MINSK, February 19 (BelTA) – Eight students and two postgraduates of Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel became scholarship holders of Sukhoi Design Bureau (Moscow). The scholarships are RUB10,000, BelTA learnt from provost of the university Viktor Kirienko. Not only the students, but also their parents were honoured at the university on February 19. The parents received letters of thanks from the university administration. Relatives of Pavel Sukhoi donated some personal...

GOMEL, February 18 (BelTA) – A delegation of the Gomel oblast led by Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Yakobson is taking part in the First Slavonic International Economic Forum in Bryansk, BelTA learnt from spokesman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Evgeny Pobolovets. Attending the forum are representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland, Serbia, Moldova, China, Austria, Germany and other countries. Opening the forum, Speaker of the...

GOMEL, February 17 (BelTA) – Gomselmash will present its machinery at Agro 2009 International Exhibition which will be held in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on February 18-22. The Belarusian company will display combine harvester Palesse GS812, BelTA learnt from the Gomselmash sales department. According to specialists, the Belarusian combine harvester will arouse potential buyers’ interest. First, according to its price and quality the machine may compete with its analogues produced by leading...

WARSAW, February 17 (BelTA) – A delegation of the Gomel oblast led by First Deputy Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Baranov is paying a visit to Wojewodztwo Lubuskie, Poland. So far the Belarusian delegation has met with Vice Voivode Jan Swirepo in Gorzow Wielkopolski. The two sides discussed promising cooperation areas. The representatives of the Gomel oblast have also met with the members of the Western Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Local businessmen showed their...

MINSK, February 16 (BelTA) – A delegation of the Gomel oblast led by First Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Baranov is on an official visit to the Lubusz Wojewodztwo till February 20. The delegation is composed of top officials of the economy committee of the oblast, the oblast association of fruit and vegetable producers, and Gomeloblpishcheprom, BelTA learnt from head of the foreign economic department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Marina...

MINSK, February 16 (BelTA) - Children from the Chernobyl-hit regions are taking part in the Planet of Health drawing contest, BelTA learnt from Dmitry Subtselny, one of the organizers of the contest and director of the project. According to Dmitry Subtselny, children aged between 11-18, who live in the Chechersk and Bragin regions of the Gomel oblast, the Stolin region of the Brest oblast, the Slavgorod region of the Mogilev oblast, will submit their works to the jury by March 15. The...

The photo exhibition “China: Latitude 30° N” will open at the Gavriil Vaschenko Art Gallery in Gomel on February 11, BelTA has learnt. The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Belarus. It will feature over 60 photographs of natural and cultural sights in China and photos telling about economic and social achievements of the country. The topic “30 degrees North Latitude” was not chosen by accident. One third of the china’s...

Last week, the Gomel oblast increased the number of registered private companies by 40% as against average weekly performances, BelTA learnt from Andrei Mitskevich, the head of the department of registering authorities and legal review of the main justice office of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. Since February 2, when President’s Decree No1 on simplified order of economic entities registration became valid, 203 juridical persons have been registered in the Gomel oblast....

The Gomel oblast enterprises producing construction materials will increase their capacity by 20% in 2009, Vladimir Nadtochayev, Deputy Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee said at the opening of the Building a House special exhibition in Gomel, BelTA reports. This will be achieved due to the installation of new machinery and the reconstruction of the existing production lines. The region’s construction industry will be developed in three main areas. The most important projects will...

The third specialized construction exhibition called ‘Building A House’ will open in Gomel on February 4. Taking part in the exhibition will be more than 40 companies from Belarus and Ukraine. The first-timers are construction companies from the Chernigov oblast of Ukraine, BelTA learnt from Veronika Lisitskaya, seniour expert of the foreign economic links department of the regional office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The exhibition will present a wide range of...