MINSK, 30 October (BelTA) – Mozyr Oil Refinery is going through the largest and lengthiest overhaul in the company's history, BelTA has learned. According to Mozyr Oil Refinery's Facebook page, the volume and the extent of the current repairs exceed those of any of the previous repair campaigns by far. More than half of the work has already been done. More than 1,000 specialists from 17 construction and repair companies of Belarus, Russia, and Germany are working at various facilities in...

GOMEL, 22 October (BelTA) – A memorandum of intent to establish twinning links between Belarus' Gomel and China's Handan (Hebei Province) was signed at the meeting of Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei with a Chinese delegation on 22 October, BelTA has learned. The document was signed by Gomel Mayor Piotr Kirichenko and Handan Deputy Mayor Wu Jinliang. Gennady Solovei expressed confidence that the memorandum will facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation across multiple areas. All in...

GOMEL, 15 October (BelTA) – Twelve athletes from Gomel Oblast have already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. This information was announced during the celebration of local athletes who clinched medals at the 2nd European Games and their coaches on 15 October, BelTA has learned. Taking part in the ceremony was Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei. He expressed confidence that the key to success lies with good sports infrastructure and facilities coupled with athletes' talent...

MINSK, (BelTA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will participate in a project, which envisages the installation of a stationary x-ray vehicle scanner in the Belarusian-Ukrainian border checkpoint Novaya Guta, representatives of the State Customs Committee told BelTA. The IOM is also expected to participate in a project, which provides for developing a mobile app to assist travelers with crossing the state border. The State Customs Committee of Belarus is the leading...

MINSK, 2 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian companies in charge of operating the oil pipeline system Druzhba – OAO Gomeltransneft Druzhba and OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba – have been merged into one company as of 1 October, BelTA learned from representatives of OAO Gomeltransneft Druzhba. The decision to merge the two companies was made at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba will operate as part of the Gomel-based company as the oil...

Participants of the competition Nazar and Yelisei Yarmolchik A regional round of the national agricultural project the Lord of the Village was held in the city of Rechitsa on 21 September. Ten young families competed for the title of the Best Family in the District. The competition reflected the Belarusian national character. It was organized by the Gomel Oblast Committee of the BRSM Youth Union and the Main Department for Ideology, Culture, and Youth Affairs of the Gomel...

GOMEL, 3 September (BelTA) – American specialists intend to help Belarusian oil industry workers with reaching unconventional oil reservoirs. The idea was discussed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the petroleum consulting company Miller&Lents Robert Oberst visited Gomel, the press service of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft told BelTA. Possible cooperation may focus on hard-to-recover reserves such as reservoirs with extremely low permeability. American expertise can...

Gomel-born post-graduate student of the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics Gennady Korotkevich has won the Code Jam World Finals, Google's global coding competition, in San Francisco, BelTA learned from the website of the university. It was his sixth championship title at this prestigious event. According to the university, no one has ever managed to beat this record. Code Jam has been held since 2003. Every year it calls on...

GOMEL, 29 July (BelTA) - Gomel Oblast plans to sign three agreements on regional cooperation with Uzbekistan regions at the 1st Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan which will be held in Minsk on 29-30 July, the head of the foreign trade department of the economy committee at the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alevtina Saranchuk told the media as Gomel Oblast is hosting a delegation of Xorazm Region of Uzbekistan, BelTA has learned. Gomel Oblast is set to develop cooperation in...

GOMEL, 11 July (BelTA) – The Chinese city of Huaian is interested in buying food products from Gomel, BelTA learned from Yao Xiaodong, a Counsellor for Economic Affairs of the Huaian People’s Government, after the Chinese city’s official delegation met with top officials of the Gomel City Executive Committee. Yao Xiaodong believes that Huaian and Gomel have a great potential for further advancing cooperation in various spheres. He stressed that Gomel-made foods are particularly...