and instability. this is the forecast for next year given by new york times experts. among the challenges are the risk of escalation of the conflict in the middle east and the war in ukraine. also an electoral marathon. elections around 50 countries, including india, indonesia, mexico, south africa, the united states and 27 eu states, this is more than 2 billion people, and in many countries the companies will take place against the backdrop of growing distrust in the government, a divided electorate and constant anxiety about economic prospects. with incomes and living standards falling and inequality rising, voters are skeptical of globalization. the world's 20 largest banks have cut staff by 60,000 this year. according to the newspaper, half of the cuts came from wall street organizations whose investment banking businesses have struggled to cope with the pace of rate hikes in the us and europe,

with experts predicting more cuts in 2024 due to a lack of stability and investment. without a war, the polish army is losing thousands of soldiers and officers from the armed forces over the current years. significantly more than in previous years, reports the polish-lithuanian commonwealth. among them are about 9.00 professional military personnel and 10 thousand former territorial defense servicemen, and next year the trend is likely to only intensify, according to almost 5,000 military personnel submitted their resignations to the polish defense ministry in december. earlier, the polish-lithuanian commonwealth published the results of a survey, according to which every third pole is ready to flee the country in the event of a hypothetical attack by russia. in albania, 42 people were injured in a fire, smoke poisoning, and all were taken to hospital. the incident occurred near the capital of terana, in the city of lushnja, and a twelve-story building caught fire. according to local police, all residents were evacuated. firefighters fought the fire for several hours.

before they managed to put it out. the cause of the fire has not been established; presumably, there was an electrical short in one of the air conditioners. educating young people using the examples of heroes on... our country will remain invincible, this was the opinion shared by the secretary of state of the security council during the opening of the monument to the paratroopers. the monument was erected in novopolotsk in honor of the soldiers of the 350th parachute regiment and the crew of the il-76 aircraft who died in a plane crash near kabul on december 25, 1979 . internationalist soldiers who died in in afghanistan, they tried to strangle terrorism without thinking about their lives, alexander volfovich emphasized. these are the guys who quit. among the first to challenge international terrorism and extremism, they did a great job, and the memory of these guys, and the memory of all those who died, it is very important today, the construction of such monuments allows

us to restore historical memory, while we are opening such monuments, while we bring to these monuments, we educate the current generation, our country will be based on the examples of these children. invincible. after the opening of the monument , a solemn ceremony took place to name secondary school number 15 in the city of novopolotsk after hero of the soviet union , army general vasily margelov. today , the role of local authorities is more important than ever, but the powers must be backed by results. this was stated by the speaker of the upper house of parliament natalya kachanova during a meeting with activists of the primary organization of the belarusian women's union ojsc naftan. local initiatives form the basis of lawmaking. members of the council of the republic.

on behalf of the belaya rus public association

, gifts were presented to more than 300 children from the mogilev region, as well as boarding school students from the lugansk region. children are in the region for rehabilitation. together they lit the lights on the main tree of the palace of culture, and the winners. my mother and i found a dog on the street, i asked that a home be found for my dog ​​and we hope that in the new year it will find new owners, we love the new year for the magic, for the gifts that santa claus gives us, we wish all the children happiness and health to always the house was full of comfort, warmth, fulfillment of desires, we live under a peaceful sky, we are calm about our children, and this is necessary. save, yes, thank you very much to our president, we want to express our deepest...