the vat expert council of the minsk city technopark approved applications from ten new companies that will become residents, and the same number of portfolios of candidates for industrialists for consideration. thank you, the review was prepared by alesa vysotskaya. more news in the economic sphere and not only on the website of our tv channel belarus24.bbi. older people's day was celebrated in belarus on october 1. in our country, this is 16% of the population. these people are covered. care and attention, a social support system has been developed, pensions are growing, the country is implementing a national strategy of active longevity. let’s ask the head of the main department of the ministry of labor and social protection of belarus, ekaterina koleda, how belarusian pensioners live, relax and work. ekaterina, hello, hello. so, if you think about it, in your opinion, what is the average portrait of a belarusian pensioner? well, if we are talking about a pensioner.

in the republic of belarus, yes, we understand that today these are women who have reached 58 years old, well, as a rule, yes, and men 63 years old, there are more than 2 million such citizens in our country, but women from of them, and the overwhelming majority is 70 %, so if we say, we are a portrait, we understand, yes, this is a woman’s face, and if we talk about age, then the majority of our pensioners today are between the ages of 65 and 75, there are about a million of them, well of course, and a belarusian pensioner is a person, an active person, a person with an active civic position, a person with an active position in the family, today a person who has reached retirement age can freely realize himself in all possible directions, and as we see, the most in demand, this is where this activity of our belarusian pensioner is most manifested, and of course this is social life, and of course this is a family , well, of course, many, after they have already

completed their working career, realized themselves to the maximum in the family and want to receive some new emotions and sensations, also to realize oneself in various hobbies, and of course this is physical activity and so on, well, these are probably the kind of opportunities that, for the most part, our the national strategy, which is called active longevity, what kind of program is it and... what opportunities does it provide for belarusian pensioners today? yes, you are right, uh, we have been implementing a national strategy for active longevity since the twentieth year, and this is a document that has concentrated all the directions of state policy that are being implemented today in relation to our older citizens. of course, these are issues of social inclusion, first of all, this is prevention

loneliness, social prevention, which is certainly very important for people who are making, well, a transition, let’s say, from one stage of their life to another, yes, then, these are questions, of course, of extending their work activity, if a person wants to continue his work activity, having already reached retirement age , all possible conditions are also created for this, the next point is, of course, lifelong education, and this direction is also envisaged as one of the key ones within the framework of the implementation of the national strategy, of course, these are issues of physical activity, health issues, issues of participation in all kinds of cultural events, yes, of course, for people who today need additional measures of support from the state, these are people with more reduced physical activity due to health conditions, yes , then these are measures of social support, social services of our social service institutions, well, these are the key areas today - implemented through

the national strategy of active longevity. but we know that many belarusians continue to work, if such statistics surely exist, how many belarusians are working and have already officially entered their well-deserved retirement? and yes, indeed, today there are 420,000 people working in our country who have reached the general established retirement age, one in four, roughly? well, to put it bluntly, yes, and you know, the largest areas where we are concentrated, let’s say, today the labor activity of our elderly citizens is a question, this is the sphere of education, healthcare, i would probably like to note this is a striking example, let us give you a 99-year-old minsk resident, today he still works in one of the republican scientific and practical centers. that’s what concerns pensions, how much our belarusian pensioners earn on average, how often pensions are raised in our country, including labor and how comparable these figures are today with similar ones, if we take the cis countries, for example, but today, in

accordance with our legislation, pensions are recalculated at least once a year in accordance with the budget capabilities of the social protection fund. in that in the year twenty-three, we already recalculated pensions twice from may 1 to september 1, today the average pension in september for a non-working pensioner is about 740 belarusian rubles, and this is comparable to the average old-age pension in the russian federation. what other benefits and guarantees do we have for belarusian pensioners, what support measures does our state provide? well, you know, as we already talked about the national strategy, yes, then support measures for... this is just like, as we have already noted issues of care if a person needs additional outside help, yes, that is, these are social services, social services

of territorial centers, our social workers and caregivers, if a person needs round-the-clock constant outside care, these are our boarding homes, in addition, today the state also supports family members who are caring for their relatives, disabled people of the first group, or people who are over 80 years old, but who need constant care, and by paying benefits to such citizens, if we talk about citizens who today are in demand for the widest possible range of different activities, yes, this includes physical education, sports, yes, then today on the basis of our territorial centers they can... absolutely as part of volunteer activities senior citizens, and directly be participants in classes that either our specialists conduct, or themselves, here our senior citizens as volunteers conduct various classes aimed at physical activity, this

yoga classes, this is nordic walking, well, now we held the second nordic walking marathon for the day of the elderly, this year we had more than double the number of participants than last year, more than 5,000 people, well, the belarusian employer probably also represents certain support measures, what? yes, of course, for people who want to work, yes, additional protection measures are also provided for people who have reached pre-retirement age, yes, today, our legislation provides that if a person who has reached pre-retirement age ends his contract or employment contract, then the employer is obliged to extend this employment relationship with him until the person reaches retirement age. well, thank you, ekaterina kolidan, head of the main department of the ministry of labor and social protection of belarus, answered the program’s questions. next in

the event program is support for socially vulnerable categories of the population, assistance to donbass from the union state and growth in exports tourist services. we'll be back at the studio in a few minutes. this is the events program for belarus 24 and we continue the retail chains of belarus to extend a ten percent discount on socially significant goods for certain categories of the population, we will learn more from our columnist svetlana chernova. the agreement was signed in march with representatives of large retail companies in the country; the program has been running since the beginning of last year. since then it has been extended several times, during which time an order has been issued. 40 million rub. participation in this program is all the largest retail chains in the country, today there are 13 of them. today we are extending the agreement with retail chains to provide a social discount of 10% on socially significant goods from

the list for those segments of the population that are low-income. indeed, this measure has gained wide popularity among the population; we attend receptions and hear the opposite. well, communication from the population: thank you very much for such a good step. in addition, we made small changes in the current document, we simply brought it into line with those regulatory according to the acts that we have in force today, for example, such a discount will not apply if there is a promotional sale, there is already some kind of price reduction, which is why such a discount is a priori not needed in itself, so well a number of other measures that we have taken to ensure that this measure really works as effectively until the end of this year. pensioners, disabled people, large families and low-income citizens can take advantage of the discount. the discount applies to about thirty items, beef, pork, milk, sour cream, eggs, apples and other goods. the union state transferred humanitarian aid to donbass, what does it contain? medical equipment, belarusian laptops and tractors. the transfer

took place during a working visit of a delegation of the union state led by secretary of state dmitry mezintsev to donbass. so in donetsk it was provided for eight colleges and technical schools. 100 laptops, as well as eight projectors and screens for them. the donetsk children's clinical hospital received modern vr complexes for the rehabilitation of children with musculoskeletal problems and cerebral palsy. to lugansk. the secretary of state handed over 200 laptops and four mtz tractors with the necessary attachments to educational institutions to train agricultural students on them. dmitry mezentsev added that more deliveries are expected in the future. in accordance with the decision of the supreme state council of the union state, which is headed by the presidents of the republic of belarus and the russian federation, in accordance with the decision of the council of ministers of the union state, whose chairman is the head of the russian government. this is not the first time we are here in donetsk, for the fourth time, and humanitarian aid to children

of educational institutions in donbass has already become systemic, this is a position not just in relation to the collection of certain very necessary things for schools, technical schools, hospitals, donbass, it is a position of unity in assessing the events that are happening now in relation to this. this is very important and the same position is unchanged in relation to the feat of the fortieth and the relations of those collaborators who were on our land, who are today in the baltic countries, even canada, receive

honors, but war crimes should be considered. the secretary of state of the union state added that copies of a book published by the union state about the genocide of the soviet people were transferred to the library of the donetsk children's clinical hospital. the icons were transferred from the president to the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary in khatyn. what are these relics of the icon of saint euphrasinia of polotsk? will complement the images of the restored church on the territory of the memorial complex. the temple was opened in march 2023. it was only built only a few tens of meters from the original church, which was built as a rural cemetery several centuries ago. visiting a church in khatyn, in march the head of state presented the vladimir icon of the mother of god to the temple and promised to hand over several more images. icon of the noble prince of alexansky , venerable euphrasinia of polotsk. they found a worthy place. here in our church, and i think that this transfer of these icons from the head of state is like some kind of

emphasizing the national tradition that our ancestors had, uh, these saints very revered in the belarusian lands, the venerable polotsk, she is the patroness of the belarusian land, the holy and blessed prince alexander nevsky, he is like a kind of patron of both leaders and warriors , the reconstruction of another significant place for the belarusians, the mound of glory, is being restored at an active pace, the covering of the upper and lower platforms is being restored, stella herself is awaiting restoration, and the staircase leading to it will be completely replaced. there are plans to update the irrigation system, replace the fountain, and carry out comprehensive landscaping. all work will be completed by july 3 next year, when our country will celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of belarus from the nazi invaders. historian patriotic tourism today is especially popular among both belarusians and foreign guests. the whole sphere. tourism is actively developing, what other areas are relevant? sanatorium-resort treatment, visits to cultural sites and eco-routes.

traditionally, there is a large number of tourists from russia; many guests also come from turkey, china, latvia, lithuania and poland. exports of tourism services over 7 months increased by 35% and exceeded 116 million dollars. a sanatorium resort for treatment, then there is no need to advertise it to anyone, because foreigners know the level and quality of our, in general, service, and also the belarusians themselves, so this is probably the top, which, in principle, is always in demand, if we say about the cultural direction, then indeed we have places that people are happy to visit, and i can say that , for example, some new estates are appearing, being restored, and naturally, belarusians themselves generally go with great pleasure look, find out, then share their impression that we didn’t even know what we had... this is very important. on average , foreigners

pay about 1,000 belarusian rubles for a one-week sanatorium stay, although meals and some excursions and procedures are not included in this amount. by the way, you can learn more about belarusian sanatoriums and the medical services they offer on the official belarus 24 youtube channel in the source of strength section. thank you, the review was prepared by svetlana chernova. premiere projects and sequels already favorite programs. the television and radio company has started a new broadcast season. what new broadcasts can belarus 24 viewers expect and whether the channel’s presence will expand abroad. let's ask the director of belarus 24 pavel lazovik. pavel, hello, welcome olga, probably the main mission of the tv channel is to show foreign viewers what and how belarus lives, probably there have been more opportunities for this recently, because the presence on various media platforms has expanded, what platforms these are and, indeed, what opportunities they are giving today, they absolutely rightly noted, because this is an opportunity to show belarus, and we use a variety of methods, today

not only traditional terrestrial broadcasts, yes, these are cable network operators with whom we have very close... relationships in many corners of our globe , this is definitely growing ott broadcasting, these are multimedia platforms, smart tv, that is , the ability to watch it via the internet on your tv or mobile phone, your favorite tv channel belarus 24, regardless of where a person is, around the clock, and of course, these are our social networks, the youtube platform , where we also post our highest-rated... programs, the most delicious interviews and moments, and today it is an opportunity, well, that is, in any way, to reach the viewer, well in which countries are watching belarus 24 tv channels today, you probably also monitor this information, you know , a window of opportunity is opening today, and we are using this moment, because information about belarus is in great demand abroad, despite

the restrictions that some of our neighbors artificially introduced, unfortunately, we see this request for information about the country , so we are ready to provide it, for this we have intensified work with our partners, which belarus 24 already traditionally has . the russian federation is a huge territory where we are already developing regions in a targeted manner , cities, and maybe even cable networks are not covered due to various reasons, we have a media company signal through our official distributor in russia, we are working together to get there, and our signal definitely reaches vladivostok via satellite, it is available in russia. the azerbaijani vector, there is a satellite working there, we have it too, and we also cover nearby territories, this is also an opportunity to intensify the direction there, and of course, we will still go to europe, firstly, these are the methods

we are talking about i already said, and of course we want this feedback, and we will now conduct these... negotiations and these intensify contacts in order to really make sure that we are heard and understood, well, most of your work involves international contacts, you recently visited media forms in ashgabat and moscow, what does this provide and what issues can you solve literally on the spot, firstly, this is a meeting of like-minded people and people who are professionally involved in distribution, contacts, development of television broadcasting, see what trends? today, in which direction in general the world is moving technology, they say that cable networks, operators are already a bit of a traditional way of receiving a source, a television signal, and crazy it is the internet platforms that are gaining growth and we actually looked at how we can be present there and where else we are not, but firstly i want to tell our viewers that

today we are on many platforms, the largest, russian platforms that cover.. .not only the territory of the russian federation, but also a number of cis countries, and other countries, presence, we will work with them even more closely, and secondly, these are new contacts, it was very important to get acquainted with the big asia tv channel, russian tv channel, but it broadcasts on asian vector, but we are heading to the east, we have interest there, and the country is striving to join the shanghai cooperation organization, we are keeping an eye on it. projects or content exchange, this is also very important , we will move in this direction, well, with the media center of turkmenistan, which has been created internationally, this is also an opportunity to establish contact, make friends and exchange content,

this is also very important. here’s another piece of news: you recently announced the creation of a so-called media guide, which will simplify things. access, probably to the content, yes, of a tv channel in different parts of the world, but how will it work? olga, we noticed a trend, guests come to belarus, for business trips or just for some events , the question always arises: where to watch belarus 24, so we decided to do this kind of work , a guide or guide, to make a media guide for our tv channel, we are very we will work actively to fill out this section on our website, or it will be in paper or digital form, so that a person specifically from chuvashia or from another region russian, from some bashkartastan, another republic of the country, could look and choose options on how it is more convenient for them to receive the belarus 24 channel, that is, we will give him this hint, the answer, where to watch us, this will be our guide to our media presence

in this particular region or even city, this will also be very convenient , a new season has recently started, we all know what new products await viewers of the belarus 24 tv channel, these are favorite programs, firstly, we will modernize them, these will be most interesting guests, this will be a good opportunity to get to know even closer and deeper... the traditions of the belarusian culture with our country, firstly, we will give the opportunity to viewers not only russian-speaking ones, maybe they don’t speak russian, to understand receiving news about belarus , therefore, we are preparing, together with our colleagues radio belarus international, information in foreign languages, and we will duplicate it on the air of our tv channel, that is... the opportunity will be even for those who live, for example, in poland, in our neighboring country, v in the baltics or in other countries where they speak english, understand everything and immerse yourself

in our life, the life of the republic of belarus. well, thank you, the director of the belarus 24 tv channel, pavel lazovik, answered the questions and programs. results-analysis of the main events of this week in the information and analytical program at main broadcast. all projects of our tv channel are on the belarus24 website. bai, as well as on social networks. i say goodbye to you, all the best.

several years ago they bought a house in the village, a plot of land, built a bathhouse, and planned a quiet retirement, but it turned out that they had started a completely new business, and when they had already started making enclosures here, the older son arrived , what are you doing, i said, well, this is an extension to the bathhouse, well, then everything is a little bit like that, in a small village they opened a private zoo called his golden pheasant is named after his favorite breed of ornamental birds, and now

you can see everyone here, from the spotted deer to the indian peacock, more than forty species of different animal birds. here in the north, i am northern myself, there are no such ornamental birds, but can you imagine when you enter aviary, and then the peacock's tail blossomed, what a beauty it is. people come to them from the most remote corners of belarus, where you can also hear a fun lecture about animals, you can feed them, touch them and cheer yourself up, peacocks, they are actually a heat-loving animal, well, in winter, in winter, how they spend the winter , in the winter we sew a mink coat for each peacock, for the winter for the winter, there are people like that, yes, seriously, yes, seriously, valery na lanshakovy from the town of ruzhany, brest region, pensioners who they were not afraid to open a real zoo in a small village. when their acquaintances

asked them in bewilderment why you needed this, they answered with a smile: “all our lives we lived as we wanted and did what we wanted.” why should retirement be any different? the sixth grade of the ruzhany secondary school has an unplanned holiday today, an excursion to a real zoo; there is no need to go to a big city for this, just 10 minutes by school bus to the village. they are always on the move, as if they don’t sit still in order to stretch their muscles.