The 7th international universal fair "Gomel Spring 2006" will foster further development of mutually beneficial co-operation of producers and consumers, said Gomel region governor during the forum's opening. He noted, Gomel region occupies a leading place of an industrial region in the country's modern economic space. The region has over 300 large and medium companies, with their share in the country's industrial output making 23 per cent. The region trades with over 90 CIS and non-CIS...

A delegation of Ryazan oblast studies an opportunity of setting up a joint venture in Gomel oblast. Head of the delegation, deputy governor of Ryazan oblast Mikhail Krivtsov who had came to take part in the 3rd Gomel Investment Forum told in an interview with BelTA: “We have established good relations with Belarus, though so far there have been no joint ventures. I hope that our participation in the Gomel Investment Forum will promote cooperation in this direction”. According to him,...

The 3rd Gomel investment forum – 2006 has officially opened today in Gomel. In a welcoming address to the participants governor of the oblast Alexander Yakobson has noted that the forum is a great opportunity for Gomel oblast companies to show their potential while foreign investors has a chance to get familiar with the investment climate of the region. According to the program, the forum has opened with a plenary meeting. The participants continued the work in section meetings to review...

Over 160 representatives from 10 countries will take part in the 3rd Gomel investment forum. Among them will be officers of diplomatic missions, which are accredited in Belarus, businessmen, bank directors and heads of other financial structures of Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, China, Germany, Israel and Russia, BelTA learnt from the economy committee of the region administration. The forum will offer several tens of investment projects involving foreign capital to the forum participants....

Gomel state machine-building college will launch courses to train specialists in installation of alarm systems; BelTA was informed by college principle Georgiy Kolyadov. According to him, this year the college has received two new licenses for providing courses of installation fire and safety alarm systems thus making it possible to open new courses in 2006-2007. The college faculty has prepared manuals as well as technical equipment necessary for this kind of training. Georgiy Kolyadov...

A branch of Gomel State University named after Frantsisk Skorina will be opened in China. Head of the university’s international relations department Lyudmila Protchenko told BelTA, at present work is underway to set up a branch of Gomel State University on the basis of the pedagogical university in the city of Xuzhou the Gomel university has been cooperating with for ten years. According to Lyudmila Protchenko, the main purpose of setting up the branch is preparing Chinese students for...

A temple of St. Panteleimon, a protector of medics and healers, will be built in Gomel. Representatives of the Gomel Orthodox eparch told BelTA, the temple construction will start following benediction by Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin Aristarkh and a resolution of the city authorities. The temple will take care of medical establishments of the region. It will be placed in the medical campus, which hosts cardiological, oncological, and other dispensaries. The source specified, anyone in...

About 39 choirs will partake in the regional festival “Pevcheskoe Pole 2006” which will be held in Gomel on May 26, BelTA was informed by head of the cultural department of the administration of Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel Zinaida Davydenok. According to her, the festival will be held for the third time to bring together choirs not only from Gomel oblast but also from other Belarusian regions. This year about 1,500 people are expected to turn out. This year’s festival is...

Gomel region will see performances by Japanese composer and performer Kim Shin, the press service of Gomel region administration informed. The artist will perform in the city upon Sozh on May 23. His concert in Mozyr is scheduled for May 24. Kim Shin’s tour is part of the Belarusian-Japanese cultural exchange programme and is timed to the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe. World-renowned master of Japanese instrumental music Kim Shin participated in over 200 theatre...

Gomel oblast is set to open daytime centers for disabled children in the social service establishments in all regions of the oblast. There are more than 4,5 thousand disabled children in the oblast, more than 800 of them reside in the oblast center, chairman of the committee for labour and social security of the Gomel oblast executive committee Viktor Sokorev has told a press conference today. According to him, six daytime care centers have been created in the oblast with assistance of...