GOMEL, 8 May (BelTA) – More than ten investment contracts and protocols of intent are supposed to be signed at the forthcoming Gomel Economic Forum. The event will take place on 16 May, BelTA learned from Oxana Korniyenko, Head of the Industry, Research and Innovations Office of the Economy Committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee.

GOMEL, 3 May (BelTA) – The Belarusian oil industry company Belorusneft has started operations to enhance oil recovery in oil fields in Northern Caucasus, the company’s press service told BelTA.

GOMEL, 25 April (BelTA) – Italian athletes will take part in an international summer biathlon tournament which is due in Gomel on 25-26 April, the sports and tourism department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA following the meeting with representatives of the Italian association Focolaccia and the sport center Libertas.

GOMEL, 8 April (BelTA) – Bryansk Oblast and Gomel Oblast are determined to double the mutual trade up to $1 billion in the next few years, Bryansk Oblast Deputy Governor Fyodor Kostyuchenko told reporters on 2 April. Fyodor Kostyuchenko leads the Bryansk Oblast delegation that is taking part in the celebrations of the Belarus-Russia Unity Day, BelTA has learnt.

MINSK, 13 December (BelTA) – The project to electrify the Gomel-Zhlobin railway section will be implemented using a loan of the Export-Import Bank of China. The decision was formalized by Decree No. 552 “Concerning electrification of the Gomel-Zhlobin railway section” as of 9 December. The document was posted on the national legal Internet portal. The decree aims to improve the operation of railway transport. The investment project “Electrification of the Gomel-Zhlobin-Osipovichi...

GOMEL, 28 November (BelTA) – The 8th international science-to-practice conference, Strategy and Development Tactics of Production and Economic Systems, will open in Gomel on 28 November, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The event will gather scientists and experts from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Canada, and Germany at the Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University. During the two-day conference sociologists, legislators, philosophers,...

GOMEL, 27 August (BelTA) - Aerial bombs of the Great Patriotic War have been found during earthwork operations on the territory of Belarusian Steel Works, BelTA learnt from the Gomel Oblast Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry. As many as 25 items which resembled ammunition were discovered when a 4.5-meter deep trench was being excavated there. Bomb technicians, who were called to the site, said these objects were aerial bombs six of which were made for military exercise....

MOZYR, 20 August (BelTA) – In 2015 Mozyr Oil Refinery intends to fully switch to manufacturing AI-95 petrol (Euro-5), which is compliant with EN228:2009 standard and contains less than 10ppm of sulfur, BelTA learned from the company’s Chief Production Engineer Alexander Shorets. The project designed to rack up the output of high-octane petrol is the main branch of the company’s program for comprehensive modernization. With this in mind in the last few years the company...

MOZYR, 7 June (BelTA) - The new Union State program on mitigating the Chernobyl impact designed to run until 2016 will be based on the recommendations of scientists, BelTA learned from Ivan Bambiza, the Union State Deputy Secretary, member of the Permanent Committee. Ivan Bambiza took part in the permanent seminar on the issues of sustainable development of the Chernobyl-hit territories at the Belarus-Russia Union State Parliamentary Assembly. According to the source, scientists made...

GOMEL, 17 April (BelTA) Representatives of the German HIV service organizations will visit Belarus on 23-28 April, BelTA learnt from the BelSet antiAids Association. The visit to Belarus of ten heads and officials of the German HIV service organization will be held as part of the joint project. The purpose of the visit is to show the German colleagues the potential of the members and partners of the BelSet antiAids Association in the activities on HIV/AIDS, and to establish cooperation...