The Gomel-based foundry Tsentrolit will supply a thousand of lightening supports to St. Petersburg of Russia, BelTA learnt in the marketing department of the plant. The supports will be installed in the Victory Park and Square of Arts of the northern capital of Russia. The sides have already agreed the issues related to the supplies. St. Petersburg is an old partner of the Gomel casters. The Gomel –based plant has been supplying its products to St. Petersburg for a long time. Last...

The border departments of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine will conduct special purpose operations to prevent transnational crimes, first deputy chairman of the Belarus Border Troops Committee Major-General Vadim Zaitsev told reporters in Gomel on November 23. When commenting on the results of the joint work of the border departments of the two countries, Vadim Zaitsev noted the efficiency of the special purpose operation “Border 2007” on preventing illegal migration, smuggling of weapons,...

On October 1-5, 2008, Gomel will play host to a Junior Figure Skating Grand Prix tournament. The decision has been passed by the International Skating Union (ISU) at a session in Switzerland, BelTA learnt from Igor Poluyan, the chief of the physical culture, sport and tourism department of the Gomel Town Council. The Grand Prix is a world cup in figure skating among U21 athletes and is held in various countries. Recently foreign experts have visited Gomel to see its ice arena. They have made...

In January-September 2007 the companies of the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) Gomel-Raton manufactured products and services worth of Br341.8 billion what in comparable prices 28% up over the same period last year, BelTA learnt from the FEZ administration. Over the period, the proceeds from the sales of goods and services reached Br342.6 billion including Br334.1 billion from the sales of the domestic production. The proceeds from the export of goods and services taking into account the...

A delegation of the French city Clermont-Ferrand will visit the Gomel oblast on October 30 – November 1. The visit will take place as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the twinship of Gomel and Clermont-Ferrand, BelTA learnt from representatives of the Ideology Department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The delegation intends to visit social institutions of Gomel, the Zhlobin linguistic gymnasium, and the Vetka Folk Arts Museum. BelTA has been told, over the 30...

Every agro-town of the Gomel oblast will have at least one club equipped with film projectors and a library by 2010. The decision was made at the session of the oblast Council of Deputies on October 25. According to the head of the culture department of the Gomel oblast executive committee Alexander Prusov, due to the state village revival programme for 2005-2010 extra funds are allocated for repair and upgrade of public leisure facilities in villages every year. Thus, in 2005-2006 over Br...

The hotline “Entrepreneurship” has been launched in the Gomel oblast, BelTA learnt from Marina Krivun, the deputy chairwoman of the economy committee, the head of the business department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. You can find the hotline on the official website of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and also on the websites of the regional executive committees. The main goal of the website is to promote entrepreneurship in the region and to inform the population about...

The Gomel oblast will inaugurate two children’s homes of family type by the end of 2007. The region is set to construct six more establishments of this type by the end of 2010, Vladimir Petrusenko, the first deputy chief of the education department of the Gomel oblast executive committee, told BelTA. The construction of a children’s home of family type is over in the town of Streshin, the Zhlobin regime. Around Br404 million was injected into its construction. In accordance with the...

The Gomel branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Hungarian region of Baranya signed the cooperation agreement on October 17, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vasily Starovoitov. According to him, the agreement will contribute to intensification of the cooperation between economic entities of the two countries, to boosting the mutual trade of the Gomel oblast and...

Gomel oblast is interested in developing cooperation with Hungary in trade, construction, science, culture, sports and holding exhibition-fairs, Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Kirichenko stated at the conference “Belarus and Hungary: a shared view upon the future trade and economic cooperation” held in Budapest October 16. According to him, in the foreign trade turnover, Hungary is among the 15 largest CIS and non-CIS countries Gomel oblast trades with....