GOMEL, 11 June (BelTA) – A Belarusian-Chinese applied science seminar is taking place in the Gomel State University on 11-13 June, the university’s Rector Sergei Khakhomov told BelTA. Researchers from Gomel, the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, the Jiangnan University (the city of Wuxi), and the Taiyuan University of Technology will present results of their scientific work. Participants of the seminar are expected to analyze proposals on commercializing R&D results...

GOMEL, 30 May (BelTA) – The international conference Cross-Border Cooperation in Environmental Security and Environment Protection will take place at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University on 4-5 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the university.   The forum, in its fourth year, will bring together scientists, undergraduates, students, and employees of scientific research institutes, environmental organizations and IT companies. According to the press service of the...

GOMEL, 25 May (BelTA) – Nine investment documents to the total tune of more than $480 million were signed at the 15th Gomel Economic Forum on 25 May, BelTA informs.   Among the documents signed during the forum were one investment agreement and eight memorandums of understanding. The documents were signed by Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik and foreign and national investors. The governor noted that the development of foreign economic relations and the establishment of contacts...

GOMEL, 16 May (BelTA) – University students from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine are taking part in the tenth international championship Youth and Entrepreneurship, which opened in the Belarusian Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperation in Gomel on 16 May, BelTA has learned. Some 120 people are expected to present their business ideas, educational and social projects over the course of two days. Chairwoman of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies Yekaterina...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ has expanded the overall export geography to 118 countries, the company’s press service told BelTA. This year the steel mill BMZ has shipped a batch of rolled steel to Guatemala. In January-April 2018 BMZ also offered new kinds of metal products to Denmark and Mali. According to the latest data, in January-April BMZ exported over $384 million worth of merchandise, 36% up from the same period of last year. Foreign customers received...

KIEV(BelTA) - The Belarusian agricultural machinery engineering company Gomselmash plans to ramp up exports to Ukraine by 50%, Dmitry Mulyar, head of the company's marketing center, told BelTA on the sidelines of the Made in Belarus expo.   Gomselmash views the Ukrainian market as a priority, Dmitry Mulyar underlined. “Last year, we sold there around 100 combine harvesters. In 2018 we plan to boost the exports by 50% and supply 150 vehicles. We expect to increase our exports to 800...

GOMEL(BelTA) – There are great prospects for future cooperation between Gomel Oblast and Russia’s Bryansk Oblast. Bryansk Oblast Vice Governor Yuri Mokrenko made the relevant statement during the solemn meeting held in Gomel on 2 April on the occasion of the Day of Unity of Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned. Yuri Mokrenko noted that cooperation between Bryansk Oblast and Gomel Oblast covers virtually all spheres. Relations grow stronger in various fields. Bilateral trade...

GOMEL, 22 March (BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Gomselmash will open an enterprise to assemble grain harvesters in Bashkortostan, Russia, the company’s press service told BelTA. The agreement on expanding cooperation was signed by Gomselmash and the Bashkortostan Agriculture Ministry during the latest agribusiness forum in the city of Ufa. The document provides for using premises of the OOO Tekhresurs dealership to set up an enterprise to assemble Palesse...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The third international festival Gomel Light Fest (GoLF -2018) will take place in Gomel on 9-11 February, BelTA learned from the organizing committee.   Partaking in the event will be groups of artists and individual performers from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.   “The festival has a versatile program. Partaking in it will be light show artists, mime groups, street theaters, dance groups, light and sand artists. There will be many interesting events apart from...

MINSK (BelTA) – Plans have been made to hold the world circus art festival Idol for the first time ever in Gomel in September 2018. The festival was initiated by People’s Artist of Russia, Director of the Great Moscow Circus Edgard Zapashny, BelTA has learned. The festival will take place in the Gomel State Circus. The festival is expected to attract artists from all over the world. The best circus acts will be demonstrated in Belarus. According to Edgard...