MINSK, 4 April (BelTA) – Plans have been made for the Gomel-based glass manufacturing company OAO Gomelglass to start making energy-effective glass by the end of H1 2016, BelTA learned from Belarusian Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny after Gomelglass and the German company Schollglas signed a large glass export contract on 4 April. The contract provides for shipping 8.5 million m2 of glass to Poland and Germany. “The contract is worth €17 million. But in the...

GOMEL, 1 April (BelTA) – Gomel Oblast will ship the first lot of beef to China in early 2017, the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA. The document on supplying meat products was signed with Jiangsu Overseas Group Corporation when a delegation of the Gomel Oblast administration visited China. After all the necessary checks are over and all the customs formalities are done with, the first lot of beef will be delivered to Chinese consumers in early 2017,...

The Belarusian-Russian harvesters, which are produced by the joint venture Bryanskselmash, will be sold under the Desna-Polesye trademark, BelTA learned from Dmitry Mulyar, the head of the Gomselmash marketing center.

GOMEL, 14 March (BelTA) – Belarus is a calm, peaceful country populated by hospitable people. The unanimous opinion was expressed by foreign students, who study at Gomel universities, before the student meeting timed to the 55th anniversary of the Belarusian Peace Foundation, BelTA has learned.

Orenburg Oblast is interested in buying Gomselmash harvesters, BelTA learned from Yuri Berg, Governor of Russia’s Orenburg Oblast. Yuri Berg led an Orenburg Oblast delegation on a visit to Gomel Oblast on 3 March.

The Chinese retail company Nanjing Su Cang Liu International Trade based in Nanjing is ready to buy food from Gomel Oblast. The company's General Manager Zhang Jin made the statement as he met with Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik on 19 February, BelTA has learned.

Belarus may take part in the program for resettling Syrian refugees, who are now in the European Union. The opinion was voiced by Jean-Yves Bouchardy, Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Republic of Belarus, in Gomel on 18 February, BelTA has learned.

Over 1,000 jobs will be created by two foreign enterprises in Gomel in 2016, BelTA learned from Dmitry Litvinov, Deputy Head of the Economy Office of the Gomel City Executive Committee, on 5 February.

Belarusian scientists have created a new material codenamed Monicu, which is unparalleled in the world. It can be used to cast railway rails, representatives of the Belarusian Transport University told BelTA.

The public association Belarusian Peace Foundation has plans to sign cooperation agreements with Chinese and Serbian organizations in the near time, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Belarusian Peace Foundation Maxim Misko. On 26 January he attended a meeting at the Gomel Oblast Office of the public association to discuss the results of work in 2015 and the plans for the future.