this is the most important factor, people are fed and provided for in other countries of the world, a high level of food self-sufficiency has been achieved, which, for example, in belarus is almost 100%. in the new year , the agreement on the creation of the ias will be 10 years old, the leaders agreed on this occasion to hold a meeting in moscow in may, the eurasian economic union is demonstrating positivity and growth in sanctions despite the country.

east, the agreement with iran is for many countries in the regions of the global south and confirms that it will increase exports to the ninety-million-dollar market of this country, the zeroing of duties benefits belarusian exporters, for example, food, quarry equipment, fertilizer combines; as for the informal cis summit, the parties synchronized watches on key positions. corner

economics. there are two dates ahead: the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of belarus, and in january in st. petersburg they will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting of the blockade. on the sidelines of the summit, negotiations between our president and the leader of azerbaijan also took place, focusing on economic issues from cooperation projects to promote our exports. the government has set a task to develop a joint work plan for the coming years. we are determined to work more actively together. on cooperation projects in industry, agriculture, and the military industry, the president of azerbaijan confirmed belarus’ proposal to take part in the modernization and construction of infrastructure facilities in karabakh. a program of accelerated regional development is being implemented in belarus; cities with a population of more than 80 thousand people are included in the project. what are the results? the government notes positive trends; there are 11 such large cities on the map of belarus, these are baranoviche, pinsk, novopolotsk, orsha, polotsk.

housing at the expense of all sources of financing in pinsk, bobruisk, mozyr and borisov regions. there are few proposals for the one district one project program. locally, they have practically stopped using mechanisms for concluding investment agreements to attract capital through legislative benefits and guarantees. based on the results of 10 months, there is not a single region that you... all target indicators,

most of the target indicators were met by the city of pinsk, litsky and soligorsk districts, the remaining eight regions only achieved half of the achieved indicators, what is troubling is that there is no significant... shift in attracting investment in fixed capital. the task was completed by only three regions 80 plus. behind such external contours, behind the growth of large enterprises, there are small enterprises, and they are also important for the implementation of the assigned tasks in this territory, where the level of wages is extremely low, below the industry average . work on accelerated development large territories are carried out with de. yes, the most stable in terms of a large number of indicators are now orsha and lida, together with the surrounding areas. the national center for electronic services presented the mobile application eposluga. how it works? these are more than 350 services based on reliable and up-to-date information from about 60 government

information systems. you can make a request in a variety of areas from medicine and education to insurance and customs. any smartphone owner can become a user. belarusians are increasingly using online services, if last year 76 million transactions were carried out through a single portal, then in the twenty-third there were about 120 million, which is quite logical, who in the 21st century wants to stand in long lines. information that a citizen can obtain regarding himself remains popular on the unified portal of electronic services, which has received a new name, eposluga. you can get some information about the rights to the real estate you own. you can obtain certificate statements about accrued benefits, accrued pensions, you can register foreign guests or relatives, you can transfer various types of customs documents to the customs authorities. in the twenty-third year , more than 230 new services appeared, a total of 517 electronic

procedures are available for order on the portal, for example, you can check information about a car before purchasing, fill out a form for medical examination, and register a foreigner. at your place of stay, getting into the world of electronic services has become easier: first, you need to download the mobile application, second, install it, third - click log in and attach the id card to your smartphone, i repeat, authorization is possible using an id card and nfc readers, so if you have both, it will not be difficult to log in and gain access to your personal account. in addition to strict identification using an electronic digital signature in the mobile application. you can also log in to the desktop version of eposlug using social networks such as facebook or google. protection of data transmitted through the application is guaranteed by information security special attention. the eposluga application will also be useful for businesses, especially since electronic

document management is being actively introduced in the country. the developers promise new services next year, all so that as many household and business issues as possible can be resolved without leaving home. thank you, i prepared the review. olesya vysotskaya. more economic news and more on the website of our tv channel belarus24.by. growth in production and new markets. the ministry of agriculture and food of belarus sums up the results of 2023 . how are things going with the export of products? where sales have increased, how much production volumes have increased and how we will ensure the country’s food security in 2024. let’s ask the head of the main department.

production volumes in processing amounted to 105.3%. the production volumes of dairy and meat products have increased, this, of course, is the resource that allows us to increase the volume of export sales; accordingly , production volumes and demand for belarusian quality goods have allowed us to maintain our position as a major exporter of dairy products, and in terms of butter we occupy third position, fourth position for cheeses.

well, let’s remember 2022, it was successful for belarusian farmers in terms of exports, but what did 2023 show? can we already sum up the results of the year? and in the twenty -third year we... increased the physical volumes of export supplies for almost all types of food products, but nevertheless , one must understand, of course, that in the twenty- third year the price and, accordingly , the value volumes of exports were influenced by the weakening of the russian ruble exchange rate in relation to dollars, of course it is affected the value of export volumes, so our main task for the future is to increase the physical volumes of supplies of agricultural products for export. again, with regard to exports and finished products, raw materials, you have already noted that new markets also appeared

last year, but which of them are the most promising for us? if we speak for our closest partners, then this is, of course , the market of the russian federation, we occupy a significant share in export supplies there, in in the future, we plan to increase export volumes, and of course, work on economic... such alcoholic, non-alcoholic , confectionery products, frozen berries, that is, we plan to work on new product

items, and the gulf countries are the united arab emirates, in our plans increase supply volumes, in the twenty -third year we began shipping butter, whole milk products, ice cream to this market, of course, the volumes are small, so we plan to increase volume deliveries, well, in general is it worth expanding export horizons today? such a task due to what? and of course, the task is to increase supply volumes, this is primarily due to an increase in finished dairy meat products, these are our main product items that occupy a significant share in export sales. well, 2024, we often talk about this, has been declared the year of quality, but what kind of work will you do in this direction? well, our belarusian goods, they are known as... because they are manufactured according to soviet standards, but there is certainly something to strive for,

this includes improving production technology, packaging and working to reduce costs, and this will first of all lead to increased competitiveness of our products, both in the domestic and foreign markets, and as a result will increase the well-being of our residents. well, ksenia, thank you, ksenia meleshko, the boss, answered the program’s questions. next on the program are innovations in the labor code, tourism development and the habitat of the belarusian tsmok. we'll be back at the studio in a few minutes. this is the event program for belarus 24 and we continue. more than 411 thousand eu residents visited belarus last year on a visa-free basis, which ones? countries came more often, our columnist svetlana chernova knows. more than half are citizens of lithuania,

latvians are in second place, then poles. our neighbors will be able to continue to freely enjoy belarusian hospitality. the visa-free regime has been extended for this year. the initiative of the ministry of foreign affairs was supported by the president. the steady interest of residents of neighboring countries in belarus, despite the obstacles of restrictions on the part of the lithuanian leadership, latvia and poland are obvious. the implementation of visa-free travel demonstrates our country’s openness to recovery. to start resting. innovations are provided in terms of vacation division. those organizations

that did not have collective agreements could not provide for the division of leave into more than two parts. and now this will become possible. such a norm can be prescribed in the local legal act of the organization, for example, in the internal labor regulations, in the provisions on vacations. the employer must remember that one of the parts is at least 14 calendar days. but the number of parts can be any. of course it is. should not be in more than two parts, the norm must have a specific wording, in two, three or four parts. changes have occurred in the procedure for granting social leave, in particular educational leave. if an employee receives first, secondary, special and higher education, or vocational education, it does not matter whether it is first or second, the employer is obliged to provide the employee with leave, but without pay. point made in worker's issues graphics for parents with many children. now , by agreement with the employer, you can choose either a shorter working day by an hour every day, or a full day off once a week. in

addition, the code now provides for an additional day off for working belarusians to undergo medical examination. addiction. depending on age, the employee will be allocated from one to two days to undergo a medical examination at an industrial clinic or at his place of residence, for example, belarusians under 40 years old can use this right once every 3 years, older once a year, for 5 years before retirement and even twice a year. the employee will be released from work, during this period of time his average earnings will be retained, and he will have to agree on the day when he is going to devote the employee to undergo dispensary testing. with your employer. let me note that belarusians begin to rest and work according to the new rules on january 1. an exhibition of creative works by foreign students has opened at the university of culture gallery. what is presented in the exhibition? declaration of love belarus through painting, graphics, sculpture, ceramics, artistic painting. a total of one and a half hundred works. young people traveled to different cities, visited

historical sights and picturesque places. and the collected impressions and emotions were presented on creative canvases.

a bronze sculpture of tsmok was installed there. the initiator of the creation was a local artist, local historian vladimir shushkevich. since childhood, he was imbued with legends about a monster that in ancient times lived in lake lepel. the author of the smoke was lev aganov. before as to begin work, the sculptor studied many sources telling about this mythical character. he was responsible for the water element, and it is believed that he

helps the overall water cycle in nature to take place; he is responsible for the water element. according to local historians, there is a local custom for young people to take the most delicious dish from the festive table and throw water in order for family life to be happy and successful. i would like to note that the festival of slavic mythology, shlyakh smoka, is held annually in the lepel district. thanks review prepared by svetlana chernova. new facilities increase the flow of tourists; the past year

turned out to be very productive for the belarusian tourism industry. what do we expect from the coming 2024? what new routes will we offer to tourists from which countries? why do guests come to us? let's ask the director of the tourism department of the ministry of sports and tourism of belarus irina varanovich. irina, hello! hello! so, let’s first take stock of the past 2023, how did it turn out for our tourism industry? how successful? really, the year was interesting, the year was fruitful, and maximum attention, of course, was paid to domestic tourism. and... i can say that there are certain results that we can talk about, and we held many events, and changed the format of the rest 2023 exhibition. that is, more regions of the russian federation have already come to us, because the regions today are becoming interesting for our belarusians as outbound tourism. most

often, belarusians traveled either to st. petersburg or moscow, so today the potential of the russian federation is also represented other regions, because russia is rich in different types of tourism. it is certainly worth noting that this is the second time we have held this event. but today gastronomic directions , gastronomic resorts, hotels and museums also show their capabilities and... there is a very interesting conglomerate here, because different types are presented, each belarus can, in general, this

week find interesting not only pastime , but plan your vacation in the future, for the third time we have already spent our scientific and practical conference on tourism together with the national tourism agency, i want to say that this is a very good experience, because there is a meeting on the site.

it needs to be brought to such a level that our tourists are satisfied, we are talking, of course, first of all about infrastructure,

because today we understand that where we have some problematic issues, but these are hotels, these are roads, i’m talking about regions now, so today, of course, i would like that in 2024 we will do the same made accents. our regions have been actively preparing all the possibilities for our tourists to feel comfortable, because those tourists who travel a lot abroad, they are already beginning to compare, indeed, we have a very rich belarus with opportunities, and eco-tourism and especially today those that are very popular countries when there are four seasons, when you can see different seasons, seasons and active tourism, so this is our advantage, in the twenty-fourth year, first of all, of course, we must work to ensure that no matter what corner of belarus you go to,

it is comfortable, convenient, in general, the tourist understands that these are the conditions of a very high level. russia, and today, probably also china - these are our main target markets, what other countries are among the priority ones for inbound tourism, and about the regions. i said the russian federation, because russia is really so big that today we are working with each region separately, and indeed the tourism potential is simply limitless, and we also we also work with the cis countries, and indeed they have a very interesting approach to tourism, and the types of tourism are different, so today on platforms, for example, the sco, and the sco countries, we are talking. in order to make some joint routes, the issue of logistics is raised here, because not all countries have, for example, direct flights, but if these are

connecting flights, then... uzbekistan, armenia, countries that are very different, for example, from belarus is surprised, that is , such positive reviews, china, indeed, again today we are already with january there is a new flight to the south of china, so i think. tourist and mutual currents, including the chinese, in our direction, they will have a positive effect on the economy of our country. well, what destinations are popular among foreign tourists, that’s what concerns belarus, why our country is attractive to them. well , this is probably already consistently in first place, this is sanatorium-resort treatment, health improvement, and here there are really large flows of citizens from neighboring countries, not only from

the russian federation. well, the countries that are in in general, they can come to us without a visa, a large influx of our neighbors in general in the direction of shopping, because we are proud that belarus has already proven itself today with high-quality products, both gastronomic and industrial, so we really note such an influx tourists with the goal, in general, to buy something, and agro-eco-estates, of course, because here there is also a synthesis of both eco-tourism and gastronomic tourism, so when we start monitoring or somehow communicating with our tourists, we understand that bookings are in progress long ahead, and this, of course, cannot but rejoice, but on the other hand, we understand that the question of domestic tourism may arise, so here again our task for the twenty-fourth year is to ensure that for our

citizens there is always... places and a comfortable relaxation, and hospitably welcoming our guests from other countries. well, thank you, thank you, irina varanovich, director of the tourism department of the ministry of sports and tourism of belarus, answered the program’s questions. results-analysis of the main events of this week in the information and analytical atn program main broadcast. all projects of our tv channel are on the website belarus24.bbi, as well as on social networks. i say goodbye to you. all the best. we travel around belarus and discover new sights, in every city there are sculptures with their own symbolic

meaning and... as a rule, they are in the center, meet valentin and valentina, we get acquainted with the original belarusian traditions, i haven’t hit you yet, well , i’m immediately scared, you’re not scared, but i’m scared, hitting, of course, hurts, no, tell me, what could i do? a woman in such an outfit should be engaged, probably supervising the work of the servants, the most important thing is that we experience vivid emotions, so what? guys, how did i fit into your team, take it? yes, i ’m really thinking about buying a jacuzzi, i’ll add milk and honey to it every evening and feel like cleopatra. project, the route has been built, watch it on the belarus 24 tv channel, i don’t have the strength.

you are watching the news, tatyana nekrasova is in the studio, good evening and