The number of heart surgeries performed at the Gomel heart center will rise twice by 2010. It will become possible due to the construction of a new heart and surgical bloc, Anna Lopatina, head physician of the Gomel oblast heart centre, said at the scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the centre on November 21. The money for the construction ($4 million) was granted by the government of the People’s Republic of China on a non-repayable basis. The...

The projects presented by FEZ Gomel-Raton at the Belarus Investment Forum in London stirred up a deep interest in foreign businessmen, BelTA learnt from head of the FEZ administration Alexander Skvortsov. According to him, the information materials about the FEZ projects were in great demand. The forum gave an opportunity to hold negotiations with representatives of business circles from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy. “The main objective - to inform...

A stand of the Gomel oblast companies will be presented at the Belarusian Quality 2008 Exhibition in Moscow on November 22-27, BelTA learnt from the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The 57-square-metre exposition will showcase the products of Gomeldrev, Komintern, Gomelkhlebprom, Iventa companies, a subsidiary of the Gomelkhleboprodukt Company. All the companies have been successfully developing trade and economic relations with the companies of the Russian...

The fair offering products manufactured by Gomel companies has opened in Moscow on November 19 and will be held 12 days. It is located near the metro station "Novyye Cheremushki, BelTA learnt from the press service of the south-western administrative district of the Russian capital. The fair offers a wide choice of light industry products and foodstuffs such as garments, knitted wear, footwear, leatherwear, confectionery and pastry, meat and dairy products, fruit and vegetables. The fair...

The participants of the 10th International Theatre Art Festival Slavonic Theatre Meetings gathered in the Slavonic Universal Library of Gomel on November 19. The guests were received by Chairman of the Oblast Council of Deputies Valery Selitski, BelTA informs. The art figures got familiar with the historical, cultural and economic potential of the Gomel oblast. Valery Selitski turned the attention of the participants to the importance of holding such a forum in Gomel. “Any exchanging...

At Belarus Investment Forum in London, OAO Gomelsteklo is presenting a project on the setting up of a production of sheet polished glass, BelTA learnt from Anna Kontrova, the head of the foreign and economic activity department of the Belarusian Ministry of Construction and Architecture. According to her, the new production facility will produce 1.5-3mm and 8-19mm sheet polished glass and also tinted glass. “The cost of the project is $64 million. To carry out the project we would like...

Svetlogorsk Khimvolokno will supply pilot batches of heat-resisting materials to China, representatives of the company told BelTA. Svetlogorsk Khimvolokno made a presentation of the new product — improved heat-resisting material Arselon — as part of the National Expo of Belarus during the Chinese international industrial fair in Shanghai. Representatives of 16 Chinese companies visited the presentation and were offered a wide choice of product samples and information papers about Arselon...

Specialists of Gomselmash have conducted successful tests of Palesse BS624 beet harvester, BelTA learnt from Piotr Sadov, the head of the design department of Gomselmash. The tests which have been conducted for three weeks became the final stage of the three-year work of creating the high-producing national machine to harvest sugar beet. All in all, during the tests, the new beet harvester harvested around 350 hectares of sugar beet. There were no serious remarks regarding the work of the...

In 2008, the Gomel oblast cropped vegetables 50% more than last year, BelTA learnt from Gomel oblast’s association of vegetables producers. Agricultural companies of the region cropped 113 thousand tonnes of vegetables as against 75 thousand tonnes of vegetables in 2007. The Gomel oblast cropped more than 45 tonnes of onion, more than 16 tonnes of carrot, 11 thousand tonnes of cabbage and 10 thousand tonnes of beet. The Gomel oblast increased the production of vegetables in protected...

More than Br260 billion is expected to be assigned for the technical modernization of the construction branch of the Gomel oblast in 2005-2015, BelTA learnt in the Committee for Construction and Architecture of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. At present, the consumption of fixed capital of the regional construction branch reached 65% (tower cranes (almost 90%), excavating machinery (70%), autocranes (more than 85%). The modernization of the material and technical base will allow the...