you are watching news in the studio elizaveta lakotka. good afternoon. and in this issue. the protection of the country's sovereignty will be more effective.

cooperation with allies, meetings of representatives of the brics and brics plus countries on security issues are held in st. petersburg. creativity, culture, education, we are developing ties in all areas. the youth for the union state festival starts in smolensk. demand for food outside the home is growing from factory canteens to cafes and restaurants. is it possible to have lunch without harming your stomach and wallet? experts answer. international and regional security, risks of new military conflicts, crisis in ukraine, tense situation in the european region and the middle east. today , high-level representatives of the brics and brics plus countries are meeting in st. petersburg on security issues. the belarusian delegation is headed by the state secretary of the security service of our country, alexander bolfovich. belarus has extensive experience in matters of ensuring national security. to protect

the sovereignty of its own country will be even more effective in cooperation with its allies. in modern realities, no state alone is capable of confronting new challenges and threats that are constantly transforming. therefore, our country pays special attention to interaction, primarily within the framework of the union state, the csto, the cis, the sco and, of course, brics. in addition to the main negotiations, these days the participants of the brics and brics plus countries will hold many bilateral meetings. the belarusian delegation has already discussed issues of cooperation in the field of security with colleagues from turkey, serbia, cuba and china. it is planned that the proposals that will be put forward to meet, will be voiced at the summit of the heads of state of the brics countries, which will be held in the fall in kazan. details in our next issues. the eu, as a union, has outlived its usefulness more and more countries, on the way of which the question of membership in the union arises, prefer the latter to joining brics. following turkey. serbia has declared such a desire.

belgrade is disappointed with the policy of the european union, which is inconsistently selective and uses blackmail. the deputy prime minister of serbia said that such actions could reorient the country towards joining brics instead of european union. the politician stressed that if the eu foreign policy official thinks that belgrade or dara will de facto recognize kosovo in exchange for future eu membership, then he can forget about serbia. and the breaking news, the first news item, will be broadcast on the fifth button. the government has signed a decree on including the channel in the mandatory public package. the first broadcast of the first news channel in the history of domestic television will start on september 17, on national unity day. all belarusians will be able to receive the most relevant, interesting, verified important information non-stop 24 hours a day. made in belarus

is synonymous with the highest quality. our country and italy intend to develop cooperation in the dairy industry. today , the national academy of sciences held a round table on milk processing technologies and dairy production. details of the meeting from my colleague victoria sharkova. the belarusian-italian round table is being held for the second time. the first such event was held in january of this year. then the parties discussed cooperation. in the field of animal husbandry, because, as is known, our country has always shown good results in agriculture, to find mechanisms for joint work in the field of milk processing, which was on the agenda of both parties today . a delegation of representatives of agricultural research centers, higher education institutions and a company from italy arrived in minsk to participate in the round table. the talks focused on the prospects for cooperation with organizations from this country, separately focused on...

microorganisms or whole whole complexes of microorganisms to improve the quality of products, what types, what forms , and so on. the event is scheduled for several days, today the participants will still have a business meeting at the institute

of meat and dairy industry, and tomorrow the delegation representatives will visit baby food production plants. undoubtedly, the experience of our scientists will surprise them. thank you. vika, belarus and italy share payment in the dairy industry. department with taste from factory canteens to cafes and restaurants. today, the focus of the experts of the talk show. economic environment, public catering. there are more than 15,000 catering facilities in belarus. real incomes of the population are growing, which means demand for food outside the home. is it possible to have a healthy lunch without harming your wallet? what is the business in the catering sector like? and what dishes of belarusian cuisine are on top among foreign guests, we will discuss today after the panorama. it is mainly developing, well, to a greater extent we see fast food, these are fast food restaurants service, because after all the pace of life of our population, as it were, reorients us

with you not to cook at home, namely a quick purchase, ordering home, the same pisen. yes, this is the entire population, we already see this trend, it has been maintained for the last five years, if we compare the culture of visiting public catering facilities of the city, regional cities, then we have it a little different in the district centers, we have, that is, on weekdays , as a rule, our facilities work on a combined group, and now on friday, saturday, yes, the objects are directly involved in the events that are held in the evening events, in recent years several unique class. tourist clusters have been created that continue to develop, i would like them to develop further, such as zybeskaya street, yes, i hear in the city of minsk, this is sovetskaya street in brest, these are clusters of a large accumulation of interesting public catering facilities, diverse catering facilities, where you can get

service in the morning and afternoon and evening and night, this is a large number of tourists, which increases when visiting this cluster, there is an impression from the guests. on the eve of the day of national unity and the professional holiday of investigators, today the chairman

of the house of representatives igor sergeenko met with the investigative committee. they discussed , among other things, criminal legislation. amendments are being prepared to the belarusian criminal code. for some articles, the punishment will already be. sharpened, for others it will be softened. according to the speaker, the emphasis is on preventive work. the president introduced into the house of representatives this bill, an interdepartmental working group worked, which included, among others, employees of the investigative committee, they are immersed in this topic. we plan to consider this issue at one of the first meetings. certain innovations are introduced into 97 compositions. for certain crimes , punishment is mitigated, for some it is increased, well, in general, the main emphasis is on differentiation, criminal liability, which will allow the court to approach more clearly and specifically, well, and also the emphasis

for preventive work. let me remind you that the sanctions for 97 types of crimes are being reviewed, for example, for 65 of them it is proposed to add alternative, less severe... penalties, for example, in the house of representatives they will review liability for drug-related crimes. the lower limit of punishment for distribution as part of an organized group will be reduced to 8 years. the upper limit will remain the same - 20 years. this is also due to the fact that students who unknowingly perform tasks are often drawn into drug trafficking curators and do not realize the gravity of the crime. it is planned to introduce a relaxation of liability for minors who have committed a less serious crime for the first time. brest border guards seized a drone, last night on the belarusian-polish border two belarusians were detained who were going to launch a homemade. aircraft. a parachute, ropes and four were also seized from the border violators.