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hatsia wouldn't be atrestsi, gety tsud, that's a real master. the results of the year and plans for future cooperation on the eu and cis platforms were discussed in st. petersburg. to resolve issues online, the national center for electronic services presented a special mobile application. rest and work according to new rules in belarus, changes have been made to labor code. and a declaration of love for belarus in minsk opened an exhibition of creative works by foreign students. the events program is on air. in the studio olga onishchenko. hello. together there is much strength in unity. this was shown by the results of work at the eu and cis sites. the main thing. the leaders

of the countries spoke in st. petersburg. we’ll find out more details from our columnist olesya vysotskaya. at the summit of the eurasian economic union, the leaders adopted a declaration on the further development of the integration association until the thirtieth year. freedom agreement signed trade with iran and the main achievement the belarusian leader called a stable common domestic market, a single customs space. now, thanks to well-coordinated work within the framework of the union, the imbalance has been eliminated, we have achieved a positive food supply, this is the most important factor, people have fed their people, we provide food for other countries in the world, and a high level of food self-sufficiency has been achieved.

interim results of the union’s activities were summed up, they are impressive, this is a twofold increase in trade turnover, our trade turnover with foreign countries increased by 60% world, there is a significant increase in industrial production, in agricultural products, the last council of the agro-industrial complex of the union concluded that the ias has become absolutely self-sufficient and self-sufficient in terms of the main types of agricultural products, for most types we...

the agreement with iran confirms this , it will allow increasing exports to the ninety-million-dollar market of this country, zeroing out duties will benefit belarusian exporters, for example, of food, quarry equipment, combine harvesters, and fertilizers. what regarding the informal cis summit, the parties synchronized watches on key positions, at the head

of the economics corner 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 the promotion of our exports. the government has set a task to develop a plan for joint work for the coming years, determined together work more actively on cooperation projects in industry, agriculture, and the military industry. the president of azerbaijan confirmed belarus' offer to take part in the modernization and construction of infrastructure facilities in karabakh. a program for accelerated regional development is being implemented in belarus; the project includes cities with a population of more than 80 thousand people. 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, mozyr, lida,

borisov, soligorsk, molodechna, bobruisk. the total population is 1.5 million people, which is important; almost every settlement has free economic territories. in square meters - this is about 50 ready-made industrial sites; last year , the ss included additional territories in pinsk, polotsk and lida, this plus another 160 hectares. in these territories, within the framework of five-year programs, over 500 projects, infrastructure and production, are planned, 168 have already been implemented. agricultural production volumes are increasing. in the same time housing construction is progressing slowly using all sources of funding in pinsk.

enterprises, there are small enterprises, 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 the accelerated development of large territories has been carried out since the nineteenth year, the most stable in terms of a large number of indicators, now orsha and lida, together with the surrounding areas. the national center for electronic services presented a mobile eposluga application. this is how it works, there are more than 350 services based on reliable and

up-to-date information, about 60 government information systems. you can make a request in a variety of areas, from medicine, education to insurance and customs; anyone with a smartphone 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. which is quite logical; who wants to stand in long lines in the 20th century? popular on the same portal of electronic services, which received a new name, eposluga, there remains information that a citizen can obtain regarding himself, you can get some information about the rights to real estate that you own, you can get extracts, certificates of accrued benefits, accrued pensions , you can register foreign guests or relatives, you can transfer various types of customs. in total

, 517 electronic procedures are available for order on the portal; for example, you can check car information before purchasing, fill out a form for medical examination, register a foreigner at the place of stay, and it has become easier to get into the world of electronic services. first, you need to download the mobile application, second, install it, third, click log in and attach. to your smartphone, i repeat, authorization is possible using an id card and an nfc reader, so if you have both, it will not be difficult for you to log in and access your personal account. in addition to strict identification using an electronic digital signature in mobile application, as well as in the desktop version of eposluga, you can log in using social networks such as facebook or google. the protection of data transmitted through the application is guaranteed to be information secure. special attention , the eposluga application will also be useful for business, 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, review prepared by olesya vysotskaya. more news from the economic sphere and not only on the website of our tv channel belarus24.by. rosproizvodstva. how much have production volumes increased and how will we ensure the country’s food security in 2024? let’s ask the head of the main department of foreign economic activity of the ministry of agriculture and food of belarus, ksenia meleshka. ksenia, hello. hello. so, it’s no secret, we know that belarus is one of the five world leaders in milk exports.

this year we increased our physical volumes export supplies for almost all types of food products, but nevertheless one must understand, of course, that in the twenty- third year the prices will change accordingly. the value of exports was influenced by the weakening of the russian ruble against dollars, of course this affected the value of exports, so our main task for the future is to increase the physical volumes of supplies of agricultural products for export, well, again, as for exports , both finished products and raw materials, as you have already noted,

that new markets also appeared last year, but which of them are the most promising for us? speaking for our closest partners, this is, of course , the market of the russian federation, we occupy a significant share of export supplies there, in the future we plan to increase export volumes, and of course work on the economic efficiency of sales, this is by reducing costs, first of all, and also through the development of commodity distribution networks, which will allow us to develop our own.

confectionery products, frozen berries, that is, we plan to work on new product positions, and the gulf countries, this is combined.

reduction in 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, head of the main department of foreign economic activity of the ministry of agriculture and food of belarus, answered the program’s questions. next in the program "events, innovations in the labor code, tourism development and the habitat of the belarusian tsmok." we'll be back. to the studio in a few minutes. this is the events program for belarus 24 and we continue. more than 411 thousand eu residents visited belarus last year on a visa-free basis. our columnist svetlana chernova knows which countries they came from most often. more than half are citizens of lithuania,

latvians are in second place, then poles. our neighbors will be able to continue to freely use belarusian... the visa-free regime has been extended for this year. initiative of the ministry of foreign the president supported the case. the steady interest of residents of neighboring countries in belarus, despite the obstacles of restrictions on the part of the leadership of lithuania, latvia and poland . the introduction of visa-free travel demonstrates our country’s openness to restoring normal, equal interaction with neighboring states. changes have been made to the labor code in belarus. what's new ? in total, more than 80 articles of the document were corrected. separate standards. affect every working citizen, this applies, for example, to salaries. now every employer is required to make payments to its employees at least twice a month. the changes affected vacation pay accruals. if an employee goes on vacation spontaneously, not according to schedule, the employer can pay vacation pay within two days after the start of the vacation. 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. now this will become possible, such a norm can be prescribed in the local legal act of the organization, for example, in internal labor regulations, vacation regulations. 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 should not be more than two parts, the norm must have a specific wording, two, three or four parts. changes have occurred in the procedure for granting social and private leave. educational, if the employee receives first secondary, special and higher education, or vocational education, it does not matter whether the first or second employer is obliged to provide the employee with leave, but without pay. the point has been made regarding the work schedule of 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. depending on age, the employee will be allocated from one to two days to undergo a medical examination in an industrial clinic or at your 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 he will retain his average earnings, and he will have to agree with his employer about the day when he is going to devote the employee to undergoing dispersion. let me note that belarusians begin to rest and work according to the new rules on january 1. in the gallery university of culture an exhibition of creative works by foreign students has opened, what did they present? the exhibition includes a declaration of love for belarus through painting, graphics, sculpture, ceramics, art painting, a total of one and a half hundred works, young people traveled to different cities, visited historical

sights and colorful places, the collected impressions and emotions were presented on canvas in creative compositions. like you are my worlds, and all the shrine. may the strength not us udomnіny koga, life is clear to god, these foreigners they draw peraluses, this is for for me, this is, well, not only for me, i think for peralutsov - this is also, but sensational, this is unusual, but we are like foreigners.

the exhibition of student works in more expensive colors and displays can be seen until january 13. the year 2024 will pass under the sign of the dragon or tsmoka, in belarusian, where can you meet the mysterious folklore character? on the shore of lake lepel, 10 years ago 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 who lived in lepelsky in ancient times. the author of the smoke was lev aganov. before starting work, the sculptor studied many sources telling about this mythical character. he was responsible for the water

element, including, it is believed that he helps to carry out the overall water cycle in nature, he is responsible for the water element and can, like stopping heavy rains, for example, cause a drought. stories about local tsmoks are well known throughout belarus. on the very first pages of his historical novel. christ landed in grodno, vladimir korotkevich actually mentioned mythical characters, a classic of belarusian literature, in the book he even described the appearance of tuxedos. firstly, the smok is distinguished by long mustaches, and secondly, it has a large body, somewhat reminiscent of a seal, and instead of wings it has large fins. 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. let me note, in the lepelsky district. a festival of slavic mythology is held annually szlacht smoka. thank you, the review was prepared by svetlana chernova. new facilities will 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 it turned out for our tourism industry, how successful , indeed, 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, changed the format of the exhibition vacation 2000, 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.

we determine the winners, the best of the year, for example, the best hotel, the best an agricultural estate, the best museum, and of course, these are people who travel around the country, take photographs, or generally express themselves creatively in some way, and for this they generally receive prizes, and become winners in this competition in a solemn atmosphere, they find themselves involved in the development of domestic tourism, but what are your expectations for... the coming 2024, what do you plan to bet on this year? of course, it’s always good when something new appears, but we must not forget that work has already begun, it needs to be completed to the end, it needs to be brought to such a level that our tourists are satisfied, we are, of course, talking primarily about infrastructure,

because we...

the tourist understood that the conditions were very good, well, it was comfortable, convenient, in generally of a high level. russia, and today, probably also china, are our main target markets, what other countries are among the priority ones for inbound tourism. and i spoke about the regions of the russian federation, because russia is really so big that today we are with each region separately we work, and in reality.