Gomel folk band Kupets and dance company Skarynachka will take part in the first folk festival “Polesskiy Krug” on May 20-21 in Chernigov, Ukraine; BelTA was informed in the Belarusian embassy to Ukraine. Councilor of the Belarusian embassy to Ukraine Victor Denisenko and chair of the All-Ukraine Union of Belarusians Irina Orzhekhovskaya are expected to visit the festival. Apart from Belarusian folk bands the festival will gather together collectives from Ukraine, Russia and Poland....

An Alley of Sports Glory will appear in Gomel soon. As BelTA was informed in the department for physical culture, sport and tourism of the Gomel oblast executive committee, the alley will be opened on the territory adjacent to the Ice Palace. Young trees will be planted on each side of the alley. Plates with the names of the best sportsmen of Gomel oblast will be placed there – an Olympic champion, Gomel freeman Leonid Geister, first master of pentathlon in the Republic of Belarus, Honored...

Rescuers of Gomel region are going to patronise children recreational camps. Representatives of the Gomel region emergency department told BelTA, for the first time this year it was decided to take care of all children recreational establishments in the region. Personnel of city and district emergency departments will read prevention lectures, arrange demonstrative shows by young rescuers, exhibitions of emergency equipment and vehicles, demonstrate professional skills and partake in...

A meeting of the scientific-technical commissions on harmonizing technical regulations and standardization of the inter-state council /ISC/ on standardization, metrology and certification of the CIS member-states is taking place in Gomel. Representatives of the national standardization bodies of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova and the ISC standardization bureau are taking part in the meeting. As BelTA was informed by head of the standardization department of the...

The city of Gomel took the first prize of the republican contest for best organization of physical and health-improving activities for the general public in 2005, chief of the department for physical culture, sports and tourism of the Gomel town executive committee Igor Poluyan informed. According to the interlocutor, last year more than 98,000 people took part in local sports events during the days of health. More than Br734 million were allocated for various events to promote sports and...

Gomel region is completing the liquidation of consequences of a gale, which hit the region in the evening of May 14. The press service of the regional emergency service, with the wind speed as high as 17-19 metres per second, the gale affected 7 districts and left some 50 communities without power supply. Among the affected objects were kindergartens, schools, industrial buildings, farms and a district hospital. Seventy-four power transformer substations were out of commission. According to...

Gomel rescue rangers had to get a she-beaver out of trouble. Today Gomel regional emergency response and rescue regiment received an unusual call. On Gomel’s outskirts city residents saw a she-beaver in a huge puddle near a motorway. Press secretary of the regional emergency department Ruslan Gabrilev told BelTA, the wild animal was in a real trouble. The animal could have got hurt by a vehicle or careless people, which is why the on-duty team went to the site immediately. The animal was...

Gomel will host today the national tour semifinals of the international barmen contest “Bacardi Martini Grand-Prix”. As BelTA has been told in the press service of the company – organizer, the international contest “Bacardi Martini Grand-Prix" is the most prestigious competition among barmen annually held in Italy. It aims to assess the professionalism of barmen, test their theoretical and practical knowledge, communicative skills, to assist to the development of creativity and...

Installation and tuning of a unique fountain, which features light and hydrodynamic effects, have completed in Gomel. The fountain is placed next to the Gomel state circus. It is a 20 x 20 granite square with 12 round toruses, through which water will sprinkle upwards. Three horizontally rotating stars in the "heart" of the fountain are powered by the reactive water stream. Along with the hydrodynamic effects the fountain features 330 coloured lights, which would look superb at night....

Gomel oblast is set to provide best local athletes with housing by the end of the year, chief of the oblast representative office of the National Olympic Committee Aleksei Kugayev told BelTA. In his words, the housing problems will be addressed through a social project which is underway in the region under the patronage of the National Olympic Committee. Athletes and Gomel sports officials will have an opportunity to get soft loans. The construction of three many-storey buildings will be...