GOMEL, 7 April (BelTA) – The national program of social and economic development and comprehensive management of natural resources of the Pripyat Polesie will bring prosperity to this region, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Yakobson told BelTA. The program encompasses the Mozyr, Petrikov, Zhitkovichi and Narovlya regions. The investments to be put in the regional development are estimated at Br1.5 trillion. “This is a huge sum for our rather humble regions; it...

GOMEL, 5 April (BelTA) – The Russia-Belarus Rumyantsev Readings will be held in Gomel on 6-7 April, BelTA learnt from the press service of the administration of Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble. The event is arranged by the Russian State Library, Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University and the Rumyantsev Association of the Oblast. The readings are traditionally held on the eve of the birthday of the outstanding political leader and public figure of the...

GOMEL, 2 April (BelTA) – Belarusian investments in the Bryansk Oblast economy have increased ten times over the last three years. In 2006, Belarusian companies invested $800,000 in the Bryansk Oblast, while in 2009 the investments made up $8 million, Deputy Governor of the Bryansk Oblast Anatoly Terebunov said in Gomel on 2 April. He leads an official delegation of the Bryansk Oblast that arrived in Belarus to celebrate the Unity Day of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learnt....

GOMEL, 25 March (BelTA) – Sweden is interested in expanding contacts with Belarus in all the fields, from culture and healthcare to economy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Belarus Stefan Eriksson told reporters in Gomel, BelTA has learnt. “Belarus is geographically close to us, it is almost our neighbor, and to some extent you are a Baltic Sea state, like we are,” the diplomat emphasized. Stefan Eriksson held talks with Chairman of the Gomel Oblast...

GOMEL, 24 March (BelTA) – An invitation to attend the Gomel Economic Forum slated for 20 May 2010 will be sent to more than 80 potential investors from the CIS and non-CIS countries, BelTA learnt from the department of the scientific and investment activity of the oblast executive committee. This year’s forum which major goals are to inform the business circles on the oblast investment potential and attract foreign investors may become the biggest in its history. The forum will present...

Ivan Melezh’s native land will get a new look for the Belarusian Literature Day Dear friends! Every year on the first Sunday in September our country celebrates the Belarusian Literature Day. On this day we pay tribute to our ancestors, who laid down the foundation of education and written language, a tribute to all those, who have taken care of and glorified the magnificent Belarusian language for centuries, who embellished the Belarusian and international culture with their immortal...

KIEV, 18 March (BelTA) – Gomel and Kiev will intensify the bilateral cooperation, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Kiev City Administration. During a visit of a delegation of the Gomel Oblast to the Ukrainian capital, the leadership of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, the Gomel City Executive Committee, representatives of a number of the leading Gomel-based companies and the leadership of the Solomensky District State Administration of Kiev discussed the development of the...

GOMEL, 18 March (BelTA) – Belarusian Steel Works has contracted to deliver oil country tubular goods (OCTG) to Venezuela. The first batch of 5,600 tonnes will shipped by 15 May, the company’s information office told BelTA. Venezuela will be the company’s second buyer on the American continent. In February the company shipped 2,000 tonnes of well casing pipes for the USA oil industry. The buyer, Tejas Casing Ltd, did not inspect the company as is the practice, expecting high quality...

GOMEL, 11 March (BelTA) – BelTA’s photo exhibition “The Winners” opened in the Gavriil Vashchenko Gallery of Gomel on 11 March, BelTA has learnt. The exposition features more than 70 large-format pictures timed to the 65th anniversary of Great Victory. In the photo you can see participants of the Great Patriotic War. Grigory Denisenko, the Hero of the Soviet Union, Honorary Citizen of Gomel and the Gomel Oblast, took part in the opening ceremony of the BelTA photo exhibition. He...

GOMEL, 24 February (BelTA) – The Gomel Oblast of Belarus and the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic will develop partnership relations between their towns. The agreement on this was reached during a meeting of Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Boleslav Pirshtuk and Honorary Consul of Belarus to the Czech Republic Irzi Krzivan, BelTA has learnt. The town of Trebic may become the first Czech town which will establish the partnership relations. According to the...