In 2007 Belarusian Steel Works /BMZ trademark/ stepped up the steel production by 3.7% as against 2006 to 2.214 million tonnes, BelTA learnt from Anatoly Volkov, the head of the BMZ planning and economic analysis department. In 2007 BMZ produced 1 million 805.3 thousand tonnes of rolled metal, up by 6.8 % on 2006, 285.2 thousand tonnes of wire products (metal cord, bead, brass plated and other types of wire), up by 20%. Since July 2007, when the company commissioned a new pipe-rolling...

Delegations from the neighboring regions of Russia and Ukraine will arrive in the Gomel oblast to attend the celebrations in honour of the oblast’s 70th anniversary. Representatives of the Chernigov, Zhitomir and Bryansk oblasts will partake in the festive events scheduled for January 18 in Gomel, BelTA learned in the foreign economic relations department of the economy committee of the Gomel oblast executive committee. Delegations from Kiev and south-western administrative okrug of Moscow...

The Gomel oblast has named 16 best sportsmen 2007. The sports community of the oblast chose among the athletes who the most prestigious competitions in 2007. In 2007, a year before the Olympics, sportsmen of the Gomel oblast won 102 medals at championships, world and Euro Cups, 20 Olympic licenses. In 2007, representatives of five sports made it to the list of top athletes. For the second year in a row the title “Athlete of the Year” has been awarded to Roman Petrushenko (towing). He...

A special jubilee diploma was instituted to the 70th anniversary of the Gomel oblast, chairman of the oblast council of deputies Valery Selitsky told a press conference in Gomel on January 8. The solemn award of the jubilee diplomas will be held on January 18 during celebrations of the Gomel oblast anniversary. On the same day the name of the honorary citizen of the Gomel oblast will be made public. All the regions will host festive events. BelTA note: the official date of foundation of...

Local museums will open in the agro-towns of the Gomel oblast, Valery Selitsky, the chairman of the oblast council of deputies, told a press conference marking the 70th anniversary of the Gomel oblast. “We are going to complete the creation of museums in the regions and towns of the south-eastern part of the country in 2008. Then museums will be opened in agro-towns. Every agro-town will have a museum to narrate about the history and people of the place,” Valery Selitsky said. According...

On December 21, the TV company “Gomel” will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. On 31 December, 1957, the first director of the TV company, Valentina Shishkova, started first broadcast in Gomel. At that time, the programmes could be received in the 25km radius around the TV studio only. Nowadays, Gomel’s programmes broadcast by national BT and LAD TV channels can be received in Ukraine’s Chernigov and Russia’s Bryansk oblasts. The oblast’s TV company has upgraded...

On December 18-21, a business delegation of the Gomel oblast is in St. Petersburg on a visit. The goal is to intensify trade and economic relations, BelTA has been told in the Belarusian embassy to Russia. The delegation includes representatives of Production Association Gomselmash, Gomelchanka, Khimvolokno and other companies. The visit has been organized in pursuance of the agreements between the government of Belarus and St. Petersburg administration and also cooperation agreements...

In 2008 Mozyr Oil Refinery will put out a tender for the construction of a turn-key paraxylene production facility, BelTA learnt in the company. According to the source, the company signed an agreement with Neftekhimproekt Co. (St. Petersburg) on developing an architectural design of the new production facility. The work should be done by May 2008. After that Mozyr Oil Refinery will calculate the construction cost and in summer will put out the render. A license agreement on employing a...

In January-November 2007 Belarusian Steel Works /BMZ/ stepped up the steel production by 5.3% as against the same period of 2006 to 2 million 82.7 thousand tonnes, BelTA learnt by Anatoly Volkov, the chief of the economic planning analysis department of the company. For the 11 months of 2007 BMZ produced 1.7 million tonnes of rolled metal, up by 9% on January-November 2006, 261.1 thousand tonnes of wire products (metal cord, bead, brass plated and other types of wire), up by 19.2%. Within...

Bulgaria is interested in promoting trade-economic relations with the Gomel oblast, BelTA learnt from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the Republic of Belarus Petko Ganchev. On December 13 he met with chairman of the Gomel oblast executive committee Alexander Yakobson. According to the ambassador, Bulgarian businessmen intend to purchase farm machines made by the production association Gomselmash. “We need more agricultural equipment in Bulgaria. In 2008 we may...