GOMEL, 14 March (BelTA) – An agreement to launch joint production of milking equipment in Omsk Oblast was signed during the visit of the Omsk Oblast delegation to Gomel Oblast on 13 March, BelTA has learnt. The equipment will be assembled at Omsk Experimental Plant affiliated with the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The assembly sets will be supplied by Gomelagrokomplekt. The Belarusian company will also deliver ten milking machines as part of the contract...

GOMEL, 1 March (BelTA) – The Gomel Regional Drama Theater will present its interpretation of the musical The Threepenny Opera on 14 March, BelTA learnt from head of the literature section of the theater Irina Oleinik. The Threepenny Opera is the principal work of Bertolt Brecht. The 30-year old playwright woke up famous after his first song opera written together with Kurt Weill premiered in Germany in 1928. The play has been performed multiple times in virtually all the major theaters...

GOMEL, 6 February (BelTA) - Gomel and Amur Oblast will expand the areas of economic cooperation, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Dvornik told BelTA after the negotiations with members of the official delegation of the Far East region, which visited the regional center on 6 February. During the meeting, agreement was reached to increase the trade across the existing areas of cooperation. "This is the supply of Gomselmash knock-down kits for the joint assembly plant...

GOMEL, 7 December (BelTA) – A photo exhibition titled as India. Across the Himalayas on a Bus Roof will open at the Palace of Rumyantsevs-Paskeviches in Gomel on 8 December, BelTA has learnt. The exhibition will be presented by Yuri Biryukov, a photographer, traveler, expert of the Indian culture and his friends Katerina Ovsyanik, Marina Samonova, Anton Stepanov and Murat Tureshov. The pictures to be displayed at the exhibition have been made by the friends during their recent trip to...

MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) – Belarusian students have won medals and diplomas of the 12th All-Russian School Team Programming Olympiad, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Education Ministry. Two teams from Gomel and Mozyr took part in the final stage of the competition. Gold medals and diplomas were bestowed upon Gennady Korotkevich, Dmitry Demidko, Sergei Nichiporchik and others. Partaking in the event were students from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Tajikistan,...

GOMEL, 18 October (BelTA) – The Khimvolokno Production Corporation has debuted at A + A trade show in Dusseldorf (Germany), one of the world's largest exhibitions in the field of occupational safety and health, which runs on 18-21 October 2011, BelTA learnt from the marketing department of the company. The Belarusian manufacturer has showcased the unique heat-resistant Arselon: fibers, yarns, fabrics, nonwovens. Thanks to their properties: high thermal-oxidative stability, high...

GOMEL, 6 October (BelTA) – Twelve plants to assemble Belarusian equipment has been opened in Kazakhstan in 2010-2011, Belarus Vice Premier Valery Ivanov told a briefing during the 8th session of the intergovernmental Belarus-Kazakhstan commission for trade and economic cooperation in Gomel on 6 October. Valery Ivanov praised the implementation of the roadmap, a bilateral program for trade and economic cooperation slated for completion in 2016. Over the last two years, 12 assembling plants...

GOMEL, 21 September (BelTA) - Belarusian manufacturer of agricultural equipment Gomselmash opened the joint venture to produce self-propelled grain harvesters in Altai Krai, Russia, BelTA learned from first deputy director general of Gomselmash Ivan Proturo. The production facility was set up at the Lenki Machinery Building Plant which is part of Altaiagrocenter. The plant will assemble two models of harvesters Palesse GS12 and Palesse GS812. The plant has already manufactured and tested...

KYIV, 20 September (BelTA) – Representatives of Ukrainian tourism companies and mass media went on tour to Gomel Oblast on 20 September, BelTA learned from the Embassy of Belarus to Ukraine. From 20 to 23 September Ukrainian reporters and tourism operators will visit landmarks of Gomel Oblast. Ukrainians will visit the Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace, the Vetka Folk Art Museum, the Pripyatsky national park, the towns of Turov and Mozyr, the Sputnik recreation complex, the alpine skiing...

MOSCOW, 19 September (BelTA) – Representatives of tourism organizations and mass media of CIS countries will visit tourism facilities of Gomel Oblast within the framework of a special tour organized by the Belarusian Sport and Tourism Ministry. The tour will take place on 20-21 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia. CIS experts will visit landmarks connected with the history and culture of Gomel Oblast. The tour will include visits to the...