On December 16, Gomel will host a contact-cooperation exchange for Indian businessmen. The contact-cooperation exchange will be held within the framework of the Indian exhibition-sale which is being held in Gomel now, BelTA learnt from the foreign-economic ties department of the economy committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. Attending the contact-cooperation exchange will be representatives of trading organizations of the Gomel oblast and heads of the Indian companies which are...

The third international ice hockey tournament Polessye Cup will be held on the rinks of Belarus and Ukraine. It is the distinguishing feature of the tournament, Vladimir Shvabovsky, acting director general of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation said at the session of the organization committee in Gomel on December 3. The tournament will be held in Zhlobin, Gomel and Kiev on December 17-20. “The competitions are held in Belarusian and Ukrainian towns because the two countries are the major...

Gomeldrev has launched the construction of a plant to produce MDF (medium density fireboard), BelTA learnt from the enterprise. The investment project is estimated at up Br 100 billion. The new plant is to produce 150,000 cubic meters of fireboard a year. It will process various raw materials, including wood waste. The finished products are to be used for the furniture manufacture right at Gomeldrev and at other similar enterprises of the country. Apart from MDF, the new enterprise is to...

Representatives of small and middle-sized business of the Gomel oblast will take part in the 1st international conference and exhibition “International Cooperation in Small and Middle-sized Business. Support and Development of Small-sized Business in South-Western Administrative District of Moscow”. The forum will be held in the Russian capital on December 16-19, BelTA learnt in the Gomel office of the Belarus Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Roundtables “Partnership with System of...

By the end of the current year, Gomselmash will supply 10 combine harvesters Palesse FS80 to Argentina. Two machines have been already supplied to South America, BelTA learnt from Igor Korotkevich, the head of the sales department of the company. According to Igor Korotkevich, it will be the biggest batch of combine harvesters from those which have been already supplied by Gomselmash to South America. All the combine harvesters will be supplied to the Gomselmash servicing centre which was...

The Museum of Military Glory of Gomel features the exposition dedicated to the military history of Scotland. The exposition is presented by the Gordon Highlanders Museum of Aberdeen, BelTA learnt in the foreign and economic ties department of the Gomel City Executive Committee. Scottish Aberdeen and Belarusian Gomel have partnership relations. The exchange of museum expositions is one of the new avenues of the cooperation between the two cities. The main goal of the project is to open the...

On December 17-20, Gomel, Zhlobin and Kiev will host the Polesie Cup International Hockey Tournament, BelTA learnt in the Belarusian Hockey Federation. The Group A which will be based in Zhlobin and Gomel will include the national hockey teams of Belarus, France and Latvia. The Group B which will be based in Kiev will include the national teams of Ukraine and Denmark. In the final, the winner of the two-round pay Ukraine-Denmark will meet with the best team of the Group A. The final...

In January-October 2008, the Mozyr Oil Refinery increased the oil processing depth to 68.25%, or 2% up over the same period of last year, BelTA learnt in the company. In the period under review, the withdrawal of light oils increased by 3%. At present, the Mozyr Oil Refinery is successfully carrying out the technical reconstruction which includes four stages. Some $1.2 billion is expected to be invested in the reconstruction of the company. In line with the first stage of the...

On November 26, Gomel is playing host to research conference “Pages of Military History of Gomel Region”. Attending the forum are representatives of research centres and museums of Belarus and the Russian Federation, BelTA learnt from Konstantin Mischenko, the deputy director of the Gomel Oblast Museum of Military Glory. The conference is timed to the 65th anniversary of liberation of Gomel from the Nazi invaders. The research forum will discuss the military history of the Gomel region...

Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky and Mayor of the Russian capital Yury Luzhkov inaugurated the new Games Sports Palace in Moscow on November 25. Two years ago they took part in a ceremony of starting the construction, informs BelTA. The palace is an eloquent example of the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation. The idea to construct the palace emerged after a delegation of the southern-western administrative district of Moscow visited the ice palace in Gomel. The project was...