GOMEL, 23 February (BelTA) – France intends to develop economic cooperation with the Gomel oblast, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to Belarus Michel Raineri told reporters in Gomel on 23 February. The French Ambassador is in the Gomel oblast on a visit on 22-23 February. There is a big potential for such cooperation, says Michel Raineri. The Ambassador stressed that the working visit to the Gomel oblast is his first trip to Belarusian regions, as the...

MINSK, 19 February (BelTA) – A French delegation that includes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Republic of Belarus Michel Raineri, are set tour of the Belarusian regions that were affected by the Chernobyl accident, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of France in Belarus on 18 February. On 22 February Michel Raineri together with experts, who study and share their experience in a long-term rehabilitation after the Chernobyl disaster, will travel to the Bragin...

MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian Railways is planning to launch a new service between Gomel and Murmansk, BelTA learnt from Andrei Kashko, chief of the railway passenger service department of the Belarusian Railways. The launch of the new service connecting Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Murmansk is scheduled for summer this year. This service will be available all-the-year-round. It will be running twice a week, Andrei Kashko said. The Belarusian Railways is also examining the...

GOMEL, 8 February (BelTA) – In 2009 the Belarusian mechanical engineering company Gomselmash set up seven dealerships in Russia, Gomselmash Deputy Director General for Quality Valentin Mishchenko told BelTA. At present the company’s overseas dealership network includes 68 dealerships in 12 countries in addition to 18 dealerships in Belarus provinces. The dealerships are set up in Russia, Ukraine, China, Czechia, Bulgaria and several other countries mainly with a view to boosting...

CHISINAU, 2 February (BelTA) – companies of the Gomel oblast took part in the Made in Moldova exhibition. Belarusian producers found new partners to promote products to the Moldovan market, BelTA learnt from counselor for trade and economic issues of the Embassy of Belarus in Moldova Dmitry Samusevich. For instance, the Gomel distillery will launch the deliveries of alcohol products to Moldova while the Kalinkovichi meat-packing plant is looking to start exporting canned meat. The Tanis...

GOMEL, 1 February (BelTA) – Investors from 27 countries provided their finances and technologies to the companies of the Gomel oblast in 2009, BelTA learnt from the economy committee of the Gomel oblast executive committee. Most active were investors from Austria, Russia, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and other countries. Investment momentum was preserved by the organizations of all forms of ownership. According to the committee, raising investment and...

GOMEL, 29 January (BelTA) – The main goal of the economy of the Gomel oblast in 2010 is to improve the quality of the goods produced in the region, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Yakobson told reporters in Gomel on 29 January. During the Year of Quality, the region intends to tighten control over the quality of goods. It will enhance the prestige of Belarus in the world as 74% of the goods produced in the Gomel oblast are exported, the Governor underscored....

GOMEL, 5 January (BelTA) – Gomelkhlebprom plans to export a wide assortment of gingerbread to Canada in 2010, BelTA learnt from the company’s director general Natalia Veromeyeva. The two sides have signed a contract on the delivery of the first consignment of gingerbread. The assortment is expected to enlarge in the future. According to Natalia Veromeyeva, Gomel started exporting several varieties of bakery products to that country in 2007. In Canada these products are mainly bought by...

MINSK, 30 December (BelTA) – The customs services of Belarus and Ukraine are adjusting their automated information systems to the New Computerized Transit System of the European Union (NCTS). These issues were high on the agenda of a meeting between chairman of the State Customs Committee of Belarus Alexander Shpilevsky and chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Anatoly Makarenko in the Novaya Guta-Novyie Yarylovichi border crossing point on 29 December. The two sides considered...

GOMEL, 21 December (BelTA) – The Belarusian and Chinese sides have completed the registration of the joint venture which will assemble powered forage harvesters, BelTA learnt from Igor Korotkevich, head of the Gomselmash sales department. The joint venture has been set up by the Belarusian Gomselmash Company and Chinese Dong Jin Group. In mid January 2010, the first session of new company’s administration is expected to be held. The joint company is placed in the Heilongjiang...