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Our Own X-Factor. Iconic Reality TV Music Show Comes To Belarus Belteleradiocompany has bought the franchise of American reality TV music competition show X-Factor. The talks to bring one of the most popular music shows to the country have been going on for about three years. Belarus’s neigbours in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have already being enjoying it for some time. And now that’s finally happened. The state TV and radio broadcasting service has become the owner of the rights and the organizer of the X-Factor in Belarus. It has already announced the national casting. Auditions will take place in Minsk and major cities, video applications are welcome too. The purchase is seen as a way to kill two birds with one stone. First, it is to bring back Belarusians to local channels and open new talents, and second, to ditch the national selection for Eurovision. The franchise’ price is a trade secret. The X factors was created by British producer Simon Cowell and has

New Statistics: Belarusian Women Are Happier And More Hopeful Than Men According to Belstat, 90% of Belarusian women aged 15-49 years feel happy and only 86% of men of the same age feel this way. Last year, Belstat conducted the sixth round of a multi-indicator cluster household survey (MICS 6). It is a UNICEF global initiative and one of the largest international household survey programs. The survey is to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women. In Belarus, the study was conducted for the third time. It involved about 9 thousand families who answered dozens of different questions. Among the numerous questions being asked were about happiness and satisfaction with life. 90% of women and 86% of men aged 15 to 49 feel happy.  For young people from 15 to 24 years old, this indicator is higher: 95% for women and 92% for men,”  said Inna Konoshonok, the head of the Department of Living Standards Statistic