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[00:00:28] We continue the live broadcast in the first studio. Briefly
[00:00:31] about the main points. The working summer of the Minsk region: over
[00:00:34] 2,800 student brigades are working at the main enterprises
[00:00:38] and fields of the region. A three-year maximum in utility bills: Belgium is hit by a powerful
[00:00:42] crisis of utility payments and a battle of the best rescuers at the Vileika
[00:00:45] reservoir, the forty-fifth championship in diving
[00:00:48] multi-event started. The Republican Karavay is gaining weight
[00:00:52] every day. From day to day it will weigh 8 million tons.
[00:00:56] Behind every heavy labor of our farmers, those who are in these hot
[00:01:00] harvesting days in the fields from dawn to dusk. The progress of the harvest is under the close
[00:01:03] attention of Alexander Lukashenko, the president has always highly valued
[00:01:06] the work of rural workers, on the eve the head of state came to the fields of the Minsk
[00:01:10] region to see how the harvest was going and personally thank
[00:01:13] the harvest leaders. All of them are employees of the Kuchitsy farm of the Kletsk
[00:01:17] district, these days they help harvest the crops from the fields of the agro-combine
[00:01:20] Zhdanovichi. This is Pavel Shutilo, he was the first in Belarus to thresh
[00:01:24] 4,000 tons of grain, now he has exceeded the 5,000 mark.
[00:01:27] Vitaly Kishku achieved high results. He works on transporting
[00:01:31] the harvest and Andrey Alekseichik, a responsible specialist for
[00:01:34] organizing the harvest. The president awarded the
[00:01:37] harvest leaders right in the field, sincere gratitude for their dedication and
[00:01:41] hard work on the land. You
[00:01:43] are doing great, but that's not the main thing, the main thing is that
[00:01:46] there should be hundreds of such people and two hundred of you.
[00:01:49] That's what I need, I told Alexey Ivanovich, look
[00:01:53] there at the school, where you will be in charge,
[00:01:56] create it, he says that they are creating this school.
[00:02:00] Golden ear, golden ear, Comrade President, a school
[00:02:03] for leading combine operators, who have threshed 400
[00:02:07] and more, but we had four last year, this
[00:02:10] year, yes, this year yes, we understand that there can be
[00:02:14] more, and with them a school
[00:02:17] for young combine operators Kolosok, these are guys who
[00:02:20] study, receive secondary specialized education,
[00:02:23] specialized, about 600 such children we have in
[00:02:26] the region, and 200 children are rural guys...
[00:03:00] summer, he will definitely compete with him, or maybe
[00:03:03] he will win, so I ask you not to
[00:03:07] push away, the governor will think, from the side
[00:03:11] of the state there will be support and assistance in this regard,
[00:03:14] but you help us create such a reserve
[00:03:18] of young people. The president did not come empty-handed.
[00:03:21] For excellent work, each received a car as a gift. Alexander
[00:03:25] Lukashenko thanked the villagers for the harvest, it is their efforts
[00:03:29] that keep Belarusians always well-fed, but for the celebration, there is only a short break,
[00:03:32] work in the fields does not wait, especially since the weather favors the harvest, the president
[00:03:36] noted. Deepening of Belarusian-Pakistani
[00:03:40] partnership in the spheres of trade, industry, agriculture and
[00:03:43] other areas fully corresponds to the strategic interests
[00:03:47] of both states. This was emphasized by Alexander Lukashenko in his congratulation
[00:03:51] to the president, prime minister and people of Pakistan on the occasion of Independence
[00:03:54] Day. Minsk counts on effective implementation of agreements
[00:03:58] reached during the meeting at the highest
[00:04:01] 2024-25. The President of Belarus also
[00:04:05] noted that today Islamabad confidently demonstrates significant success
[00:04:09] in state building, economic modernization, strengthening
[00:04:12] its authority in the international arena. This year, the country
[00:04:15] once again confirmed its commitment to the peaceful resolution
[00:04:18] of global and regional problems. The Head of the Belarusian State highly appreciated
[00:04:22] the constructive role of the Prime Minister of Pakistan in resolving the difficult
[00:04:26] situation in the Middle East.
[00:04:30] Residents of Belgium began to receive record electricity and gas bills. For example,
[00:04:33] the cost of electricity and gas for residents of Flanders in August
[00:04:37] rose to a three-year high. Compared to
[00:04:39] 2025, electricity costs for an average
[00:04:43] household increased by 73 euros, and this
[00:04:46] is even with private government compensation. As a result,
[00:04:50] the estimated annual electricity bill reached its maximum
[00:04:53] since July 2023. Gas costs increased even more.
[00:04:57] The estimated annual bill immediately increased by
[00:05:00] 290 euros. The reason is geopolitical tensions in the
[00:05:03] Middle East and the EU's course to abandon
[00:05:06] Russian energy carriers. At the same time, abnormal heat and drought
[00:05:10] create problems directly for... electricity
[00:05:13] production in Europe itself.
[00:05:16] And Estonians face a land tax increase. Tallinn is preparing for a large-scale
[00:05:20] revision of the cadastral value of land plots. It is expected
[00:05:23] that it will increase by an average of 25-30%. And in
[00:05:26] some areas up to 4%. Documents
[00:05:29] from the Ministry of Economy indicate that the main parameters of the increase have already
[00:05:33] been determined, but the authorities are delaying the publication of this information.
[00:05:37] At the same time, local officials admit that the current cadastral
[00:05:40] value in many cases no longer reflects the real situation in the
[00:05:44] real estate market.
[00:05:47] Electricity and land prices in Europe are rising, here are the areas where investment
[00:05:50] in funds and qualified personnel are really needed and are suffering. For example,
[00:05:54] the reduction of medical staff in Latvia leads to negative
[00:05:57] consequences, an expert's opinion. Here again
[00:06:00] a certain corruption component is involved, because
[00:06:03] yes, you can get to a specialist out of turn, I can
[00:06:07] confirm that there are queues for many
[00:06:10] months, or days.
[00:06:13] And sometimes, if it's a planned operation, then it's years away, so this issue
[00:06:16] is resolved, in general, as they say, at customs through
[00:06:19] a store, if you have money, you can, of course,
[00:06:22] if the logic is simple, no money, then you have one road
[00:06:26] to the cemetery, who can afford such a policy, those
[00:06:30] people who do not need their own people, do not need this
[00:06:33] country, and this is not their
[00:06:36] land, because again, if we are talking about the political
[00:06:39] elite, although elite also sounds incorrect.
[00:07:17] Professional experience, international friendship and August of opportunities.
[00:07:21] More than 2,800 young people have already joined
[00:07:24] student brigades in the Minsk region alone. The guys actively help
[00:07:28] farmers harvest new crops, monitor the environment and cleanliness of streets,
[00:07:31] and work in the service sector. By the way, these are the most popular student
[00:07:35] brigade profiles this season. Now the third semester is in full
[00:07:38] swing. This year, the range of employers has expanded significantly.
[00:07:41] Among them are large factories and enterprises of the central region,
[00:07:44] for example, the Grodeya sugar combine in the Nesvizh
[00:07:48] district, in Borisov at the medical preparations plant, for the
[00:07:51] sixth season, young people are given the opportunity to join
[00:07:55] the team. We have been working since Monday,
[00:07:59] we still have this week and one more week to work, we clean the territory, the factory territory and
[00:08:02] adjacent territories. Today we will go to the beach, we will clean up
[00:08:06] after the vacationers there. I study at Baranovichi State University, and
[00:08:10] I came here because my mother works here. She offered
[00:08:13] me to work here, I agreed and came here, and since I am the
[00:08:17] oldest, I got the position of commander of the detachment, well, that means watching over
[00:08:21] everyone, watching how the work is going, if there are any
[00:08:24] questions, they come to me, in Borisov district, they very
[00:08:27] actively recruited guys, there were a lot
[00:08:30] of applicants, they tried to give everyone places, their first
[00:08:34] jobs, we have a lot of host organizations, mainly
[00:08:37] the activity is an ecological detachment, landscaping,
[00:08:41] cleaning the territory. We also have a production
[00:08:45] detachment at the Bat factory, directly in the workshops
[00:08:48] themselves.
[00:08:50] Summer is also a time to strengthen friendships. The Zubrenok National Children's
[00:08:54] Educational Center employs an international Commonwealth
[00:08:57] detachment. In one team are guys from Minsk and Moscow
[00:09:01] regions. By the way, this season, more than 4,000 young
[00:09:04] people will be employed in student
[00:09:07] brigades in the central region. Belarusian-Chinese cooperation with
[00:09:10] an emphasis on quality. The result of these relations is the worldwide
[00:09:14] Chinese Bridge competition. Annually, it unites
[00:09:17] thousands of connoisseurs of Chinese culture and traditions from all over Belarus.
[00:09:21] Thus, Ksenia Kasperskaya, a graduate of the Belarusian State University of Foreign
[00:09:24] Languages, won the national stage of the international Chinese
[00:09:28] Bridge competition and became the best in
[00:09:31] Belarus. I started actively participating in competitions
[00:09:35] around my third year, and specifically in the Chinese Bridge only last
[00:09:39] year. I liked it, I thought, I'll prepare.
[00:09:42] I started a year ago. I looked through the tasks of previous years, there are a lot
[00:09:46] of them, more than 2,000. And I contacted
[00:09:48] a teacher from the Confucius Institute of our university, he gave me
[00:09:52] additional materials, and in my free time I also read textbooks on
[00:09:56] history and culture, which Chinese children
[00:09:58] use. Belarus and China are strengthening cooperation
[00:10:02] between universities, an additional impetus, educational conferences,
[00:10:05] forums and festivals for the best representatives a bonus: the opportunity
[00:10:09] to go for academic practice on exchange.
[00:10:13] Belarus remembered Yakub Kolas on the eve, the national poet Konstantin
[00:10:16] Mickiewicz passed away 70 years ago at the age of 73.
[00:10:20] At the military cemetery, relatives and just caring people laid
[00:10:24] flowers.
[00:11:25] The Call of Polesie will be heard for the ninth time. The international festival of ethnocultural
[00:11:29] traditions will be held in the agro-town Lyaskavichy tomorrow.
[00:11:32] Poleshuks, who bring authentic traditions, crafts and
[00:11:36] local colorful dialect to the masses, will gather on more than 9
[00:11:39] hectares of the Pripyatsky National Park. Our women
[00:11:42] will solo on thirteen homesteads. The fates of famous
[00:11:46] natives of the Brest and Gomel regions will be revealed through indigenous
[00:11:49] folklore, national cuisine and chronicles of the Great Patriotic
[00:11:52] War. The list of honored Poleshuks will be updated.
[00:12:25] as basic for the development of such centers of attraction,
[00:12:28] the head of state, he with such nostalgia, especially
[00:12:32] recently he talks about the village, he says: we need
[00:12:35] to preserve the village, not the collective farm, not the state farm, but
[00:12:38] the village, because our roots are precisely here,
[00:12:42] all the best recipes, which, once we talked about
[00:12:46] grandma baked pancakes, that and the other, and now it's like, well, something
[00:12:49] new and so on, it's precisely here, and uh,
[00:12:53] traditions are laid here. Poleshuks, these
[00:12:56] family values, this respect
[00:12:59] for the father, respect for loved ones, love for
[00:13:02] children. Organizers are ready to receive a record
[00:13:06] number of guests, more than 50 thousand, the holiday will begin
[00:13:10] at 11 am, closer to evening on the main stage they will choose Polesskaya
[00:13:13] Prygazhunya, and the finale for the first time will be a laser show on
[00:13:17] the water. You can respond to the call of Polesie and come to the holiday by
[00:13:20] special flights that will run every hour from Zhitkovichi and
[00:13:23] Petrikov.
[00:13:26] Today, Orthodox believers celebrate Honey Spas, the first of the three
[00:13:29] August Spases. According to popular tradition, it is from this day
[00:13:33] that one can taste the new harvest honey, which is customary to bless in
[00:13:36] churches. The main meaning of the holiday is spiritual, it is connected with the church's
[00:13:40] remembrance of the miracles of the Holy Cross. Also, today in the church they remember
[00:13:44] the martyrs Macabees who suffered for their faith, therefore
[00:13:47] Honey Spas is also called Poppy Spas. This Spas coincides with
[00:13:51] the beginning of the Dormition Fast, it will last 2 weeks and will end
[00:13:55] with the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
[00:13:59] Almost 30 rescue swimmers from all over Minsk region
[00:14:02] are competing for the title of best swimmer, diver, and motorboat operator of the
[00:14:06] central region. In teams of four people, the large-scale forty-fifth
[00:14:09] championship in diving all-around
[00:14:13] started on the shore of Vileika Reservoir. A distance of 100 meters,
[00:14:16] throwing a lifebuoy, boat departure on alarm and work with a mannequin at
[00:14:20] the bottom. Such is the program for today in the jury are experienced divers from all over
[00:14:23] the country. such disciplines as
[00:14:27] swimming 100 meters freestyle with
[00:14:31] obstacles, then
[00:14:34] transporting a mannequin over a distance of 50 meters,
[00:14:37] throwing a lifebuoy, rescuing
[00:14:40] by boat over a distance of 150 meters. On the final
[00:14:44] day, one discipline will be presented - the boat's departure on
[00:14:47] alarm. In terms of incidents, there is a positive
[00:14:51] trend this year, well, about 30% reduction in
[00:14:54] deaths on the water compared to the previous
[00:14:58] year. During the swimming season, we have seven rescue
[00:15:01] stations operating year-round
[00:15:04] and 17 permanently operating rescue posts
[00:15:08] and 42 seasonal
[00:15:11] rescue posts, which are assigned only during the swimming season, that is
[00:15:15] 59 posts and seven rescue stations. This year,
[00:15:18] rescuers of the Minsk region helped 40 victims get out of the water.
[00:15:21] The swimming season is not over yet, therefore.
[00:15:25] reminds that you should enter the water only in authorized
[00:15:28] places. More news on our website newsby, multimedia
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[00:15:32] videobel.
[00:20:07] women, of course, are respected in any country, valued
[00:20:11] in any country, and also in Azerbaijan, in Azerbaijan
[00:20:15] a woman generally loves herself, she takes great
[00:20:18] care of herself, and a woman is always on a pedestal, on top,
[00:20:21] she must always be a bright example of beauty. If
[00:20:25] we look at our historically
[00:20:27] culture, then a woman was
[00:20:31] always above a man, the female energy
[00:20:34] is called shakti, shakti is translated as energy simply. That from which
[00:20:38] everything originated, female energy was our most important, if you
[00:20:42] look at the temple, architecture, then there will be a woman
[00:20:45] she, well, she will be the main one, a woman, but this is
[00:20:49] God forbid. Given creation, nowhere without a woman,
[00:20:52] so may God give women health,
[00:20:56] well-being, that they be loved and carried.