GOMEL, 15 July (BelTA) – In January-June 2009, Gomel-based industrial companies produced products at the amount of Br2824.5 billion, or 12.6% up as against H1 2008 (1.9% below forecast), head of the economy department of Natalia Gevraseva told a session of the Gomel Town Executive Committee on 15 July. There are 132 companies in Gomel which produce industrial products. Over the six months 2009, some 68 of them reduced the production as against the same period of last year. In H1 2009,...

MINSK, 14 July (BelTA) – The Head of the Russian Imperial House, Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess (de jure Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of all Russias) Maria Vladimirovna Romanova is visiting the Gomel oblast on 16-18 July, BelTA learnt from the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee press service. The Grand Duchess is planning to meet with heads of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and the town of Gomel. Maria Vladimirovna will be welcomed by Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin...

GOMEL, 9 July (BelTA) – Gomel oblast’s farms have received combine harvesters produced by the Russian company Rostselmash, BelTA learnt from director general of Gomeloblagroservice Alexander Yarosh. The first batch of the agricultural machinery (15 combine harvesters Acros-530) was supplied to the Gomel oblast on 3 July. Some 15 machines more were supplied to the Belarusian region on 9 July. According to Alexander Yarosh, the Russian combine harvesters have been purchased at the...

GOMEL, 8 July (BelTA) – Two exhibitions of more than 50 photos will take place in the Vaschenko Art Gallery in Gomel under the auspices of the Goethe Institute in Minsk. The exhibitions will stay open from 7 July to 2 August, BelTA learned from Director of the Gallery Liudmila Shimbaleva. The first display is Stefan Koppelkam’s photos. The exhibition named “Local Time” is accompanied by the author’s brief remarks. While touring East Germany in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall...

MOSCOW, 8 July (BelTA) – The Gomel city youth theatre and the Novgorod academic drama theatre will exchange tours, BelTA learnt from the Novgorod oblast administration. The theatre tour exchange will run from 14 July to 17 July. The Novgorod theatre will show three plays and the Gomel artists will bring four productions. The Belarusian troupe will open the tour with the play based on Somerset Maugham’s “Home and Beauty”. They will also show the play “A dinner with an idiot” based...

GOMEL, 2 July (BelTA) – Dobrush Chinaware Factory has supplied the first batch of products to Azerbaijan. The cost of the contract made up $25,000, BelTA learnt from Nina Gorbatovskaya, sales director of the factory. At present, the Dobrush-based factory mainly produces expensive chinaware sets. The sides have agreed that in case of the successful sales of the Dobrush-produced chinaware in Azerbaijan, the factory will start to supply products 2-3 times more, Nina Gorbatovskaya noted....

MINSK, 1 July (BelTA) – A financing project of the Gomel-based glassware manufacturer Gomelglass has won Deal of the Year award of the Trade Finance Magazine, Belagroprombank representatives told BelTA. The ?96.6 million project provides for starting up the production of polished glass sheets by Gomelglass. The deal was crosslinked via Belagroprombank as part of a ?98.9 million individual credit agreement signed by Belagroprombank, AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH and BHF-Bank...

MINSK, 29 June (BelTA) – A new oil influx has been uncovered in the Western Slavan oil field (Svetlogorsk region near the village of Slavan) thanks to efforts of Belgeologiya specialists, the company’s Chief Geologist for Oil and Gas Yaroslav Gribik told BelTA. The oil influx of six cubic metres per day was uncovered in Western Slavan oil well No. 56 during probes into intersalt deposits 3,343-3,370 metres below the surface. “This is part of the Western Slavan oil field where we are...

GOMEL, 26 June (BelTA) – Twenty-three women serving sentences in Gomel correctional facility No 4 will be released today under the amnesty which was declared to mark the 65th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders. Before going home, the women had a meeting with representatives of the procuracy and executive bodies, labour and social security service, healthcare and Orthodox eparchy, BelTA has learnt from the Gomel oblast prosecutor’s office. This is the first that...

GOMEL, 26 June (BelTA) – Participants of the motor rally Gomel-Brest timed to the 65th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders will bring a capsule with the ground taken from 100 places of the former battles to the memorial compound Brest Hero Fortress. The motor rally initiated by the Gomel transport organizations will be held from June 29 to July 3. Taking part in the rally will be workers of the Gomel-based vehicle fleets, young activists and six veterans of the...