OAO Gomeloboi (a wallpaper producer) has started to export its product to Israel and Mongolia. As BelTA learnt in the Gomel-based company, OAO Gomeloboi has already exported wallpaper at the amount of more than $100 thousand to Mongolia. The first consignment at the amount of $30 thousand has already sent to Israel. In the near future, the company plans to establish cooperation with Romania and Sweden. In January-November this year, the export of the company increased by 3.3% on the same...

On December 12-13, the Days of Bulgaria will be held in the Gomel oblast, BelTA learnt in the foreign-economic department of the economy committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. A delegation of the Bulgarian embassy led by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Belarus Petko Ganchev will pay a visit to the south-east region of the country. The guests are expected to visit Gomselmash (a farm machinery producer) and the Vetka Museum of Folk Art. The Bulgarian...

The Belarusian town of Rogachev and the Spanish town of Pozoblanco plan to establish twin-town relations. The leadership of the Spanish town has visited the regional centre recently, BelTA learnt from Piotr Guzelevich, the head of the ideology department of the Rogachev Regional Executive Committee. At present, the sides are developing the joint programmes in socio-economic and cultural spheres. The two towns plan to sign the agreement in spring 2008. The Belarusian and Spanish towns have...

The publishing company Sozh has started assembling an offset news paper press to print the papers in full colour, director of the company Tatyana Protskaya told BelTA. The purchase of the Br2mn equipment has been financed by the Information Ministry and oblast authorities. The equipment will be sent online in January 2008. The upgrade project will help the company bring the quality of printed mater onto a new level. From now on the company will be publishing in full colour such papers as...

Alexander Yakobson, the chairman of the Gomel oblast executive committee, is in Poland on a visit to expand contacts with the Polish regions. Alexander Yakobson is accompanied by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Poland and Pavel Latushko. In Warsaw Alexander Yakobson met with business circles of the Polish capital and Pomerania province. The meeting focused on the ways of promoting products of Gomel-based companies onto Poland’s market, bilateral cooperation,...

National unitary company Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) has become a laureate of the 3rd international quality tournament of Central and Eastern Europe countries. The award will be presented in Romania during the seventh international quality conference of Central and Eastern Europe countries on December 6, BelTA learnt from the BMZ’s information and ideology department. BMZ is the first major Belarusian manufacturer to win the award. As a rule, the awardees use their newly acquired status...

A delegation of the Gomel oblast of Belarus is staying on a visit to the Lubuskie voivodeship of Poland (Zielona Gora is the administrative centre of the region). In September last year, Marshall of the Lubuskie voivodeship Kshishtov Shimansky paid a visit to the Gomel oblast. The Gomel delegation includes officials of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and the Gomel Town Council, heads of companies Gomelavia, Gomelkhlebprom and Gomeltourist. Belarusian Ambassador to Poland Pavel...

On December 5 the Gomel oblast will complete equipping its border checkpoints with automated control systems. Till the end of the current year the systems will be going through the operation and maintenance phase, BelTA learnt from the Gomel frontier detachment. According to the specialists, the systems will help border guards of all 15 border checkpoints get on-line information from the database of Belarus’ Interior Ministry about persons who are temporarily prohibited to leave Belarus....

At the beginning of 2008 Gomselmash will supply 350 combine harvesters to Ukraine, the first lot of combine harvesters will be produced by the end of the year, Gomselmash deputy director general, director of regional sales department Vasily Klimenok told BelTA. In January-October 2007, Gomselmash exports totaled $80.2 million, an increase of 64.1% as compared to the same time last year. The company traded with 21 countries worldwide. Accounting for 90% of Gomselmash total turnover Russia...

A team from Gomel has won the Cup of the All-Russian Computer Programming Tournament held in St. Petersburg, BelTA learnt in the education department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The Gomel oblast was represented by six teams. Gennady Korotkevich (Gomel grammar school #56), Alexei Kaminsky (Gomel secondary school #27), Roman Udovichenko (the Stolbtsy secondary school), who was a participant of the Gomel team, were awarded the main prize, diplomas, medals and certificates which...