you don’t have a fountain pen, please, thank you, happy new year to you, with new happiness.

yes, i came, well, say hi, liz, i won’t come, say that i’m sick, lis, yes, i kiss you, happy new year, all the best, bye.

i am belarusian, i am happy on this cossack land, between the woods and the bushes of centuries past . i am a belarusian, i am a ghanaian, that i call this name, and the good glory of belarus is known to the world for good reason. i am belarusian, i am happy that matsivova gave me, that i can smell the songs of my native people from a distance. i am belarusian, and even though these days are small, i’ll tell you, i’ll come from a tribe of pakorns, and i’ll be glad. i won't squeal.

belarus 24 sums up the results of the year on air with an event program and today is the final episode of 2023 in a somewhat unusual format. we are presenters veronica buta and olga onishchenko, with our colleagues, viewers in different parts of the planet, all these 365 days we have been observing how our country lives and how it develops. and today, at the end of the year, we invite you to remember its brightest moments, how will it be remembered and how will it go down in history? but also emotional interviews with our guests, direct participants in many events. this year's program guests included dozens

of people, politicians, scientists, diplomats, experts, and representatives of various fields of activity. they will help us look through the calendar of events in belarus in 2023, let's start with the economy. 2023 became a successful year for the belarusian economy in difficult conditions of turbulence and restrictions in the world. the growth of gdp and real incomes of the population, a decrease in inflation, actively increased import substitution and, thanks to competent diversification, reached record export growth rates. besides traditional cooperation with the regions of russia, this is our main market, we have made significant progress in interaction with the cis countries and china. one of the notable events of the year is the increasing presence of belarus in africa. guinea and zimbabwe, because the future belongs to africa, is how the head of the belarusian state alexander lukashenko outlined the prospects for interaction with the countries of the continent. first of all, africa is a storehouse of natural resources for the planet. more than a third of

known mineral reserves are concentrated in africa. secondly, the climate african soils are favorable for agricultural development. at the same time, africa needs equipment, technology, infrastructure, competencies in the field of high technology, education, medical care, therefore, in one form or another , all countries with export-oriented economies are trying to ensure their presence in africa. over the years of independence , we have opened five diplomatic missions. our reference points cover key african ones. regions are egypt, south africa, nigeria, kenya and zimbabwe. however, we we do not limit ourselves to interaction only with these countries. our ambassadors in africa are accredited in a total of 17 countries. in general, we are actively working with

african countries, and the most important thing is that we come to them with an open heart, we come with a partnership, mutually beneficial one. collaborative rather than mentoring. belarus is forming new centers of gravity, establishing friendships on different continents, active supporters and global efforts to ensure sustainable development. our country, as one of the largest world suppliers of rut fertilizers, dairy products, and acts as a donor to global food security. our successes in ensuring high quality nutrition, healthcare, and nature conservation are also known. belarusian priorities were heard from the high rostrum of the un summit in new york this fall. in the twenty-third year, belarus took 34th place among 166 countries in the ranking of achievement of sustainable development goals. progress in achieving all seventeen goals is an impressive 77 and a half

points out of a possible 100. progress in achievement of sustainable development goals in belarus, which is set for the period from the thirtieth year, is already almost 80%. there is every reason to hope that we will accomplish everything, everything we have planned, everything we have planned, and of course we have exceeded it. the national, environmental, social, economic policy of belarus is absolutely consonant with the goals that are global today. if there had not been a fifteenth year, if there had not been a corresponding summit, then we would still be moving in this direction.

the goal of sustainable development is ensuring peace on earth, something like this,

somewhere on the sidelines, we even shout about it , which is why the president has repeatedly said that there cannot be sustainable development in the conditions of such a severe escalation of the situation on the globe, so this is one of the elements that we can today take credit for... one of the goals is to eliminate hunger on the planet: food security is a policy priority of our state: we fully provide ourselves with food and export it to more than 100 countries of the world. belarus is one of the world's largest exporters of dairy products, fiber, rabe oil, sausages, sugar, and poultry. we are proud of all the best, it is not without reason that the decree of the president of belarus declared 24

the year of quality in our country, we show all the best at the most notable event of the year in the field of agro-industrial complex, the international exhibition belagra. this year we held belagra as a major exhibition, and it was visited by a record number of our population, more than 11,000 people. it must be said that our exhibition shows all the best. the achievement of the agro-industrial complex of our country is an achievement in the field of agricultural engineering, food industry, livestock farming, science and education, 240 units of agricultural machinery were presented, 130 food industry enterprises took part in the exhibition with their new food products, in total 450 companies took part participation in the exhibition, this year the exhibition area ... was significantly larger than last year, this indicates interest from the outside - enterprises participating in this

exhibition event, 10 countries of the world were participants, 36 delegations from russian regions visited us, delegations from countries such as syria, mongolia, south africa, zimbabwe, kenya, cuba also visited, this is not only a presentation products, an exhibition, and of course it... as a result, this is the conclusion, the conclusion of contracts. we create everything new with an emphasis on domestic science; 2023 marked a significant date. national academy of sciences 95th anniversary. today it is the foundation of knowledge and innovation that ensures forward movement for entire sectors of the economy. belarus is known as a country on the world stage. where the largest dump trucks, lasers, optoelectronics are made, by the way,

all regions of the country presented their latest inventions, innovative developments at the large-scale exhibition belarus intellectual. this is the case when there is something to look at and really something to be proud of, because in many respects there are simply no analogues in the world. today the academy of sciences includes 108 organizations, implemented. principle from idea to final product, the academy of sciences is developing as a research and production corporation. not only have all the leading schools of the modern soviet union been preserved in the academy of sciences, but today such areas as space research, biotechnology, microelectronics and artificial intelligence are actively developing, and research in the field of electric transport is developing. has its own antarctic expedition, approximately half of even scientific organizations in

the academy of sciences have their own small-average production, where they produce innovative products that our scientists invented and created, our developments , they are actively used not only by our organizations, they are actively used in all sectors of our country, we work with the largest enterprises, with maz, with belaz, with mtz, and...

inflammation changes the microenvironment around the tumor allows chemotherapy drugs to subsequently penetrate into the tumor by immune cells. we selected five types of malignant tumors, extremely aggressive ones, for which traditional chemotherapy is ineffective. this is chemo-resistant ovarian cancer, so called triple negative

breast cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer. these are the five types. to date, the study has been completed only on ovarian cancer , unique results have been obtained, unique in our opinion, these are not only our assessments, these are the assessments of all world experts, these are the best results in the world today, chemo-resistant ovarian cancer is practically insensitive to chemotherapy, vaccine ielenogen has significantly increased the effectiveness of chemotherapy, the so-called... median the time to disease progression increased by more than 2.5 times, and 40% of patients experienced a long period without disease progression. for belarus, talented people, the intelligence of the nation, the main wealth, the words of the president were heard on the day of knowledge on september 1 here in the national

children's technology park. alexander lukashenko visited the educational and laboratory building, assessed the experience... 25 educational shifts have passed, and during the work of the children's technology park they are already gaining knowledge on the most promising ones for the economy directions. the program is designed for 72 hours, the guys are trained in their laboratories, in their own areas, the same areas we have today.

the best 100, because over the entire existence of our institution, these are more than one and a half thousand different projects of the guys, well , the level is of course different, as i already said, the most promising ones are being formed today, and they are different, they are in the field of agriculture, construction, industry, let's say there are prototechnics there, there are interesting projects that today applicable in production, among other things. there are also various aerial surveys for drones , today the state is doing a lot for our youth, in particular even such a unique institution for gifted youth, so they have a lot of opportunities today, and if they successfully entered the national children's technology park, completed the appropriate

training, successfully defended their project , that is, we have project activities in the national children's technology park, that is... there is a certain benefit today in accordance with the rules for admission to a higher educational institution, that is, having received a recommendation from the supervisory board, and a student who has successfully completed the training, he can be enrolled without interview exams at higher educational institutions in the fields of technical technology and natural science. belarusian education is highly valued in the world, so studying in our country attracts many foreigners. students, today domestic universities are implementing joint educational programs with foreign ones, and various training options are provided for foreigners. of course, the leaders in this regard are students from china, but... there are also many students from post-soviet countries, there are more students from africa, iran, turkmenistan, lebanon and other countries. the geography of countries

that are represented today in institutions of higher education in our country is quite extensive, it is about 110 countries at the moment, traditionally, about 40% of foreign students who are studying are citizens. well , it’s due to the lack of a language barrier, that our post-soviet countries are the cis, the eurasian economic union, which is due to the still, well, preserved traditions of the soviet higher school, which is supported today in our institutions of higher education, is a fairly close connection between the educational institution and production, which makes it possible to organize a practice-oriented educational process, that is, all this is in...

the geography of these countries is also expanding, which is associated with.. . development of trade and economic cooperation with these countries, that is, it is obvious that in these countries highly qualified specialists will be needed and needed almost tomorrow, and well, here the education system of our country lends a helping hand and organizes the training of these citizens. but many, having come for education, fall in love with our country forever, achieve success in their careers, and create things. families and receive belarusian citizenship; there have been more than 3,500 such foreigners in our country since the beginning of the year. this year , a new version of the law on

citizenship of the republic of belarus came into force. among the main innovations in taking the oath is a written test for knowledge of the belarusian or russian language, as well as adjusted review deadlines petitions. on july 11 of this year , changes and additions to the law on citizenship of the republic of belarus came into force, which contains a number of innovations related to the adjustment. belarus will now take the oath in a solemn atmosphere, the text of the oath has been approved by the president of the republic of belarus. in addition, appropriate changes and additions have been made that relate to aspects of acquiring citizenship of the republic of belarus by those persons who, due to certain circumstances, for example, stayed 90 days outside countries. in fact, the country has a so-called mandatory certification for a certain category of persons who want to become citizens of belarus, that is, they must live on the territory of belarus for 5 years. and actually. if, according to the previous version of the law, if he stayed outside the country for 90 days, then in fact he violated the so-called tsensadusi and could not apply for the acquisition of citizens, now in fact the legislator has made

a relaxation for this category of persons, the deadlines have most likely been adjusted the terms for consideration of applications for admission to the civil republic of belarus and withdrawal from the civil republic of belarus have been unified, now it is exactly one year in order to actually not discriminate against those persons who, for example, apply for naturalization who want to renounce citizenship, because they were previously. the deadlines are different, in addition, the period for reviewing materials on the acquisition of the civil republic of belarus in a simplified registration procedure has been reduced to 2 months, this is in relation to ethnic belarusians who return to territory of the country, for example, who previously had foreign citizenship, the procedure for restoration of citizenship has also been reduced to 2 months, and 3 months have been established for the consideration of materials on citizenship issues, this is in relation to those persons who apply for the acquisition of citizenship in a registration or simplified manner ok, we are looking at approximately 500 honorees per year. on the acquisition of the civil russian republic of belarus. as you know,

before a competition you need to warm up thoroughly and warm up all your muscles. by the way, this the same applies to the head. the participants of this show believe that you need to pump up not only your muscles, but also your brain. what is the name of the metal rod shtam? alexander grif, grif, of course, friends, let’s join in, they compete to see which of them is more savvy, intellectually. what sport in the uk is said to be the exchange of opinions through gestures. and by the way, our time has come to an end. vadim, stadium, stadium. yes, the correct answer. emperor of rome totchi, absolutely right, the crown and majestic look are not here either random, emperor francesco toti

, ruler and... i don’t know any people at all who are happy that this war seems to be going on, no one is happy, we ourselves have given the opportunity to our enemies, as if yes, it’s not easy to dismember us, but also to force each other to fight, behind the lines everyone is rubbing their hands like this, they, so to speak, slavs, kind of forced us to kill each other, but we... didn’t have enough inner wisdom to to avoid this, in war you already understand that there is nothing more important than a person, despite the fact that that there are no resources, maximum justice has been built, justice is not what is trending now, but in our state our people have a demand for justice, including in the international arena, as soon as you become the same beasts as your enemies, you lost, even if you won, if we stop being people, we will lose

even if we formally win and... and from this year, for citizens of lithuania, latvia and poland, this opportunity is also provided through automobile checkpoints, plus, they attract the attention of our guests, including and 13 types of tourism that are actively developing in our country. what are the traditional markets for us in terms of exports? i would like to divide them into targets and potentials.

this is poland and the baltic states in our temporary positions along the contour, of course , they remain far away for now, but they will inevitably return anyway, and that is our top leadership. gave people the opportunity to come anyway, the numbers speak for themselves. tourists come, yes, they are unorganized, because businesses from our western neighbors are prohibited from working with belarus, banks are not carry out transactions, we have no contracts, but still people go there themselves, spend money here, relax, see that we have a normal, decent life here, which they relay further at home, in the new emerging world, in the new macro-region, everything the countries of the middle east and india

first of all. these are our target markets, because the product, the resource that we have, falls within the consumption criteria of the indian tourist and, by the way, it was belarus , within the framework of the eeco, the eurasian economic commission, that made a proposal that market of third countries, here we are talking about the middle east, china and india, to introduce programs where people would visit several countries on domestic flights within seven dashes of 10 days, here is a classic connection. this is us together with st. petersburg and moscow, we with moscow and kazakhstan, we with moscow and yerevan, and separately yerevan, kazakhstan, bishkek and tashkent, without us and moscow, because of course, when a person from a distant arc spends his 10-12 days on vacation, he wants to visit the entire soviet space in one trip, see the difference, return with i’m impressed, that’s why our today’s cross-marketing is a combined cross-product,

which you said is... eu countries. the most notable sporting event of the year was the second games of the cis country, which took place in belarus in august. about 600 participants came to the large-scale sports festival, which covered 11 cities. these are about 400 athletes, as well as coaches, judges, medical staff, sports journalists and foreign fans. participants competed for medals in twenty sports, thanks to the wide geography of arenas, many. belarusians and guests of the country witnessed the games. the whole country was involved in the preparation of the large-scale sports festival. time to remember how it was. we will present 20 sports, including wrestling, which includes women's freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and greco-roman wrestling. we also include non-olympic sports, so we tried to put together such an interesting

lineup. various sports that have good traditions in the republic of belarus, and they are also developing in other states that will take part, and i think that... this is the composition, it is really balanced and will be interesting, including to belarusian fans, and to foreign guests. many states are showing interest, some are cautiously interested, some are actively knocking, so we will be glad to see any states that want to take part in this wonderful multi-sports forum, where we, as organizers , will be able to show our country the beauty of our regions, by presidential decree, which was signed on may 13, including one of the clauses, which assumes that, as at large , serious multi-sport forums, having accreditation for all foreign participants, even if we

have established some kind of visa relations, without visas will be established. belarus is a multi-confessional and multi- ethnic country, representatives of 25 faiths... there are a number of mechanisms that allow uniting all people, regardless of whether this person was born here in belarus or the person came for various reasons and lives on our land.

the state provides assistance to the national-cultural association, which represents national minorities in our country , to preserve and develop their culture, and this and the interethnic council under the commissioner operates, where, as well as... leaders of faiths, leaders of national-cultural associations gather, and this too testifies to how peacefully people of different faiths live , azerbaijanis and armenians, russians, ukrainians, poles, jews, tatars, bashkirs, and of course, sit at the same table the state is making other efforts, funds are allocated to the authorized representatives from the republican budget, with these funds we purchase costumes for groups. in order for them to represent their culture, this is very important, because it fills the culture of the belarusian state, it complements our traditional belarusian culture, then in this multicolored culture,

this is one of the factors of the stability of our society, its cultural development, and provides the opportunity so that representatives of different nationalities do not only for themselves... this culture was demonstrated in their circle, but also performed at various venues, this, of course, is primarily a festival of national cultures, which is held every 2 years, and its capital is the city of grodno, was in 2022 , representatives of national cultures participate in other holidays in actions that are held in our country, so they feel... united, united, and no one can ever say that we have any special conditions for belarusians or for other nationalities, all they feel equal, and this is the key

to the peace of harmony that exists in our society. belarus not only unites representatives of different nationalities living on the territory of our country, but also supports our test... homeland, to meet, talk, with pleasure they fly to their historical place to tell how they live in their countries, to see how beautiful belarus lives,

to enjoy our belarusianness, to be saturated with it, to take it with us, in order to popularize it there and show what a wonderful country it is belarus, find new friends, because at such festivals there are creative internships, which we also conduct annually. two creative internships a year, our belarusians abroad, our compatriots make new friends , then they come to visit each other with their creative programs, some joint international... projects, and this makes it possible for them to have such a meeting here in minsk . this year our compatriots came to us from the united states of america, armenia, spain, italy, kazakhstan, estonia, latvia, lithuania, a large representative office from russia. those of our compatriots are following very closely, constantly monitoring, watching the media, monitoring what is happening in our country. i am sure that.

colleagues, at the end of the year, our country hosted the largest film forum in belarus, leaf fall, every year this festival brings together film industry professionals, cinema lovers and, of course, famous cultural figures. minsk international film festival listopad - these are five competitive programs, these are the stars of world cinema, super premieres, film days from around the world, creative meetings and...

a record number of applications, films, were submitted for the entire competition this year, more than 2 out of 107 countries, well, i would probably say that only antarctica did not send applications, and then, probably because they don’t make films there. speaking about the main competition, i won’t give numbers, i’ll just say that if we compare with applicants, this year we had 40 people per place, you can imagine the scale of the level of competition. iran, pakistan and india, each of these countries presented more films this year. russia, and, of course, america, and

latin america, and northern and european countries also submitted applications, i can’t say that there was some kind of blockade, or that we were somehow deprived of attention this year, all the same a film festival is a creative competition, it is an opportunity to show your latest works to colleagues, and here i think politics or some other force does not come into play, after all, creative contact is very important. history for filmmakers. in in the theater it is very simple: you come into the hall, sit down unnoticed, listen to the breathing of the audience, see the reaction, in the cinema, directors, actors, as a rule, are limited by the screen, they do not know what is happening on the other side, how their work is perceived and at a film festival - this a unique opportunity to hear the breathing of the audience, to hear the reaction of your colleagues, this is very important. these and other events that filled 2023 confirm this. belarus is an open and peace-loving country, ready

to cooperate on mutually beneficial terms with everyone, we want to visit each other, we we want to communicate, meet , trade freely, we want to be friends, we are ready to look for new forms of interaction, share knowledge, experience, technologies, and of course adopt the best, as it was, say, at the first belarusian-uzbek women’s business forum, and by supporting initiatives of peace and creation, we... certainly look confidently into the future, we are generally always open to cooperation with all countries of the world, those who treat our country kindly, those who consider our country a worthy partner, we are with great joy open to cooperation, for dialogue, no matter what the country, and if there are such proposals, we are always open, we are only for peace , cooperation, this is not...