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Almost 28% of grain areas are harvested in the Minsk region, BelTA learned from the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee.

As of July 29, 27.7% of the area was harvested in the region, more than 409 thousand tonnes of grain were harvested. The average yield was 30.4 c / ha. Slutsky district is leading by total thrashing - almost 54 thousand tons, Nesvizh region takes over 53,8 thousand tons, on the second place - Kopylsky with 41,5 thousand tons. In terms of yield ahead, Nesvizh region - 46.5 centners / ha, then Minsk - 43.1 c / ha, with the third result Kletsk district - 39.2 c / ha.

Among the yield farms in the top three agricultural enterprises in the Nesvizh district: Novaya Zhizn OJSC - 85.1 c / ha, Agrokombinat Snov OJSC - 78.8 c / ha, and Gastellovskoye OJSC, Minsk region - 75.3 c / ha.

The best driver is Vitaly Mamonko from the Agrocombinery "Snov", he transported 1,750 tons of grain. Among the combine operators, leader Sergei Vojnyak from the same agro-combine with a result of 1 556 tons.

Minsk and Shanghai will sign an agreement on cooperation at the 1st International China International Import Expo in Shanghai this November. The approximate directions of the future cooperation and the details of the presentation of the Belarusian capital at the exhibition were discussed today at the meeting of the Minsk Mayor Andrei Shorets and the delegation from the New Pudong district of Shanghai, BelTA has learned.

"We are already working out an agreement between Minsk and Shanghai, and today we received an offer to consider such an agreement between the Moscow region of our capital and Novy Pudun district, I think it will also be signed, because both sides are interested," Andrei Shorets.

The parties discussed mutual points of interest. "This is tourism (including business and sports), economic cooperation, and I want the Shanghai companies to come not only to the territory of the" Great Stone ", but also to the FEZ, to other investment sites, which will create jobs and pay a decent salary.We will support them in any sectors of the economy, "the mayor of Minsk added.

Deputy Chairman of the People's Government of New Pudong District, deputy head of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Administration Chen Xi said that this is his first visit to Minsk and he is delighted with the beauty of the city. Chen Xi invited the mayor of Minsk to return with a return visit to Shanghai, including for participation in the China International Import Expo.

Andrei Shorets emphasized that most of the exposition of Belarus at the exhibition in Shanghai will be Minsk enterprises. He asked me to specify what areas and industries are worth presenting in order to be interesting to the target audience. Chen Xi recommended to focus on the food sector, tourism and sports.

Companies of the IT sector, representatives of the HTP, FEZ "Minsk" will also be present. According to the director of "Minsk City Technopark" LLC Vladimir Davidovich, the residents of the technopark will present the technologies of plastic processing for its utilization and the technology of production of medical lasers.

"We hope that this exposition will give impetus to the Belarusian companies in the implementation of joint projects," concluded Chen Xi.

The first China International Import Expo will be held from 1 to 10 November 2018 in line with the New Silk Road Initiative, which China is actively promoting.

Special attention is paid to the search for and consolidation of perspective young people at the two-day II regional personnel forum of the Minsk region, which began today in the central region of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The event is attended by the chiefs (experts) of the departments of organizational and personnel work of the district executive committees, the employees of the Main Department of Organizational and Personnel Work of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, specialists in personnel management of the departments for agriculture and food of the district executive committees, heads and specialists of personnel departments of the regional executive committee and regional organizations.

"I am confident that the forum will allow us to work out the most effective ways of resolving personnel issues." We need to see young prospective people who want to work.The main thing is a desire, and we will teach.This is a very delicate work: the personnel are important to us, but the person must also develop , to work, seeing the prospects, "- said the chairman of Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Anatoly Isachenko, opening the forum.

Before the beginning of the event, in an interview with journalists, Vladimir Piskizhev, the head of the Main Department of Organizational and Personnel Work of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee, noted the importance of exchanging experience in production, since there are issues of securing young specialists in the region, although in general the Minsk region is provided with personnel. Yuri Krivosheev, Head of the Main Personnel Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Belarus, also stressed the relevance of the forum in this regard. "At every meeting with the head of the state, the conversation always concerns the personnel, as we arrange personnel, so the country will live, so our plans will be fulfilled." This forum is significant, because the Minsk region is central and has always been a forge of personnel, "he said. should see young leaders who will step up to the highest positions. "

The program of the forum apart from the plenary sessions includes a practical exchange of experience with field visits. For two days the participants will visit the Urechy regional executive committee of the Luban district, the gymnasium No. 1 of the city of Luban, the Luban central district hospital, the Slavkali LLC, the Slutsk meat-packing plant and the Slutsk Belts.

Minsk is among the top 3 most popular cities in the CIS for the summer travel of Russians. Such data was provided by the analytical agency TurStat to BELTA.

The first ten most popular cities of the CIS among Russian tourists in the summer of 2018 are Baku (Azerbaijan), Minsk (Belarus), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Yerevan (Armenia), Astana (Kazakhstan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan ), Chisinau (Moldova), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Ashgabat (Turkmenistan).

According to the agency, tourists come to CIS cities in the summer on average for two days. Russian tourists spend on holidays in the cities and resorts of the CIS countries from $ 50 to $ 100 per day for accommodation and meals.

The most inexpensive summer tours in the CIS are selected in Chisinau and Bishkek, and for weekend and shopping tours, Baku and Astana lead.

A new mechanism of financial recovery for Belarus' struggling farming enterprises was discussed at a government session chaired by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on 20 July, BelTA informs.

“We need to talk over the development of efficient instruments to help struggling agricultural enterprises get back to business. In late 2017 the government was instructed to work out the regulations enabling agricultural organizations to access special financial recovery mode avoiding legal procedures,” the head of state said.

Chairpersons of the district executive committees will be vested with the corresponding powers.

Alexander Lukashenko noted that a lot of work had been done to draft the law. “Before signing the document, however, I would like to ask the governors some questions,” the head of state said.

The president was primarily interested in the agricultural companies which have received support as part of the earlier adopted decisions. “We have taken so many recovery measures that these companies should have become profitable long time ago. Today we are considering another document. Has the number of insolvent economic entities reduced?” the president wondered.

“Secondly, has everything we agreed upon been included in the draft decree? We need decisions that produce results, look into the future. Will they help struggling companies to use their production potential in full and get back to stable operation?” the Belarusian leader said.

The head of state also asked governors of their vision regarding the implementation of the abovementioned measures.

“If there are problems, we need well-thought proposals to address them,” the president said.

Alexander Lukashenko added that there is also the need to discuss other agricultural issues, including forage conservation and the harvesting campaign.

At present, financial rehabilitation of agricultural enterprises is carried out as part of Decree No.253 of 4 July 2016 “Concerning measures for financial rehabilitation of agricultural enterprises". The decree applies to agricultural organizations which were steadily insolvent as of 1 July 2016. A total of323 agricultural organizations were selected for the pre-trial recovery procedure. There are about 1,300 agricultural organizations in Belarus. Currently, 283 organizations are undergoing the pre-trial recovery procedure (40 agricultural enterprises stopped performing their activities due to merger, sale or gratuitous transfer). 283 organizations continue working on their business plans, cooperating with investors, and restructuring financial obligations.

The new regulations will help create a special regime of financial recovery for agricultural enterprises and avoid the need to resort to legal procedures.

The new bill applies to farming enterprises that have been insolvent for a long time, including organizations undergoing financial recovery under Decree No.253, except for the organizations in the middle of the insolvent liquidation process.

About Br6.2 billion of tax payments went to the budget of Minsk in January-June, which is 5.3% more than for the same period in 2017, BelTA learned from the MNS inspectorate on the city.

The plan for the first half of the year is 102% complete. A significant part of the income (43.9% of the total volume) was generated by the revenues from the value-added tax, 14.7% - by income tax, 10.5% - by the profit tax, 5% - by excises, 2.9% income tax, 2.3% - real estate tax, 2% - on land tax, 1.7% - tax with a simplified taxation system.

One third of the city's consolidated budget revenues was provided by 10 major organizations of the capital. They paid to the budget over Br1.9 billion (101.9% against the level of 2017). The ranking of the largest payers of the capital is Gazprom transgaz Belarus, CJSC Belarusian Oil Company, RUE Minskenergo, Tobacco Invest, Mobile TeleSystems JLLC, Velcom unitary enterprise, Minsk Grape Wine Plant, Belarusbank , OJSC "Minsk Crystal" - the management company of the holding company "Minsk Kristall Group", "Lukoil."

In total, 131,200 business entities operate in the capital this year: 58,600 organizations and 72,600 individual entrepreneurs. Payers of taxes (fees) are 231.7 thousand citizens.

The number of vacancies in the Minsk region in the first half of this year increased by 1.4 times compared to the same period last year. BelTA learned from Alexei Karalenya, deputy head of the employment department of the committee on labor, employment and social protection of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee.

"As of July 1, 13.9 thousand vacancies were declared in the region, which is 1.4 times more than on the same date last year (9.7 thousand vacancies)," noted Alexey Karalenya. < / p>

At the same time, in the first half of the year, the number of people applying for employment assistance to employment agencies decreased by more than 25%: from more than 20 thousand people to 15,1 thousand. Almost 40% less unemployed: if in January- June last year there were over 13 thousand, now it is about 8 thousand.

The coefficient of tension in the labor market has been reduced by more than 2 times in comparison with the same period of the last year. For one unemployed conditionally there are 5.5 vacancies (as of July 1 of the previous year there were 1.9).

With the employment of available vacancies and created jobs in the region helped 10.6 thousand citizens, of whom 6 thousand unemployed. More than 500 people are sent for training, over 3 thousand took part in paid public works, 141 citizens received financial support in organizing entrepreneurial, handicraft activities and activities in the field of agroecotourism. Another 16 unemployed and members of their families relocated to a new place of residence and work.

The level of registered unemployment in the region as a whole was 0.4% and is the smallest among the regions of the republic. The specialist added that "only in the first quarter of this year, 2311 people were employed for new jobs (by creating new enterprises - 1232, for additional jobs - 1079 people)."

Minsk region's power engineers promptly restored power supply in 123 settlements of the region, BelTA learned from the Minskenergo.

The power failure occurred due to a wire break on the 110 kV overhead line, the reasons are being established. Work on the restoration of electricity began in 14.01. For troubleshooting, the work of five brigades and five units of equipment was organized.

As of 16.12, in all 123 settlements of the Dzerzhinsky and Stolbtsy districts, electricity supply has been restored.

The contest "Uncle Beard-2018" will be held in Vileika on July 14, BelTA learned in the Vileika Palace of Culture.

The event of such a plan in Vileika is held for the first time, the idea belongs to the Palace of Culture. "Now among the guys it's fashionable to wear a beard, so we thought that the contest would be interesting and relevant for the residents of the Vileika region," the Palace of Culture explained.

Men with a beard older than 18 years old who live in the Vileika district are invited to participate. The goal of the competition is to support talented young people in realizing their creative potential, to identify and stimulate new trends in contemporary fashion and avant-garde creative directions.

The program of the performance will include the presentation of the contestant and the creative number (dance, vocal, instrumental). The participants will be judged according to the criteria of originality, entertainment, artistry, level of performance, artistic-shaped decision of stage costumes and props.

The jury will determine the winner of "Uncle Beard-2018" and mark the owners of a well-groomed, longest, natural, stylish and creative beard. As a reward, they will receive special diplomas and valuable prizes.

Applications for participation are accepted until July 12.

The contest will be held within the framework of the festival "Ukha-fest". The organizer is the Vileika Regional Executive Committee.

In the territorial centers of social services for the population of the Minsk region, it is planned to introduce a mutual assistance service "We need each other". BelTA learned from the head of the department of state social support and social services of the committee on labor, employment and social protection of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Marina Gurchenko.

"This year the direction" We need each other "began to develop.If previously only employees of the territorial social service center helped orphans, now older people have joined, who come to the day care centers at the centers. experience can, for example, teach to spend money consciously or prepare simple meals.And young people will tell how to handle equipment and use an ATM.These generations need each other. territorial centers of Krupsky and Smolevichi districts, we plan to extend it across the region, "said Marina Gurchenko.

Among the already implemented directions, social tourism and Scandinavian walking are popular. According to the expert, these classes allow you to keep fit, make new acquaintances.

85 elderly citizens of the central region are provided with 85 clubs and over 110 interest groups, which are visited by almost 1,1 thousand and about 1,25 thousand people, respectively. The most popular areas are literary and poetic and green living rooms, chess clubs. In the future - the creation of self-help groups, social and legal assistance, the organization of events aimed at meeting spiritual and sociocultural needs.

In addition, Marina Gurchenko noted, over the last two years, the demand for day care for needy elderly people has increased, during which they can receive social, consulting, information, psychological, mediation, rehabilitation, pedagogical services. So, in 2016, 13 people received the service, in 2017 - 25. This year, only for January-May it was used by 25 citizens.

In total, there are 23 day care centers in the region with territorial social service centers. Their regular visitors are more than 1,260 people, 7% are single citizens. The majority of 60-70 years (58%). The smallest percentage of those whose age has passed for 80 years - 108 people, or 8.5%.

Support for lonely citizens, disabled people, WWII veterans and other people in need is provided by both territorial centers and volunteers. In particular, the speech is about the initiative group "You are not alone", created on the basis of the Zhodino branch of elderly people's stay in 2014. Today the organization has 16 volunteers, each of them has an average of three wards. During the period of the group's activity, over 4,000 home visits were organized for social and domestic assistance. Concert and creative programs, thematic actions, charitable departures and creative master classes also took place.