in the studio tatyana nekrasova. good afternoon, and briefly about the main thing. the development of the belarusian biotechnological corporation and the topic of land reclamation, have the previously set goals been achieved? meeting at the palace of independence. plus 400 people in just a week, unemployment in estonia is breaking records. the country's gdp is rapidly falling. the future of belarusian-chinese cultural interaction. in the celestial empire , they plan to open a center for schoolchildren and students with translations of books. our authors. the estate of father frost opened in grodno. the good wizard greets guests until the middle january. land reclamation and development strategy of the belarusian national biotechnology corporation. today they became the main topics of the meeting in the palace of independence. things are not going as planned, the president will say about bnbk. the corporation is faced with the issue of loading the plant's capacity and excess finished products. this is negative. affects

financial performance. let us remind you that bnbc is engaged in deep processing of grain to create highly productive compound feeds and premixes necessary in livestock farming. the image project is alive for the country, therefore the president demands from the government a clear algorithm for eliminating shortcomings. it’s been a year since the grand opening of the unique, large-scale bnbk production took place. we were, and are now, proud of this production. for. at the start of its work , all conditions were created, and we agreed that we would support this project in every possible way, however, from the documents presented, i see that things are not exactly as we planned. the state control committee, which was ordered to seriously audit the situation at bnbk, reports: there is significant shortcomings and problems with plant capacity utilization and sales. based on the results

of resolving this issue, the state, as a shareholder, will appoint its representative to the management of the belarusian national biotechnology corporation. this person will deal with both strategy and problematic issues. the second topic that caused criticism from the head of state addressed to those present was the pace of land reclamation and the approach to the process itself. alexander lukashenko also criticized the maintenance of the necessary equipment, the digging trenches and the alleged lack of design documentation for this work. in general, as the belarusian leader stated, the goal...

it is necessary to lay or restore canals, where drains need to be laid in order to remove excess moisture from the fields, these are more serious things, so this is my decision, you will cut down the bushes with an ax and shovels , this should be done by agricultural enterprises, cultural and technical activities, we will conduct amelioration as it should be according to science, roll - the president instructed to immediately restore the existing equipment. to the state control committee entrusted with the task of continuously monitoring the progress of land reclamation work and reporting on the results. now the task is to carry out the reclamation of all lands that need it by 2025. strengthening unity in the csto is

a guarantee of the sovereignty and independence of the countries that are members of the organization. the csto parliamentary assembly took place today in moscow. belarus summed up the results of its chairmanship in the organization for 2023. as the chairman of the house of representatives vladimir andreichenko noted, our country has done everything possible to difficult geopolitical situation to strengthen the unity of the csto. thus, belarus proposed to develop a diversity charter for the 21st century, this is a document in which each country can openly set out the principles of building a fair world order. belarus also paid special attention to strengthening military-technical cooperation between states, members of the organization, a vivid example of joint military exercises being held on the territory of our country. another. an important area of ​​our chairmanship is resolving crisis situations and preventing further destabilization in the csto area of ​​responsibility. in difficult circumstances , strengthening unity in the csto plays a key role in order to preserve the sovereignty and independence of its participants.

the global nature of modern threat challenges weaves our national interests into one knot. the republic of belarus is formulated. priority direction of the chairmanship in such a way that they lay the foundation for the long-term development of the adcs. one of the priorities of our chairmanship was to increase the role and significance of organizations on the outer circuit. development of cooperation with international organizations and third countries. it should be noted that this year the adkb has significantly improved interaction. with the united nations with an emphasis on peacekeeping and anti-terrorist potential. the participants also discussed issues of countering information warfare and cyber attacks on countries that are members of the csto. the discussion was about information security and a unified approach to the timely prevention of these threats. there was

talk about the fight against illegal trafficking drugs, illegal migration, protecting the historical memory of the great patriotic war and countering the glorification of nazism, which is actively supported today. europe. in england, doctors are again in trouble. junior medical staff announced the start of strikes due to the termination of negotiations with the government on increasing wages. the promotions begin during the christmas season, when hospitals are already short of staff. however , doctors are adamant; they demand compensation for the loss of income due to inflation. strike affected this week three weekdays and then 6 consecutive days in early january. there is also a strike in italy; thousands of doctors, orderlies and veterinarians did not go to work. turns out. not emergency care, so the unions of doctors and veterinarians are protesting against cuts in salaries and pensions, and doctors are also seeking tax breaks for adequate funding of the national health service. the strike will last 24 hours, but if the demands of the trade unions are not met, then in january the doctors will go on

a forty-eight-hour strike. unemployment has risen for the twelfth week in a row in estonia. according to the country's statistics department, as of december 10 , more than... 52,000 people were registered with the unemployment insurance fund. in just a week, the number of people registered increased by 396 people. overall , the registered unemployment rate is approaching 8%, which is not surprising given the decline in the country's gdp in the third quarter. it fell 3.9% compared to the same period last year. a particularly deplorable situation has developed in transport and warehousing due to difficulties in foreign trade. weak performance in the manufacturing industry as well. negative trends are noted in the latvian economy; in january-september, the amount of exports was 10.7% less than in the same period last year; gdp is expected to decline by 4%. at the same time, according to a eurobaromet study, 37% of latvian residents do not expect changes in

the economic situation next year. but 42% believe that things will only get worse and only 15% of respondents hope that the situation will change for the better. in the meantime. baltic countries imported 90,000 tons of vegetables and more than 70 thousand grain products from belarus and russia, and the eu purchased record volumes of russian liquefied natural gas in its entire history, although it made loud threats. from china it is never the other way around this euro-atlantic space, but they are not on...