The companies of the Gomel oblast will take part in a specialized trading show Russia-Belarus. Best Products 2008. The exhibition will take place in Moscow on October 22-26, BelTA learnt from the Gomel office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The exposition will display the products of the engineering industry, techniques, equipment for processing and production, furniture, light industry, dairy, meat and fish products, confectionary and bakery products, sauces, juices,...

Svetlogorsk Khimvolokno will present its new product – heat resisting material “Arselon” at the international industrial exhibition in Shanghai, BelTA learnt from head of the marketing department of the company Tatiana Gorina. The exhibition will hold in November. However, a number of potential partners have already shown interest in the new material. More than 10 Chinese companies would like to take part in the presentation of Arselon. According to Tatiana Gorina, the costume made...

The construction of a village for physically handicapped orphans – the first one in the Gomel oblast - is expected to be finished in late 2009, Alexandra Bakaras, the head of the social support department of the committee for labour and social protection of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, told BelTA. The village has been constructing in the Novobelitsa district of Gomel for several years. Some 50 physically handicapped children will live in the village. Apart from comfortable...

The economy commission of the Gomel oblast executive committee plans to present three investment projects at the Belarus Investment Forum in London. The biggest of them is the construction of a chippings plant with a capacity of 4 million cubic meters a year in the Lelchitsy region, BelTA learnt from the Gomel oblast executive committee. The new production is to be located at a separate ground without dismantling the currently operating chippings plant Glushkevichi. This plant is situated...

Nearly 40 companies of the Belarusian and Russian regions will take part in the 5th international universal exhibition Business in the Regions in Gomel on October 15-17, BelTA learnt from the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The exhibition has been organized by the Gomel oblast executive committee and the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Its major aim is to expand the opportunities of the non-state sector of the economy in order...

The development and industrial implementation of the high-carbon rolled wire production technology of the Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) has been nominated for the Belarusian state prize in science and equipment 2008, BMZ First Deputy Chief Engineer Maksim Murikov told reporters on October 7. The introduction of the high-carbon rolled wire production technology will help launch the production of metal cord constructions necessary for the tyre output. The major goal is the manufacture of...

This year Gomel oblast agricultural companies are expected to harvest 40,000 tonnes of onions, a record high, BelTA learnt from Lyudmila Vabishchevich, Deputy Director General of the Gomel Oblast Association of Horticultural Producers. So far 48 agricultural companies of the region have collected 33,300 tonnes of onions, almost 6,000 tonnes more than last year. By the end of the harvesting campaign the agricultural producers plan to gather in another 8,000 tonnes. This year the oblast’s...

On October 3, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is set to make a working trip to the Gomel oblast, the presidential press service told BelTA. The Head of State will get familiar with the socio-economic development of the region and visit industrial companies. БЕЛТА

Gomel will host the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix ‘Golden Lynx’ on October 2-4, BelTA was told in the organising committee of the tournament. This is the first time that Belarus will host such a high-level tournament. Before then these were Moscow and St. Petersburg that had been awarded the honour to host juniour Grand Prix events among post Soviet Union cities. Some 113 young athletes under 20 from more than 30 countries of Europe, America, Asia and Australia will take part in the...

Art exhibition Autumn 2008 will open in the Gavriil Vaschenko Art Gallery in Gomel on October 1, BelTA learnt in the gallery. The traditional exhibition Autumn is a peculiar summing up of the work of Gomel artists. This year, the exhibition will feature the works created by young artists and honoured art workers. Visitors will be able to get familiar with easel painting, ceramics, decorative and applied art. The exhibition will be running through October 19. БЕЛТА