GOMEL, 15 May (BelTA) – Representatives of the chambers of commerce and industry of Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and Czechia will taka part in a roundtable session in Gomel on 19 May, BelTA learnt from the foreign trade department of the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The session will focus on the issues of development of regional trade and economic links. The sides are expected to sign agreements on cooperation. The roundtable session...

GOMEL, 15 May (BelTA) – The Belarus-EU technical cooperation program can be implemented in the Gomel Oblast, Vladimir Serpikov, the deputy head of the European department, the head of the European cooperation department of the Belarus Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Gomel on 14 May. Vladimir Serpikov attended the seminar organized within the framework of the international BRIDGE project aimed at promoting cooperation between the EU member countries and Belarus, Russia, Moldova and...

GOMEL, 6 May (BelTA) – An Iranian delegation led by Minister of Industry and Mines of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Akbar Mehrabyan is set to visit the Gomel Oblast on 7 May. The delegation will include representatives of the Iranian business circles and the embassy, BelTA learnt from the foreign economic department of the economy committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The Iranian guests are to visit Svetlogorsk, Rechitsa, Vetka, Zhlobin and Gomel. In Svetlogorsk they...

MINSK REGION, 6 May (BelTA) – Iran will invest in the construction of a new cement factory in the Gomel Oblast, Minister of Industry and Mines of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Akbar Mehrabyan told reporters on 6 May, BelTA has learnt. “We plan to jointly pursue this project; the construction of the cement factory will be solemnly launched in the Gomel Oblast,” the minister said. Iran implements other promising projects in Belarus. For example, a cutting-edge line producing copper...

PETRIKOV REGION, 27 April (BelTA) – In the next five-year term the Pripyat Polesie area will acquire a totally different look, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told residents of the area on 27 April. “In the next five-year term we will certainly make Polesie more beautiful. We will make a pearl out of it. We have completely changed the look of this piece of land and are resolute to carry it through,” said the head of state. The President stressed that the government will only...

PETRIKOV REGION, 27 April (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will visit the Petrikov region in the Gomel oblast on the second day of his working visit to the Chernobyl-affected regions. One of the issues on the agenda will be efficient use of reclaimed lands and milk production with the use of intensive resource-saving technologies. Reclaimed lands account for 38% of the total agricultural lands of the Gomel oblast. The share of reclaimed lands in the agricultural...

GOMEL, 25 April (BelTA) – Elections to local councils are as important as elections to the Belarus parliament, Gomel Oblast Governor Alexander Yakobson told media on 25 April. “Nobody will deny that it is members of local councils who talk to their voters virtually every day, who know what people need and are concerned about. The matters local councils deal with mostly concern a specific person. What could be more important? We don’t always see this assiduous work. The scale of it is...

GOMEL, 21 April (BelTA) – The international peace march to mark the 65th anniversary of Great Victory will take place in the Gomel oblast on 28-29 April, BelTA learnt from Chairman of the Gomel oblast department of the Belarusian Peace Foundation Timofei Glushakov. Partaking in the campaign will be representatives of the veteran and youth organizations of the Gomel oblast and the Kursk oblast of Russia. The peace march will start at the Glory Mound in Gomel, come along Vetka, Chechersk,...

GOMEL, 19 April (BelTA) – Representatievs of the European Commission are to visit the Gomel Oblast on 26-27 April for consultations regarding a possibility to provide technical aid to the Gomel Oblast to foster its social and economic development, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The delegation will include Laura Garagnani, Head of Operations Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine and Belarus and other high-ranking EC officials. High...

GOMEL, 14 April (BelTA) – Gomel-Raton Free Economic Zone will present 10 investment projects at the Gomel Economic Forum, BelTA learnt from the economy committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. Potential investors will be proposed to set up the production facilities to produce soft roofing tile, facing bricks and other up-to-date construction materials which are not produced in the region. FEZ Gomel-Raton also intends to propose the production of toiletry goods for women and...