GOMEL, March 18 (BelTA) – The meat-packing plants of Gomel and Zhlobin resumed supplies of their products to the Russian Federation, BelTA learnt from the agriculture and food department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The first lots of meat and meat products (40 tonnes) were supplied to commercial organizations of Moscow and St. Petersburg on March 17. A reminder, In October 2008, the meat-packing plants of Gomel and Zhlobin suspended their supplies to the Russian Federation...

MINSK, March 23 (BelTA) - Relief workers are dismantling a radioactive waste storage in the Gomel oblast, Emergencies Minister of Belarus Enver Bariyev said during the national session on the emergencies prevention on March 20, BelTA informs. The Minister has said it is the Gomel-30 radioactive waste storage in the Rechitsa region that has left in Belarus after nuclear weapons withdrawal to Russia. According to Enver Bariyev, the similar operation was held in the settlement of Kolosovo, the...

GOMEL, March 16 (BelTA) – A medal “For good enlightenment” will be issued to mark the 255th anniversary of Count Nikolai Rumyantsev’s birthday in Gomel, BelTA learnt from Oleg Ryzhkov, Director of the Rumyantsevs-Paskevichs Palace and Park Ensemble. The medal was instituted by the oblast association Rumyantsev’s Society. It will be bestowed upon Belarusians and foreign citizens with a view to encouraging philanthropy in culture, arts, architecture, preservation of antiquities as...

MINSK, March 9 (BelTA) – The works dealing with the prospecting for diamond pipes have been organized in the Gomel region in 2009, BelTA learnt from Oleg Mokh, senior geologist, deputy director of the Belgeologia company. The prospecting for diamond fields in Belarus is carried out on the base of the special map of the potential diamondiferous areas. “The Gomel region is one of the most promising for diamond fields prospecting,” the specialist noted. The prospecting for diamond...

GOMEL, March 9 (BelTA) – This academic year the Gomel branch of the International Institute of Labor and Social Relations (IILSR) admits students to train for qualification of “Logistics”, BelTA learnt from director of the institute Valeriy Reshetko. The International Institute of Labor and Social Relations will be the second higher educational establishment in Belarus after the Belarusian State Economic University which will train logisticians. According to Valeriy Reshetko, a new...

GOMEL, March 10 (BelTA) – Some 1760 graduates will leave Belarusian medical schools in 2009. It is 45% of Belarus’ demand for medical personnel, Health Minister of Belarus Vasily Zharko told reporters in Gomel on March 10. The Minister took part in students’ assignment ceremony held in the Gomel Medical University. In 2009, around 293 graduates of the Gomel Medical University will start to work at medical establishments of the Mogilev and Gomel oblasts. Young surgeons,...

GOMEL, March 10 (BelTA) – The Production Association Gomselmash will supply 200 vehicle sets to assemble combine harvesters in Kazakhstan in March-April 2009, BelTA has learnt from director of the marketing centre of the enterprise Vladimir Frolov. Upon the agreement between Gomselmash and Agromashholding-Kazakhstan, the assembly production will be carried out at the Kostanay diesel plant. The first 20 sets were dispatched at the end of the last week. Kazakh combine harvesters...

The Gomel Oblast Executive Committee has instituted the Man of the Year Award, BelTA learnt from the ideology department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The new award will promote creative activities, intellectual potential, innovation ideas and advanced experience. The award will be present in recognition of personal achievements in various areas regardless of profession. The basic criteria are actuality, efficiency, high production performance, professional and moral quality....

GOMEL, February 20 (BelTA) - Vyacheslav Zaitsev does not exclude the possibility of cooperation with the Belarusian light industry. The famous Russian fashion designer told reporters about this in Gomel on February 2o. “You possess good industry, good traditions. You have only to update the certain technological processes. If it is possible I would like to work here,” Vyacheslav Zaitsev noted. However, at first he would like to study the possibilities of Belarusian enterprises,...

GDANSK, February 23 (BelTA) – On February 23-27, representatives of business circles and travel companies of the Pomorze voivodeship of Poland will visit the Gomel oblast to get familiar with the economic and tourist potential of the Belarusian region. The visit will be held at the invitation of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, BelTA learnt in the Belarusian Consulate General in Gdansk. The Polish delegation will be led by Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the town...