GOMEL, 30 August (BelTA) – The National Ballet of Georgia “Sukhishvili-Ramishvili” will take part in the opening ceremony of the Sixth International Festival of Choreography “Sozhski Karagod” to be held in Gomel on 15-18 September, BelTA learnt from the organizing committee of the festival. The company is currently in Gomel on a tour. The Georgian National Ballet will perform in the Gomel cultural center. According to the organizing committee, taking part in the opening ceremony...

MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – We should eliminate mismanagement and greediness in the banking system, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the government session on 30 August to discuss social and economic development, BelTA has learnt. The head of state urged to establish order in the banking system. “There is too much mismanagement and greed there today, and it is often the banking system that misinforms the population,” the Belarusian leader said. Alexander Lukashenko...

GOMEL, 26 August (BelTA) – Gomel will play host to the Days of Culture of CIS countries till the end of the year. These events are part of the project Gomel – Belarus and CIS Capital of Culture 2011, BelTA learned from the culture department of Gomel City Hall. The Days of Culture of Russia will be held in late September. The event will feature concerts of famous Russian singers and bands, a tour of the Ryazan theater, several exhibitions. Gomel will also welcome the Music Academy of...

GOMEL, 25 August (BelTA) – An international full contact karate tournament, Gomel Kyokushin Cup, will take place in the oblast center on 3-4 September, BelTA learnt from the Gomel committee of physical education, sports and tourism. The organizers of the tournament that is to be held in Gomel for the 18th time since 1992 are Kyokishinkan Federation, the Gomel Oblast Federation of Full Contact Karate Sakura, and the Gomel Center of Martial Arts. Partaking into the competitions will be...

MINSK, 25 August (BelTA) – The price growth should be fixed, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the government session held on 25 August to discuss topical matters relating to the country’s social and economic development. “Prices are on the rise. I wonder whether permissiveness of local authorities and heads of individual enterprises that cover themselves up with the disparity of prices between Belarus and the Russian Federation is behind it?” said the head of state....

GOMEL, 23 August (BelTA) – The Belarusian-Chinese joint venture Harbin Dong Jin Gomel Agricultural Mechanical Engineering Enterprise (Heilongjiang province, China) has rolled out the first self-propelled harvesters to collect ear corn, representatives of the Non-CIS Sales Office of the Belarusian mechanical engineering company Gomselmash told BelTA. BelTA reported earlier that the joint venture is supposed to assemble about 1,000 ear corn harvesters this year. About half of them will be...

GOMEL, 23 August (BelTA) – The exhibition “Kazakhstan: 20 Years of Peace and Creation” will open in the Gomel City History Museum on 24 August, BelTA has learned. The exhibition will feature photos of modern Kazakhstan, household items and pieces of art. The exposition will include national costumes, musical instruments, adornments, souvenirs and ornamental embroidery. The exhibition is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence. It is part of the project Gomel...

MINSK, 23 August (BelTA) - It is of great significance to secure a full operation of the Single Economic Space from 1 January 2012, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stated in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Sochi on 22 August. The Belarus President stressed that it is of high importance to secure a full operation of the Single Economic Space of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia starting from 1 January 2012. Belarus incurred considerable costs by joining the project, but the...

GOMEL, 19 August (BelTA) – On 20 August Gomel will become the venue for the festive events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of football in Belarus, BelTA was told in the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee It was Gomel that hosted Belarus’ first football match between two local teams which had been reported in the press on 20 August 1911. Actually, football began to develop in Gomel a year earlier thanks to a local enthusiast - an employee of a bank who started...

GOMEL, 19 August (BelTA) - The state audit services of Latvia and Belarus plan to help the countries expand the areas of bilateral cooperation, the head of the Latvian State Audit Office Inguna Sudraba said after a meeting with chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Alexander Yakobson in Gomel. “Different services and departments of Belarus and Latvia could step up efforts to exchange experience. This is useful in terms of efficiency and may help the countries find new...