GOMEL, 16 September (BelTA) – Gomel and Krasnoselsk district of Saint Petersburg, the Russian Federation, signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation in the Belarusian oblast center on 16 September. The signing ceremony took place just before of the opening of the 4th Gomel Economic Conference, Natalia Gevraseva, the head of the town’s department of economy, told BelTA. Partaking in the Gomel Economic Conference are more than 280 businessmen and officials from Belarus, Russia,...

GOMEL, 29 July (BelTA) – Students from Gomel Oblast won gold and silver medals at the 23rd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in the city of Pattaya, Thailand, BelTA learned from the Education Department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. Gennady Korotkevich from Gomel gymnasium No. 56 has become absolute winner of the competition. Silver medals went to Sergei Kulik, Adam Bardashevich from Mozyr and Vladislav Podtelkin from Gomel. The 23rd International Olympiad in...

GOMEL, 27 July (BelTA) – Gomel Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace will play host to the exhibition of pictures on glass on 28 July, BelTA has learned. The exposition will feature 46 pictures provided by the Vernacular Architecture and Ethnic Heritage Museum. The museum’s exhibits reflect traditional way of life of people of the late 19th century. Among the exhibits is a unique collection of pictures on glass. Painting on glass is a unique type of folk arts. The Renaissance witnessed a blossom...

MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) – In H1 2011 the volume of fixed capital investments in the construction industry in Belarus went up 27.6% as against the same period last year to reach Br32.6 billion, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee. The construction and installation works went up 24.1% over January-June 2010 to the total of Br16 trillion. In H1 house commissioning slimmed down by 17% to 2.644 million square meters. Moreover, house commissioning in villages and small towns...

GOMEL, 20 July (BelTA) – The Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and China’s Inner Mongolia have signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, cultural cooperation, BelTA has learned. The document was signed during the official visit of the Chinese delegation to Gomel. On Belarus’ behalf the document was signed by Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Kirichenko. China was represented by the Main Advisor of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. According to...

GOMEL, 20 July (BelTA) - Architecture students of the Belarusian State University of Transport will gather for a plein-air near the village of Chenki, Gomel District, on the banks of the Sozh River on 23-24 July. The students are going to build a sand sculpture of the ancient church, BelTA learnt from Yevgeny Malikov, professor of the university - supervisor of the Shabunevsky student scientific society. During the plein-air future architects will recreate in the sand one of the oldest...

GOMEL, 20 July (BelTA) – An exhibition of modern Moldovan painter Tudor Zbarnea “Archetypal Space” will open in the Gomel Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace on 20 July, BelTA has learnt. The artist is interested in archetypes, ancient spiritual symbols, myths. These symbols are simple, but powerful. Using simple details, the author creates sophisticated compositions bearing an ancient meaning. However, these images are easy to comprehend. Thanks to sunny and bright colors, the pictures by...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – The processing of oil at Mozyr Oil Refinery, including Azerbaijani oil, goes according to the production schedule, representatives of Belarusian Oil Company told BelTA. The source said that Azeri oil is supplied to Belarus regularly in line with the contract. Oil is delivered by tank ships to the Yuzhny sea port and then is piped through the Odessa-Brody pipeline to Mozyr Oil Refinery. A tank ship batch averages 80,000 tonnes. The processing of high-quality Azeri...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – New wagon building plant will be set up in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Railways. Gomel Wagon Repair Plant named after Kalinin and Ukraine’s Kryukov Wagon Building Plant are the founders of the new enterprise Gomel Wagon Building Plant. The joint venture will be set up at Gomel Wagon Repair Plant by 1 December 2011. In line with the agreement, Kryukov Wagon Building Plant will invest $1.46 million in the equity capital of the new company. Initially...

MINSK, 14 July (BelTA) - Rechitsa Textile held talks with U.S. Armani which resulted in an agreement to sign a contract for sewing terry robes designed by the customer for the hotels in the United States, BelTA learned from the company. The first consignment of 330 terry robes is ready for dispatch. Previously Rechitsa Textile had no experience of working with American companies. In 2011 Rechitsa Textile signed a supply contract with Estonia’s Mindrentrans to deliver a trial consignment...