Gomel and the Chinese city of Huang should promote closer cooperation in economy, education and sport, said the mayor of Huang city while meeting with Gomel city leadership today. The Chinese delegation visited Gomselmash and Belarusian State Transport University. In particular, the mayor said, an agreement was reached for Chinese students to study at Belarusian State Transport University. Chinese students will come to Belarus after passing a special Russian language course at a higher...

This year's budget of Gomel region sets Br315 billion for alleviating consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which makes 14.9 per cent of the budget expenditure. More than half of the sum – Br 187.7 billion – will be spent on executing the law "Social security of Chernobyl-affected Belarusians", representatives of the region council of deputies' budget and finance commission told BelTA. Free dinners for schoolchildren in the most affected areas will be funded with almost Br74...

The Gomel oblast executive committee took a decision to render financial assistance of Br770 million to economic entities to create 72 new jobs. The assistance will be rendered to enterprises and organizations located in Gomel, Leltchitsy and Svetlogorsk regions. In particular, the filial of construction train #716 of the construction unitary company “Beltransstroi” will get Br160,8 million to acquire special equipment and create 12 working places. The open joint stock company...

Cooperation of Belarusian and Russian life-saving servicemen in the emergency prevention field runs smoothly, Belarusian emergency minister Enver Bariyev told BelTA. Today Enver Bariyev took part in a sitting of the board of the Gomel region emergency service department. Enver Bariyev noted, the Belarusian-Ukrainian cooperation for prevention and liquidation of emergencies is carried out as part of an international intergovernmental agreement. At present in line with the document joint...

Artistic meetings between Belarusfilm artists and the public are held in Gomel oblast on April 17-18. According to the information given to BelTA in the Gomel oblast executive committee’s press service, the meetings are timed to the sad anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Today artists will visit Gomel oblast lyceum. Tomorrow, on April 18 meetings will be held in Chechersk (cinema hall Oktyabr) and Buda-Kosheliovo (cinema hall Krynitsa). Among the Belarusfilm representatives are...

Due to the rising water level of the river Sozh in Gomel, some city streets have been flooded. Twenty-two resident houses were cut off in one of the streets. According to the press service of the regional emergency service department, today's water level in the river Sozh reaches 556 centimetres, which is only 4 centimetres less than the level, which triggers a special flooding emergency routine. At present three streets of Novobelitskiy district of Gomel are partially flooded. Twenty-two...

More than 5 thousand activists of the Gomel oblast committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union /BRYU/ will attend the republican youth subbotnik on April 15. BRYU second secretary Vitali Derevyanko has informed BelTA that pupils and oblast secondary educational institutions students will also take part in the community improvement projects. Young people will put school territories and city parks in order. They will also improve Novobelizki memorial complex, Sevrukovski fraternal...

Along with traditional services the central children library of Gomel now offers free juridical services. Library director Alla Morozova told BelTA, students and professors of the law faculty of Skorina's Gomel state university started offering free consultations to readers. According to the source, initially they had 57,000 electronic documents on law. Then they opened a legal information centre with assistance of the university professors. As a result, anyone can get theoretical knowledge...

A meeting-requiem devoted to the international day of liberation of fascist concentration camp victims was held in Gomel. The event, which took at the fascism victims monument in Vosstaniya Square, gathered former death camp prisoners, Great Patriotic War veterans, representatives of public and youth organisations. Chairperson of the regional branch of the public association "Belarusian association of former underage fascism prisoners" Nikolai Gonchar told BelTA, during the German occupation...

In the near future youth associations of Gomel, Bryansk and Kursk will carry out 11 joint projects. The projects were adopted at a meeting of representatives of youth associations of the two states in Gomel, head of the department for children’s and youth associations at the Gomel palace of children’s arts “Yunost” Natalia Borovaya told BelTA. According to her, the most interesting project is the joint Russian-Belarusian Internet newspaper “My Vmeste”. Its authors are young...