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[00:00:00] three-stage, that is, the first stage - it will be a board and
[00:00:03] drying, the second is the production of particleboard for their volumes,
[00:00:07] the third is all the trim, doors, windows,
[00:00:10] baseboards, all joinery, that is, these are the plans. The volume of
[00:00:14] investments is considered to be about 20 million dollars.
[00:00:17] Construction will be new here at the Zhurzhu site. An exhibition dedicated to the
[00:00:20] centenary of the birth of the legendary Cuban
[00:00:24] leader Fidel Castro opened in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus.
[00:00:28] The exhibition includes photographs. visits to the BSSR in
[00:00:31] 1972, archival materials, as well as museum
[00:00:34] exhibits that reflect the history of the development of Belarusian-Cuban
[00:00:37] relations. Fidel Castro admired the history of Belarus and the heroism of the people during
[00:00:41] the Great Patriotic War. One of the important elements
[00:00:45] of the activities of the deputies of the National Assembly
[00:00:48] of the Republic of Belarus is the preservation of historical memory
[00:00:52] and, of course, the popularization of values,
[00:00:55] our traditional values, and also those historical facts
[00:00:59] that according to...
[00:01:30] justice and by no means
[00:01:33] compromising such values as the independence of the
[00:01:36] country. In the Minsk region, a chatbot was launched for young
[00:01:39] specialists, through it you can report problems with housing, violations
[00:01:43] of working conditions, and other issues that arise in the first years of work.
[00:01:47] The chatbot allows you to send requests in a few clicks, if necessary,
[00:01:50] attaching photos and video materials. All incoming messages are sent to
[00:01:54] specialized specialists and regulatory bodies. The goal
[00:01:58] of the initiative is to ensure comfortable and safe conditions for the adaptation of young
[00:02:01] specialists in their first jobs, as well as to promptly eliminate
[00:02:05] emerging violations.
[00:02:07] Students of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science of BSU won six gold
[00:02:11] medals at the thirty-third International Mathematical Olympiad in Bulgaria.
[00:02:15] The Belarusian team showed one of the best results in more than twenty-five
[00:02:18] years of participation in the Olympiad. In terms of the number of gold medals, the team took second
[00:02:22] place among 135 teams, losing to the Moscow
[00:02:25] Institute of Physics and Technology. The Olympiad brought together about 500
[00:02:29] participants.
[00:03:00] Mathematics is a fairly conservative science, so we did not apply any
[00:03:03] fundamental innovations. The Olympiad is also a sport,
[00:03:07] so the more you solve, the greater the result. In Belarus,
[00:03:10] the results of a joint Russian-Belarusian experiment with
[00:03:14] space tomatoes, in which schoolchildren of the Union
[00:03:17] State participated, were presented for the first time. In Ivye, on the territory of the first gymnasium, tomatoes are grown from
[00:03:21] seeds that have been in orbit within the framework of the international project "Into space with
[00:03:24] your own tomato". Here, two groups of plants were planted, both cosmic seeds
[00:03:28] and the same number of ordinary ones. All of them grow in the same conditions, and schoolchildren follow
[00:03:32] the development of tomatoes at each stage
[00:03:35] of the experiment. Plants grown from cosmic seeds
[00:03:39] showed higher germination, on average about
[00:03:42] 15% compared to terrestrial seeds.
[00:03:46] But this suggests that microgravity and cosmic
[00:03:49] radiation had a stimulating effect on our seeds. According to
[00:03:53] popular vote, the taste, aroma,
[00:03:57] texture, and appearance of cosmic
[00:04:00] tomatoes surpass
[00:04:02] terrestrial analogous fruits. The results
[00:04:06] of the experiment on growing cosmic tomatoes will be further
[00:04:09] presented at scientific conferences.
[00:05:31] The process of reshaping the world order has begun. This process is not a matter of one day or
[00:05:35] one year. The task, as for the Commander-in-Chief, Alexander
[00:05:39] Lukashenko, is to lead his country through this process to the maximum.
[00:06:12] and not only today, but also tomorrow. This is the best defense against
[00:06:16] wars and other cataclysms. There is a well-known phrase that very
[00:06:19] accurately characterizes Alexander Grigorievich's basic approach to
[00:06:23] solving all issues. Demand
[00:06:25] the impossible, and you will get the maximum. Igor Turay's author's project
[00:06:29] "Propaganda". Watch it on
[00:06:32] Belarus
[00:06:34] 24 TV channel.
[00:08:18] Significant events in economics and business are in the sphere of interest on
[00:08:21] the First Channel. With you is Olga Onishchenko. Hello, today in
[00:08:25] the program. A new picture of air routes for
[00:08:28] the Belarusian company, how geopolitics affects the aviation
[00:08:31] industry, what flight programs will we launch from Minsk?
[00:08:35] Pay your taxes and live peacefully. The tax authorities send notifications
[00:08:39] for the payment of property taxes for last year, to whom, when, and for what
[00:08:42] we pay. And the union OSAGO is gaining popularity.
[00:08:46] Let's summarize the statistics and remind about the nuances
[00:08:48] of registration. Passenger and cargo transportation are among
[00:08:52] the first to experience the influence of geopolitics. Conflicts,
[00:08:56] sanctions, prohibitions, and passengers are forced to redraw
[00:08:59] routes and budgets. Only this year, aviation fuel has, on average,
[00:09:03] risen in price by a quarter. Due to the situation in the Middle East, some
[00:09:07] destinations have been put on hold, and for others, the national
[00:09:10] airline has rebuilt.
[00:09:12] maps, at the same time, it should be noted that passenger traffic
[00:09:16] is growing, new routes are opening, including regular Tel
[00:09:19] Aviv, Nychang, Ufa. For the first time, a charter
[00:09:23] program was launched from Minsk to Thailand, from Brest to Egyptian
[00:09:26] El Alamein. Next in line is a direct flight to
[00:09:29] Bangkok. Svetlana Lukinyuk. More about working in current realities,
[00:09:33] cargo transportation, and forced
[00:09:35] refueling.
[00:09:38] Despite all external difficulties and restrictions, the airline
[00:09:41] maintains positive dynamics. Since the beginning of the year,
[00:09:45] more than 10,500 flights - this is almost
[00:09:48] 4% more than in the same period last
[00:09:51] year. Almost 1,300,000
[00:09:54] passengers were transported, which is 14.5%
[00:09:57] more in 7 months than it was in 2025.
[00:10:00] Belavia calls these results good,
[00:10:04] considering that during this time there was also a suspension of more than 2
[00:10:08] months, for example, flights to Dubai, and this is a high season
[00:10:11] in the Persian Gulf.
[00:10:55] allowed to ensure this growth in passenger
[00:10:59] traffic. Already in service are three Airbus
[00:11:02] A330-200 aircraft, and thus a new era in the history of
[00:11:06] Belarusian civil aviation has been opened. Thanks to
[00:11:09] this type of aircraft, direct
[00:11:12] long-haul flights from Minsk to countries in South
[00:11:16] Asia were opened, and cargo transportation also increased. The aircraft
[00:11:20] allows transporting up to 20 tons of commercial cargo, a fairly
[00:11:23] significant volume. In 7 months of
[00:11:27] this year, our cargo transportation increased more than threefold, which is
[00:11:30] a significant increase, yes, stable routes are popular,
[00:11:34] of course, Istanbul, Dubai,
[00:11:36] Thailand, China, these flights
[00:11:40] are full. Currently,
[00:11:42] Belavia airline has changed its flight plan due to
[00:11:45] restrictions on the use of Russian
[00:11:48] airspace. They apply to thirteen Russian
[00:11:52] airports, adjustments were made to the schedule as well.
[00:12:25] disruption, delays, but again, they are all caused by external conditions.
[00:12:28] Also, from July 13, the Russian
[00:12:32] Federation introduced restrictions on
[00:12:35] transit flights in
[00:12:38] the zone of the Moscow
[00:12:41] air hub, due to which
[00:12:45] the routes of all - practically all flights
[00:12:49] of the airline began to pass significantly
[00:12:53] north of Moscow. That is, this is for
[00:12:56] bypassing dangerous zones,
[00:12:58] due to this, the average
[00:13:02] flight time of each flight increased by
[00:13:06] 20-25 minutes one way, respectively,
[00:13:10] this on average gives
[00:13:13] more than 11.5
[00:13:17] hours of flight time every day, this is
[00:13:20] costs, these are fuel costs, these are air navigation
[00:13:23] costs.
[00:14:00] The tax payment time is approaching, we are now talking about
[00:14:04] individuals, the traditional tax pool: land,
[00:14:07] cars, houses, apartments, everything that we pay annually
[00:14:11] in the fall, in recent years, also a single property
[00:14:15] payment. Notifications for the payment of property taxes
[00:14:18] in Belarus have already started, all tax amounts are prescribed in
[00:14:22] one notification.
[00:14:55] of that very single property
[00:14:58] tax. The single property payment is the sum
[00:15:01] of three taxes: land tax, real estate tax,
[00:15:04] and transport tax. That is, the single property payment will need
[00:15:08] to be paid by citizens who own real
[00:15:11] estate, be it an apartment, a residential building,
[00:15:14] a dacha, a garage, a parking space, or other property, land
[00:15:17] plots, or any transport.
[00:15:21] All these three taxes, for the convenience of payment by citizens, have been included
[00:15:25] in one single property payment. Annually,
[00:15:28] tax authorities calculate these amounts independently and
[00:15:32] send notifications to individuals for the payment of the single property
[00:15:35] payment. As of today,
[00:15:38] more than 3.5 million notifications have already been generated, which will be sent
[00:15:42] to individuals during August and September 2026. Citizens who
[00:15:45] have personal taxpayer accounts and have expressed
[00:15:48] a desire to receive notifications electronically, that is, either to
[00:15:52] their personal account or to their email addresses, have already received these notifications. In
[00:15:56] the current year, there are more than 350,000 such citizens. Citizens
[00:16:00] who receive notifications on paper are sent a regular letter
[00:16:03] by Belpochta to the taxpayer's
[00:16:07] registration address, that is, it is dropped into
[00:16:10] the mailbox. They expect their notifications within the next 2
[00:16:14] months. As for citizens who have expressed a desire to receive them
[00:16:17] electronically, they can already go to their personal account or
[00:16:20] to their email addresses to view the amounts due for
[00:16:23] payment. If an individual owns several
[00:16:27] houses or apartments, how are taxes calculated in such a
[00:16:31] case, are there any preferences? The notification for the payment
[00:16:34] of the single property payment includes all objects for which
[00:16:37] payment must be made, that is, all real estate, all
[00:16:41] land plots, and all transport. If a
[00:16:44] citizen has several objects, for example, two apartments,
[00:16:48] then both these apartments will be included in the notification, and
[00:16:51] the amount of tax depends
[00:16:54] on both the area of the apartment and its location. The same
[00:16:58] applies to land plots. As for
[00:17:00] transport, the amount of tax mainly depends
[00:17:03] on the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle.
[00:17:07] Are there any specific features in this campaign that Belarusians
[00:17:11] should pay attention to? This
[00:17:14] year, one feature of paying the single
[00:17:17] property payment can be noted - that is, from, let's say, from June
[00:17:21] last year, the procedure for registering property that is in joint
[00:17:25] ownership has changed. As of today, such property
[00:17:29] is registered immediately under two owners, that is, as a
[00:17:32] rule, it's a husband and wife, and this property
[00:17:35] is registered for both of them in the current year. Notifications will
[00:17:38] contain the addresses of apartments for two taxpayers, the same
[00:17:42] apartment, but the tax for each will be calculated with a coefficient of 0.5,
[00:17:45] that is, in a situation where spouses have one apartment, it
[00:17:49] is registered in joint ownership, then each of them will
[00:17:52] pay tax for it in, let's say, half the amount, that is,
[00:17:55] each taxpayer will receive a notification, and the notification will
[00:17:59] contain a corresponding mark that the tax is calculated using a coefficient of
[00:18:03] 0.5. And finally, let's remind you when
[00:18:07] the single property tax needs to be paid and how this can
[00:18:11] be done? The single property payment
[00:18:15] in the current year must be paid no later than November
[00:18:18] 16. For citizens who have already
[00:18:21] received notifications, they can do this by scanning the
[00:18:25] QR code in the notification, or by contacting ERIP. For
[00:18:28] citizens who have not yet received notifications, but, let's say, wish
[00:18:31] to make a payment, they can simply contact ERIP, enter their taxpayer
[00:18:35] ID, and make the payment.
[00:18:37] There is also the possibility of paying the single property payment
[00:18:41] in installments, but the main thing is to meet the deadline of November
[00:18:43] 16. Well, thank you to the Deputy Head
[00:18:47] of the Main Department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus, Denis
[00:18:50] Terezhkov. We talked about the deadlines and features of paying property
[00:18:54] taxes for the past
[00:18:55] year.
[00:19:01] This is the sphere of interests, and we continue. Now to the exchange
[00:19:03] rates. According to the results of the trading and currency stock exchange, the Belarusian ruble
[00:19:08] strengthened against the Russian ruble. So, the dollar costs
[00:19:12] 2.96. The euro, according to the National Bank today, is 3 rubles
[00:19:15] 41 kopecks. For 10 yuan, it asks 4.42,
[00:19:19] for 100 Russian, they give 3.61
[00:19:22] Belarusian.
[00:19:27] Union auto civil liability, also called the white card,
[00:19:31] is in demand among drivers, but it is more often issued by
[00:19:35] Belarusians, not Russians. After more than a year of the unified
[00:19:38] auto insurance policy of the Union State,
[00:19:42] insurers are summing up the results. So,
[00:19:45] about 9,000 such contracts are concluded monthly,
[00:19:49] totaling about 150,000 in just over a year of
[00:19:51] operation. Here's an example of great union work in
[00:19:55] action. You can drive your personal car throughout the Union State
[00:19:59] under the protection of insurance companies, and the risks
[00:20:02] of civil liability are covered simultaneously here and in
[00:20:05] Russia. A single policy is beneficial for those
[00:20:09] who often travel to a neighboring country, and what nuances are important to consider
[00:20:13] when issuing it, in Anastasia
[00:20:16] Strelkovskaya's report. For Belarusians, a vacation in picturesque
[00:20:19] Karelia or in St. Petersburg with its royal luxury is a
[00:20:23] familiar matter, and for residents of border regions,
[00:20:26] it is especially close and understandable, here much reminds one of home.
[00:20:30] The Russian direction is popular for business trips as well. Borders in
[00:20:34] our case are not an obstacle, however, despite all the advantages.