Groups of emergencies officers and young rescuers have been appointed in Gomel oblast to inspect the condition of stoves in homes of the risk-group citizens (families with many children, disabled and lonely elderly people), the emergencies ministry told BelTA. The activities have been organized by the local emergencies department (Grodno oblast department of the emergencies ministry). The inspectors assess how much is to be done to bring the stoves in due condition and help repair some stoves...

Gomel’s secondary school #44 presented the best energy saving project at the regional contest among educational establishments. The best education project is titled as “Kopeika rubl berezhet” (penny and penny laid up will be many), deputy head of the regional rational energy use supervision agency Irina Omelyanovich told BelTA. She said, junior students of the school and their parents are taking part in the project. Every month the children take account of the electricity consumed by...

Around 800 boys and girls from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine will take part in an international youth tent camp Friendship 2006, which will take place on June 22-24. First secretary of Gomel region committee of the Belarusian National Youth Union Vyacheslav Doroschenko told BelTA, this year the event, which is traditionally held near the Friendship Monument, was initiated by the Belarusian side. According to the source, the participants will have interesting and entertaining time. During the...

In January-May this year Gomel oblast met all socio-economic targets, BelTA was informed by chair of the economy department of the Gomel oblast executive committee Elvira Karnitskaya. In particular, within this period the region boosted production by 11.8 per cent against the same period of 2005. Agricultural output grew by more than eight per cent; production of consumer goods – by six per cent. For the five months capital investments were increased by 61 per cent compared to the...

The Belarusian Metallurgical Plant (BMZ trademark) will welcome Larisa Dolgushina and her four babies from the maternity hospital with gifts. 30-year-old Zhlobin town resident Larisa Dolgushina became mother of four on June 5. She underwent Cesarean section at the regional hospital, where the mother and the four babies are staying now. BMZ deputy director general Nadezhda Garkushina told BelTA, the company took the news about the four babies born in the Dolgushins family personally. Before...

Preparations for the international festival Slavonic Brotherhood 2006 are being completed in Gomel. The event is traditionally held near the Friendship Monument, which is located at the meeting point of Belarusian, Russian and Ukraine state borders. This year the holiday of Slavonic friendship will be held on June 25 and will dedicated to the Youth Day. Thousands of young people and residents of Gomel, Chernigov and Bryansk regions will take part in the festival. The festival Slavonic...

In Gomel region the volume of foreign trade in goods totalled USD1.79 billion in January-April 2006, 10 per cent up on the respective period of last year. Goods export went up by 21 per cent to USD1.39 billion, while import shrank by 17 per cent to make roughly USD390 million. According to a spokesperson for Gomel region administration’s foreign trade department, it is the highest four month performance of Gomel region. The source put down the export growth to the favourable prices for oil...

Gomel oblast is taking measures to reduce wild boars livestock in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. According to the information given to BelTA by head of the oblast committee for natural resources and environmental protection Oleg Akushko, this year the flock of wild boars inhabiting Gomel woods exceeded the admissible level by 9 per cent. There are more than 10,000 of them. The staggering growth is recorded in the contaminated regions where the shooting is not that common. According to Oleg...

In January-May this year the meat and milking companies of Gomel oblast increased exports by 31 per cent compared with the corresponding period of 2005 to USD 32,6 million, BelTA was informed in the department of foodstuffs and processing industry of the Gomel oblast executive committee. For the five months of the current year Gomel oblast exported dairy goods worth of USD 27,2 million or 25 per cent more as against the same period of 2005. Exports of semi-prepared foods and integrated...

A solemn event Alexander Pushkin Memory Day timed to the 207th anniversary since the birthday of the great Russian poet was held in Gomel today. The initiative to hold the event had been put forward by Gomel specialised Slavonic library. Youth of art, Gomel poets, students and professors of Gomel State Linguistic Gymnasium attended the solemn event, which took place near Pushkin’s bust. Pushkin fans recited excerpts from Pushkin’s poems and Gomel men of letters recited verses of their...