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Arrival of Ambassador Designate of the Republic of Belarus 9/25/2018

Malacañan Palace
September 25, 2018

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte received the credentials of the Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of Belarus in a ceremony held in Malacañan Palace.

His Excellency Valery Kolesnik is the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Philippines. Prior to his posting in Manila, Ambassador Kolesnik’s diplomatic assignments include Turkey and Iraq from 2008 to 2013.

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New subject - Entrepreneurship Fundamentals - to be studied soon in Belarusian schools

The Minister of Economy Nikolai Snopkov expressed this initiative. Belarus is not the first country who plans to introduce this subject. The Russian scholars are already studying economy fundamentals and even hold entrepreneurship fundamentals subject Olympiads. It is most likely that the new subject lessons will be a facultative.

Olga Chernikova reports: We stumble upon economic questions since childhood.
(Alexander Kulizhskiy, consultant on organizational development technologies)
The young scholars of gymnasium №27 know perfectly well, what is inflation and taxes. The lessons of Yuri Zelenkevich are held in form of business-competitions, games and puzzles.
(Yuri Zelenkevich, teacher of gymnasium №27: During the course the children will get acquainted with such chapters as Family Budget, Goods and Types of Property.)
Economy is a complicated subject. Some parents think that it's early to study it in school. It's difficult even for an adult to understand what are debit and credit, business-plan and investment principles.
(Yuri Zelenkevich, teacher of gymnasium №27: Economy is life. During my lessons I teach to develop the memory, the logical way of thinking, the economic vocabulary of the children is formed.)
According to teachers the studying of economy fundamentals develops the enterprising spirit and thrift among the scholars.
(Alexander Kulizhskiy, consultant on organizational development technologies)
Modern children want to have almost everything that the adults have: mobile phone, computer, the latest model photo camera. Economy and business is studied in the Minsk Children's and Youth Palace. For more than 15 years different economic courses have taken place here.
(Gennady Sugako, curator of the economy room of the department of the Minsk State Children's and Youth Palace)
(Nadezhda Filimonova, head of the economic hobby group of the Minsk State Children's and Youth Palace)
Computer technologies are widely used in the Palace. Even an electronic manual World of Economy was developed. The teaching has to be interesting and the teacher has to be emotional. This is the best success recipe.
(Gennady Sugako, curator of the economy room of the department of the Minsk State Children's and Youth Palace)
The active education forms and practice help to get acquainted with the economy. The studying of entrepreneurship fundamentals will give the scholars confidence in the solving of

JWI316 Belarus Parliament WP v2

By Jennifer Wishon and Denis Pacuraru

New Achievements of Kazakh Artists

Talents from Kazakhstan are conquering the world stages. Kazakh singer, Adilkhan Makin won the Grand Prize at the international talent festival “Slavianski Bazaar Vitebsk” this summer.

He has previously won the presidential award of the Republic of Belarus established this year.

Adilkhan surprised the Vitebsk audience and the jury who noted his versatile talent. The singer has a wide vocal range and he is equally good singing different notes.

Adilkhan has a vocal range of three octaves and sounds harmoniously both on low notes and on the upper ones.

“Nowadays, the audience is very sophisticated. So an artist has to always surprise the viewers from the stage. So that’s what he did,” said vocal coach, Ioannis Kaysidi.

Kazakh performers were also noted in another international competition, the festival of the modern Ukrainian song “Young Galichina”.

Kuanysh Erzatuly, Mereke Kenzhegulov and “Kazak Kizdary’’ band were among the laureates of the festival.

“On behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, our Government, I’d like to say that the government provides its support for talented people. This concerns sports too. Many wonderful talents have been able to showcase their achievements. This year is the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan,” said Minister of Culture and Sport, Aktoty Raimkulova.

The victories of domestic artists on major international stages is proof of development in arts and culture in Kazakhstan, many believe.

Citizens speak out - 1 Jul 2011

Citizens speak out. The demand to be treated with dignity and fairness continues to grow as people rally together for political and social reform in countries such as Belarus, Chile, Greece, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Kingdom and Yemen.

UNITED KINGDOM - Hundreds of thousands of teachers and government employees went on strike Thursday, June 30 in protest of government austerity measures whose adverse effects include reducing workers' pensions.

BELARUS - The UK-based BBC reports that Belarusian police violently intervened and arrested an estimated 100 people from a rally of 3,000 people on Wednesday who were silently protesting the economic policies of President Alexander Lukashenko by walking and clapping, with some journalists who were also treated harshly.

SAUDI ARABIA - During an interview with the BBC, social activist and Saudi Arabian Princess Basma bint Saud, niece of King Abdullah, spoke out against the country's religious police, saying that it had strayed from its original intention of eliminating corruption. She also called upon the government to grant the freedoms being demanded by the people before stronger challenges occur.

SYRIA - On Wednesday, Syrian security forces stormed two more northwestern villages, killing seven civilians as tanks proceeded through the streets of Mar-Ayan and Ihsem. Meanwhile, some 300 attorneys in the city of Aleppo gathered Wednesday at a courthouse to call for freedom and the release of prisoners, while pro-regime lawyers held a counter-protest at the same building.

YEMEN - In an interview with CNN, acting Yemeni leader Vice President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi revealed that President Ali Abdullah Saleh's injuries from the June 3 attack on his palace were so serious that his date of return from a Saudi hospital where he is recovering was unknown. However, he also said that President Saleh was improving daily and fully intends to return.

With deep sorrow for the loss of human lives and the plight of those suffering, we pray for the end of all conflicts and that people in every nation may choose to live in dignity, freedom and peace that flourishes for all.

Belarusian group introduction

E.Y.E.S. participants from the Belarusian city of Brest intoroduce themselves.

Riga Castle in September 2008.wmv

Come join TheCeļotājs visit to the outside area of the Riga Castle located at Pils laukums 3. The castle was built in 1330. In 1484 though, it was pulled down by the Rigans who had conquered it from the Livonian Order. In 1491, the Order came back and ordered it to be rebuilt. The construction was completed in 1515. When the order ceased to exist in 1562, the castle became part of the Riga defense system.

The Steeple atop the Riga Castle

The three stars represent the three provinces that make up Latvia. The three provinces are

Vidzemes [Livland, Lifljandskaya] with the center in Rīga [Riga, Riga]
Kurzemes [Kurland, Kurljandskaya] with the center in Jelgava [Mitau, Mitava]
Vitebskas [Witebsk, Vitebskaya] with the center in Vitebska [Witebsk, Vitebsk]

There is a story about this castle, like most castles, and this one is about a witch and her daughter:

When Poland gained power in Riga, the Swedes came and wanted the city. The daughter of the Polish king was a real-life witch who climbed up to the tower and sat there in protest. She bewitched all the bullets so that they rolled back and didn't even touch her.

At last, a very clever soldier called Peter made friends with the witch's daughter and cheated a secret out of her: how to kill the witch. The only way you could was by shooting her with a silver bullet. Peter found a silver bullet and killed the witch, which actually just turned her into a magpie! The witch sank into the Daugava River, but before she did, she cursed her daughter with these words, You, tramp, sink a hundred fathoms underground! It is said that while the witch sleeps at the bottom of the river, not a single magpie will settle in Riga.

The Latvian government declared the castle its residence in 1938. Today it is the official residence of the President of Latvia as well as home to several museums

The Castle originally was a three floor building, which enclosed a rectangular courtyard, and had four rectangular towers in its corners. After the Castle was demolished in 1484 it was rebuilt with two towers replaced by round towers following the latest developments of military technologies. The Castle experienced vast development during 17th century when it was almost constantly under construction. In 1682 Arsenal was attached to the castle, it was torn down about one hundred years later, in 1783 to build a courthouse.

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Банда ва ўладзе/Gang in the halls of power

Беларусь імкліва робіцца бандыцкай дзяржавай.

Аналізуем канцпэпцыю легітымнасці і падрабязна разбіраем, чаму Лукашэнка і ягоныя набліжаныя не маюць аніякага права, юрыдычнага ці маральнага, намі кіраваць. Адказваем на пытанні: якая ўлада будзе сапраўды легітымнай, колькі людзей трэба каб зрабіць паспяховую рэвалюцыю, і з чаго мы мусім пачаць, калі болей не хочам начальнікаў.

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Belarus is becoming a mafia state.
Here we analyse the concept of legitimacy and why Lukashenko and his gang do not have any right, either moral or political, to govern.

Testimony of Genya Burmenko about the mass murder of the Jews from Berdichev in Ukraine

Genya Burmenko, who was born in 1917 in Berdichev, Ukraine, testifies about the mass murder of Jews from Berdichev. On September 15, 1941 the 12,000 remaining Jews of Berdichev were rounded by Germans, who took them to the military airfield known as Lysaya Gora, five kilometers from Berdichev, on the right side of the Raigorodok Road between the hamlet of Shlemarka (also known as Doichek's hamlet) and the village of Radyanske. There Jews were shot in five pits.

DEFENDER of the FATHERLAND DAY - WikiVidi Documentary

Defender of the Fatherland Day is a holiday observed in Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. It is celebrated on 23 February, except in Kazakhstan, where it is celebrated on 7 May....


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Mass shooting of Jewish women and children from Linkuva

Leo Kahan, who was born in 1922 in Linkuva recounts that in July 1941 the Jews of the town, including some refugees and residents of nearby towns, were taken to the prison in Šiauliai. Then the men were left there, while the women with children were sent back to Linkuva supposedly to work. By their arrival they were taken to the town's stables and kept there. In August 1941 there were taken to the Atkučionai Forest and shot to death.
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00:03:45 1 Etymology
00:04:47 2 Background
00:04:56 2.1 February Revolution
00:06:37 2.2 Unrest by workers, peasants and soldiers
00:11:58 2.3 Antiwar demonstrations
00:13:34 2.4 July days
00:15:59 2.5 Kornilov affair
00:17:56 2.6 German support
00:19:14 3 Insurrection
00:19:24 3.1 Planning
00:21:00 3.2 Onset
00:25:37 3.3 Assault on the Winter Palace
00:27:55 3.4 Later Soviet portrayal
00:31:39 3.5 Dybenko's memoirs
00:33:00 4 Timeline of the spread of Soviet power (Gregorian calendar dates)
00:36:51 5 Outcome
00:48:33 6 Historiography
00:49:05 6.1 Soviet historiography
00:54:28 6.2 Western historiography
00:56:39 6.3 Effect of the dissolution of the USSR on historical research
00:58:03 7 Legacy
01:00:39 8 See also



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The October Revolution, officially known in Soviet historiography as the Great October Socialist Revolution and commonly referred to as the October Uprising, the October Coup, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolshevik Coup or the Red October, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 7 November (25 October, O.S.) 1917.
It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government after a transfer of power proclaimed by Grand Duke Michael, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, who declined to take power after the Tsar stepped down. During this time, urban workers began to organize into councils (soviets) wherein revolutionaries criticized the provisional government and its actions. After the Congress of Soviets, now the governing body, had its second session, it elected members of the Bolsheviks and other leftist groups such as the Left Socialist Revolutionaries to important positions within the new state of affairs. This immediately initiated the establishment of the Russian Soviet Republic. On 17 July 1918, the Tsar and his family were executed.
The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces. Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the occupation of government buildings on 7 November 1917 (New Style). The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia) was captured.
The long-awaited Constituent Assembly elections were held on 12 November 1917. In contrast to their majority in the Soviets, the Bolsheviks only won 175 seats in the 715-seat legislative body, coming in second behind the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which won 370 seats, although the SR Party no longer existed as a whole party by that time, as the Left SRs had gone into coalition with the Bolsheviks from October 1917 to March 1918. The Constituent Assembly was to first meet on 28 November 1917, but its convocation was delayed until 5 January 1918 by the Bolsheviks. On its first and only day in session, the Constituent Assembly came into conflict with the Soviets, and it rejected Soviet decrees on peace and land, resulting in the Constituent Assembly being dissolved the next day by order of the Congress of Soviets.As the revolution was not universally recognized, there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–22) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

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Kiev ( KEE-ef, -ev) or Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ, translit. Kyiv [ˈkɪjiu̯] (listen); Russian: Киев, translit. Kiyev [ˈkʲi(j)ɪf]; Old East Slavic: Кыѥвъ, translit. Kyjev) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper. The population in July 2015 was 2,887,974 (though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press), making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe.Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural centre of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and world-famous historical landmarks. The city has an extensive infrastructure and highly developed system of public transport, including the Kiev Metro.
The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders (see Name, below). During its history, Kiev, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of great prominence and relative obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial centre as early as the 5th century. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kiev was a tributary of the Khazars, until seized by the Varangians (Vikings) in the mid-9th century. Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of the Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state. Completely destroyed during the Mongol invasion in 1240, the city lost most of its influence for the centuries to come. It was a provincial capital of marginal importance in the outskirts of the territories controlled by its powerful neighbours; first the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, followed by Poland and Russia.The city prospered again during the Russian Empire's Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century. In 1917, after the Ukrainian National Republic declared independence from the Russian Empire, Kiev became its capital. From 1921 onwards Kiev was a city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was proclaimed by the Red Army, and, from 1934, Kiev was its capital. During World War II, the city again suffered significant damage, but quickly recovered in the post-war years, remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian independence in 1991, Kiev remained the capital of Ukraine and experienced a steady migration influx of ethnic Ukrainians from other regions of the country. During the country's transformation to a market economy and electoral democracy, Kiev has continued to be Ukraine's largest and richest city. Kiev's armament-dependent industrial output fell after the Soviet collapse, adversely affecting science and technology. But new sectors of the economy such as services and finance facilitated Kiev's growth in salaries and investment, as well as providing continuous funding for the development of housing and urban infrastructure. Kiev emerged as the most pro-Western region of Ukraine where parties advocating tighter integration with the European Union dominate during elections.

1 ИЮЛЯ ДЕНОМИНАЦИЯ В БЕЛАРУСИ - Новые купюры и монеты, белорусские деньги после деноминации 2016 г

Деноминация в Беларуси стартовала 1 июля 2016 года. С этого дня белорусский рубль прочнее в 10 тысяч раз. В этом суть того, что именуется деноминация в РБ. Новые белорусские деньги после того, как произойдет деноминация в Белоруссии, будут на самом деле старые (они выпущены еще в 2009 году, когда также планировалась деноминация белорусского рубля). На фото в этом видео есть таблица деноминации (деньги после деноминации – купюры и монеты – с соотношением к старым деньгам. В связи с тем, что проводится денежная деноминация белорусского рубля, многие спрашивают: чем грозит деноминация в Беларуси 2016? как вырастет доллар после деноминации? не приведет ли денежная реформа к тому, что произойдет давальвация рубля? Новая деноминация денег в Беларуси (а в истории республики их было несколько) вполне возможно к этому приведет. В любом случае белорусская деноминация 2016 доставит жителям страны массу неудобств. Возможны перебои в работе банкоматов, ошибки при расчетах в магазинах и так далее. Впрочем, в этом смысле деноминация 2016 года особенно не отличается от аналогичных прежних денежных реформ. Однако никогда ранее деноминация в Беларуси так сильно не «укрепляла» белорусский рубль: сразу в 10000 раз. Например, с 1 июля деноминация рубля 2016 сделает на эту величину меньше и цены, и зарплаты. А как быстро после этого они будут расти, покажет время.
Изюминка, которой отличается очередная деноминация Беларуси – новые купюры. Интересно, что подписи на них стоят не действующего председателя нацбанка, а предыдущего – Петра Прокоповича. Еще одна особенность, которую имеют белорусские деньги после деноминации 2016 – это орфографическая ошибка на 50-рублевой купюре. Больше подробностей – в данном видео.

Автор текста: Павел Козловский.

July 1, 2016 denomination started in Belarus. From this day the Belarusian rouble stronger than 10 thousand times. This is the essence of what is called the denomination in Belarus. New Belarusian money after happens denomination in Belarus will be really old (they released back in 2009, when the planned denomination of the Belarusian ruble). Pictured in this video there is a table of the denomination (money after the denomination – banknotes and coins – ratio to the old money. In connection with what is cash denomination of the Belarusian ruble, many ask: what are the consequences of denomination in Belarus in 2016? how to grow the dollar after the denomination? would not the currency reform for what will happen devalvatsia of the ruble? A new denomination of money in China (and in the history of the Republic there were several) it is possible to bring it about. In any case, the Belarusian denomination 2016 will deliver the inhabitants of the country a lot of inconvenience. Possible interruptions in the operation of ATMs, errors in the calculations in shops and so on. However, in this sense, the denomination of 2016 not particularly different from the same old monetary reforms. However, never before has the denomination in Belarus not so much strengthened the Belarusian ruble: once in 10,000 times. For example, from July 1, the denomination of the ruble 2016 will make this quantity less and rates, and wages. And how fast they will grow, time will tell.
The highlight, which is another denomination of Belarus – new notes. Interestingly, the signatures on them are not the current Chairman of the national Bank and the previous Pyotr Prokopovich. Another feature that we have Belarusian money after the denomination in 2016 is a spelling mistake on the 50-ruble banknote.

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Vilnius (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] (listen), see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 as of 2018. Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Before World War II, Vilnius was one of the largest Jewish centres in Europe. Its Jewish influence has led to it being described as the Jerusalem of Lithuania and Napoleon named it the Jerusalem of the North as he was passing through in 1812. In 2009, Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture, together with the Austrian city of Linz.

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00:01:22 1 Etymology and other names
00:03:48 2 History
00:03:57 2.1 Early history and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
00:06:48 2.2 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
00:09:03 2.3 In the Russian Empire
00:11:19 2.4 In Poland
00:14:22 2.5 World War II
00:17:40 2.6 In the Lithuanian SSR (Soviet Union)
00:19:08 2.7 Independent Lithuania
00:22:43 3 Geography
00:23:56 4 Climate
00:25:43 5 Demographics
00:31:34 5.1 Evolution
00:31:49 6 Culture
00:38:26 7 Economy
00:39:18 8 Education
00:41:13 9 Religion
00:46:01 10 Parks, squares and cemeteries
00:49:03 11 Sports
00:50:57 12 Transport
00:52:32 12.1 Public transport
00:56:06 13 Administration
00:56:15 13.1 City government
00:59:23 13.2 Municipal council
01:00:48 13.3 Mayors
01:02:10 13.4 Subdivisions
01:03:40 14 Twin towns – sister cities
01:03:53 15 Significant depictions in popular culture
01:05:23 16 Notable people
01:05:33 17 See also



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Vilnius (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] (listen), see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 as of 2018. The population of Vilnius functional urban area, that stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 697,691 (as of 2017). Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality.
Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Before World War II, Vilnius was one of the largest Jewish centres in Europe. Its Jewish influence has led to it being described as the Jerusalem of Lithuania and Napoleon named it the Jerusalem of the North as he was passing through in 1812. In 2009, Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture, together with the Austrian city of Linz.

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Hasidism, sometimes Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: חסידות‎, translit. hasidut, [χaˈsidus]; originally, piety), is a Jewish religious group. It arose as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov, is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Judaism, and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews, so much so that many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism.
Hasidic thought draws heavily on Lurianic Kabbalah, and, to an extent, is a popularization of it. Teachings emphasize God's immanence in the universe, the need to cleave and be one with Him at all times, the devotional aspect of religious practice, and the spiritual dimension of corporeality and mundane acts. Hasidim, the adherents of Hasidism, are organized in independent sects known as courts or dynasties, each headed by its own hereditary leader, a Rebbe. Reverence and submission to the Rebbe are key tenets, as he is considered a spiritual authority with whom the follower must bond to gain closeness to God. The various courts share basic convictions, but operate apart, and possess unique traits and customs. Affiliation is often retained in families for generations, and being Hasidic is as much a sociological factor – entailing, as it does, birth into a specific community and allegiance to a dynasty of Rebbes – as it is a purely religious one. There are several courts with many thousands of member households each, and hundreds of smaller ones. As of 2016, there were over 130,000 Hasidic households worldwide, about 5% of the global Jewish population.