in 2023, the economy performed even better than predicted; as a result, gdp grew by 3.9%. preparations for a single voting day are actively underway in belarus. 12 people under 31 are running for the house of representatives seat. as for local councils, young people make up 4% of the total number of documents submitted. such data is published by the cycle. the belarusian youth union has joined in providing information about the upcoming elections. single voting day, when. we will elect deputies at all levels at once in belarus will be held for the first time, the target audience of the project citizen's alphabet version 4.0 students, students, as well as youth of work collectives. the idea that went into this project is to show young people how this or that electoral system works, how the upper and lower houses of parliament work, how this or that bill is adopted, how it is discussed, in an accessible, interesting way. then, as soon as

it is placed on the table of the head of state, this law is signed, this is a very important, interesting game, because in this format, you participate in this game and directly you live this role and it is much easier to understand how processes directly take place, political processes directly in our country, traditionally a series of open dialogues and dialogue platforms are held, where we discuss with the authorities...

the start of the elections of deputies on a single voting day, it will be located in in the small hall of the palace of the republic, studios of leading republican television and radio broadcasting media, accredited representatives of other media will be deployed there . in addition, there will be organized press conferences of the chairman of the central election commission of belarus, missions of international observers, experts in the electoral field, video conferences with representatives of territorial and district election commissions. accreditation is already open. what are nato preparing for by massing a military armada to the borders of the union state? the alliance has announced its largest exercise in decades, stalwart defender 2024. according to legend, a fictional country called akas, think russia, will attack one of the alliance countries. the maneuvers will involve about 90,000 military personnel, they will start next week on january 22. and last

several months. the last exercise of this scale took place in 1988. then 125,000 people took part in them. punish hungary for being stubborn. the european parliament supported a resolution condemning the hungarian prime minister for systematically undermining the values ​​of the eu and the covenant to provide assistance to ukraine. this is one of the attempts to deprive budapest of the right to vote in decision-making in the european union. although the resolution does not have legal force, it strengthens it. political pressure on orban in ahead of the eu leaders' summit in brussels. it will be held on february 1, where an attempt will again be made to agree on new assistance to ukraine. a hot negotiating day for the belarusian delegation in uganda. active work continues on the sidelines of the nineteenth summit of the non-aligned movement in the african city of kampala. the day before , foreign minister sergei oleinik took part in the fifth ministerial meeting of the group of friends in defense of the un charter, and also held a number of negotiations. with representatives of algeria,

the philippines, the dprk and uganda itself. among issues discussed: cooperation in agriculture, supplies of belarusian equipment, cooperation projects. thus, the head of the algerian ministry of foreign affairs emphasized the high quality of our products and the wide popularity of belarusian equipment. and the minister of foreign affairs of uganda confirmed plans to visit minsk this year on an official visit. for orthodox christians today , the baptism of the lord is one of the most beloved holidays among the people and one. of the twelve most important dates in the church calendar. in all orthodox churches , solemn liturgies and services are held in the morning, which recall the gospel events, end with the illumination of the water. it is believed that today it is filled with special power. people come to churches with strong faith. baptism, baptismal water heals and helps with all problems. the clergy also illuminate open bodies of water. traditionally , people plunge into them, believing in cleansing from sins. the church does not call for ablution. but he does not deny

this phenomenon, because about 2 thousand years ago, at the age of thirty , the son of god himself was baptized in the jordan river, the feast of baptisms itself is also called theophany, since... here we see that god revealed himself through his son, god the father, and there was also a revelation in the form of the holy spirit, who descended on our lord during baptism, in the form of a dove. at the same time, no one saw god the father, but his voice was heard, which was addressed specifically to the people around, and this voice of god the father said that this is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased. therefore, the feast of epiphany is a special holiday. where we see that the entire holy trinity, it is not only the cause of the creation of the world, but also here the trinity participates in the salvation of man and all humanity. orthodox belarusians traditionally take a dip in an ice hole at baptisms;

eight fonts have been equipped for bathing in minsk and the surrounding area. on komsomolskoe lake in the reservoirs tsna, krenitsa, vyacho blackbirds, birds near the dynamo stadium on the minsk sea. a day is a day when we not only harden ourselves, but there is some unity with nature, with god. i tell everyone, when you go to the font, go with love for yourself as a particle.