Новости за 19.01.2024

Roman Golovchenko said: “The Belarusian weapon industry begins the third decade of its history. It has lived through 20 bright years of establishment and development of the domestic military-industrial complex. Certainly, these years were not easy. They were not easy to forget."

The president made the statement in response to a question about Belarus’ security in the wake of the recently presented drafts of the updated National Security Concept and the Military Doctrine. Are the measures stipulated by these documents sufficient for preserving peace and calm in the country?

The electric vehicle will use the body of the first Belarusian car BelGee X50. BelGee Company is supposed to take care of welding, painting, and other operations the company has already mastered in the course of making conventional cars. It will allow minimizing costs.

The head of state noted that the car purchasing aid program was adopted to stimulate production. The program will be running this year, too. Yet, speaking about a more distant future, the president noted that such preferential lending will have to be discontinued, because other important industries also need funding.

The crew will include Belarus’ Marina Vasilevskaya (Anastasia Lenkova as backup), the Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson. Roscosmos had previously said that the spacecraft was supposed to be launched on 13 March.

Roscosmos’ logo is in the center of the emblem in addition to a picture of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on its journey to the ISS. Mount Kazbek is at the bottom of the emblem. Kazbek is the crew’s call sign.

The production of automobiles powered by pure electricity is one of the key global trends now. These vehicles include not only electric vehicles but also hybrids.

“We should not shield them from difficulties and overprotect them. Let them live through their struggles,” Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked.

The Gospel reveals that John the Baptist urged people to repent their sins and be baptized by him in the waters of the Jordan River. Jesus came to John to be baptized, but John told him, "I need to be baptized by you." Jesus replied: "Let it be so now, it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness."

"With all the changes and additions that have been made, the draft military doctrine came out as a practically new document. A number of amendments have been introduced to it," Viktor Khrenin said.

The association recalled that the campaign “Belaya Rus for the children of Donbass” was launched at the beginning of December last year. Already 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Minsk and several districts of Minsk Oblast have accumulated in warehouses in the capital city. Humanitarian aid from other regions will arrive in the coming days.

Viktor Khrenin said: “Taking into account all the amendments and addenda the draft Military Doctrine is actually a new document. An entire lineup of innovations has been incorporated into it in furtherance of the current document.”

"We have clarified the categorization of military conflicts so that it will better fit the realities of the Republic of Belarus; we have dropped their gradation by scale. The categories of local and regional wars were replaced by the categories of interstate and coalition wars," said Viktor Khrenin.

Sergei Aleinik and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar discussed the entire range of pressing matters on the bilateral agenda and the multilateral one. Close attention was paid to increasing the volume of mutual trade, to food security, and manufacturing cooperation projects.

The main markets for Belarusian peat products included Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.

"The waiting list is crazy. People want to buy these cars. It is the job of the government and the minister to satisfy this demand come hell or high water. It is necessary to increase the output of cars as much as possible,” the head of state stressed.

The heads of leading humanities universities and faculties of the CIS countries discussed topical issues of scientific and educational cooperation in the Commonwealth. CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev welcomed the participants of the meeting.

The document approved the image and description of the mark. It is a red pentagon with a rotated letter K in the center, below the inscription “Belarus”. The five angles of the mark symbolize five elements of quality: safety, environmental friendliness, innovation, technological edge and aesthetics.

The head of state will be briefed on the state of affairs in the automotive industry and electric transport, the state and prospects of BelGee, the development of an electric version of BelGee X50 car - the BelGee E-X50 electric car.

“It is no secret that large amounts of public funds are spent on holding separate elections. In addition to that, Belarus will be able to save on election commissions and other organizational matters. And this is more convenient for voters,” he added.

The average interest rate on new Belarusian-ruble time deposits for individuals was 9.72% per annum in December 2023. Long-term deposits offered the highest return.

“Today our rescue service is a well-coordinated and highly mobile structure capable of performing all kinds of emergency and rescue operations. By performing unique and complex tasks every day, you make a significant contribution to the security and development of our country,” the message of congratulations reads.