[000:00:00;00] opening hours of a bank, post office, pharmacy, coffee shop and get directions to them, and also create a cultural navigator for the sights and events of a particular city, so derzhinskaya’s services are also available in virtual format, the application compactly fits hundreds of companies and objects, a smart service now more than a thousand residents of this area enjoy downloading and installing it free of charge for owners of any smartphone. this application is, let's say, common to... everyone, i would also like to say that using this application it’s not complicated, it’s simple, yet informative, here industrial enterprises can also advertise their products, their services and goods, which is extremely important for the area and well for our guests too, there have already been more than 60,000 requests for the necessary information. the my city project started 2 years ago, belarusian cities are gradually connecting to a smart platform that improves comfort and

quality of life, let me remind you that this initiative is part of the state program for the digital development of belarus. more than 2,000 applications from 107 countries, dozens of films in competition, in the competitive out-of-competition program, and also amazing geography. this year , even works from namibia, trinidad and tabaga, asia were included under the cover of the deciduous kinoalmonakh. the film forum starts this friday, on the eve of the big marathon, the organizers, as well as the festival management, held a press conference at which they announced the opening ceremony film. we start with the feature film debut of the director of the youth studio kino smolka under belarus film kirill khaletsky, he filmed the story of a young man, who dreams of making a real movie. people's artist of russia, yuri stoyanov, also took part in the filming of the film. the specifics of the title and theme of the film, the filmmakers. creating the future is our slogan. this still speaks about our, let’s say, future

generation with, let’s say, those people. who will live after us , perhaps, of course, especially since there is still a moment of youth’s gaze, and i would like, to be honest, to somehow relax a little from such heavy monumental forms, especially at the beginning, after all, the beginning of the festival is a holiday , this is the beginning yes a lot of work, but it's a holiday. non-competition screenings are planned as part of the festival; in addition, the capital will host days of national cinema of russia, kazakhstan, syria and pakistan, as well as master classes on the production and promotion of... documentary films from teachers at giko. leaf fall will cover the entire country, about eighty points on the map of belarus will join the film form. tickets for festival screenings are already on sale. further economic news, we are on air at

9:00, see you later. foreign trade balance of belarus in september it turned out to be positive, starting from the new year the base rate in the country will increase and belarus and russia will jointly develop special economic zones. on belarus-1 and belarus 24, economic news in the studio olga anishchenko, good morning. the foreign trade balance in belarus is leveling out; in september it was positive in the amount of slightly more than $370 million. for the first time since the beginning of the year, in the green zone, trade in goods, exports exceeded imports by 70 million. although, in general, in january-september the negative trends have not yet been overcome. but the lag goods are compensated for services. their exports in september increased by another 12%. and imports decreased by almost three. yes, since the beginning of the year the balance of foreign trade in services has been positive, plus a little over two billion dollars. this made it possible to reach a general balance

of goods and services for 9 months of the year. in the amount of plus almost 540 million. starting from the new year , the base rate in belarus will increase by 6.4%. from january 1, it will be 250 rubles. this is the main element of the tariff system. the base rate is used to calculate wages for employees in the public sector and others. organizations that receive subsidies, their salary employees are equal to public sector employees. so, starting from the new year, the income of such workers will increase. and since other incentives and compensating ones are tied to the base rate. then their sizes will also increase from january 1. the ministry of labor and social protection noted the increase in the base rate next year, as this year it will take place in several stages. foreign investors invested about $6 billion in the real sector of the belarusian economy over the three quarters of the year, belstat reports. basic investors are business entities in russia. they provided more than 60% of all incoming investments and cyprus almost 17%. at the same time

, foreign direct investment amounted to three. quarters of total capital investment. in turn, belarusian organizations sent investments worth more than $4 billion abroad in january-september. russia is again in the lead. meanwhile , construction of a modular rental production building has begun in the chinese-belarusian industrial park great stone. its area will be over 10,000 km, which significantly larger than similar facilities built in the park. construction is scheduled to be completed next year.