MOSCOW, 27 June (BelTA) – Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi and Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture of Bashkortostan Ilshat Fazrakhmanov launched a Gomselmash service center in Ufa on 27 June. The ceremony was co-located with the 10th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia taking place these days in Ufa, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian embassy in Russia. “Bashkortostan is an agricultural region and the capacity of its harvester market is...

A commemorative event "The Day the War Began" dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People was held in Gomel on 22 June.

Gomel Oblast has also developed a cultural and tourism program to feature tours around the iconic places of the south-east of the region, and also accommodation and catering facilities. “All the facilities have been inspected. Everything is highly ready to host the games. I think that not every country can boast this level of preparedness to host such events. 

GOMEL, 7 June (BelTA) - Belarus’ Gomel Oblast and Russia’s Primorye Territory signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation during the visit of the Russian delegation to the Belarusian region on 7 June, BelTA has learned. The document was signed by Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko and Governor of Primorye Territory of Russia Oleg Kozhemyako. The document stipulates that the parties will make the necessary efforts to expand and deepen long-term cooperation in economy, trade,...

A 60-container train with compound fertilizers made by Gomel Chemical Plant departed from Gomel to China on 31 May, BelTA has learned. The train will follow the route Tsentrolit (Belarus) - Xianguojigang (China) through the territory of Belarus and Russia via the Zabaikalsk - Manchuria border crossing. The journey will be two weeks and more than 7,000km long. "Today is a big day. We are launching the fifth train from Gomel Oblast to the People's Republic of China carrying fertilizers...

Belarus and Iran have a great potential for cooperation in the field of oil, petrochemistry and other industries, Alireza Seyhoun, the commercial attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Belarus, told the media on the sidelines of the 24th edition of the Spring in Gomel expo, BelTA has learned. Iran and Belarus in general and Gomel Oblast in particular have established good cooperation over the past 20 years, Alireza Seyhoun noted. "Iranian and Belarusian partners exchange delegations, sign...

As of 16 May, spring crops were planted on the area of 1,9855,300 hectares, which is 85.7% of the plan. Planting was done on 91.3% of the designated area in Brest Oblast, 85.4% of the area in Vitebsk Oblast, 74.2% of the area in Gomel Oblast, and 95.2% in Grodno Oblast, 87.8% in Minsk Oblast, and 81.6% in Mogilev Oblast.

GOMEL, 9 May (BelTA) – Belarusians have to recover names of all those, who fell in the name of freedom and liberation of the Motherland. There must be no unknown soldiers. Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Ivan Krupko made the statement during a solemn rally held at the Eternal Fire in Gomel on the occasion of Victory Day, BelTA has learned. The Gomel Oblast governor reminded that about 200,000 liberators-soldiers are buried in the region after sanguinary battles....

KALINKOVICHI DISTRICT, 4 May (BelTA) – After the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) cut off funding for work at 13 sites of the Belarusian transport infrastructure, the work continued anyway. Belarusian First Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Lyakhnovich pointed it out as a section of the M10 motorway was reopened to traffic, BelTA has learned. The section is located in Kalinkovichi District, Gomel Oblast. Overpasses over railways and a bridge had...

Prospects for stepping up and advancing cooperation between Gomel Oblast and the Russian city of Omsk were discussed as Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Ivan Krupko met with an Omsk delegation led by the mayor Sergei Shelest on 27 April, BelTA has learned. The guests were informed about Gomel Oblast’s industrial, export, scientific, technical, and manpower potential and about the opportunities available in the Belarusian region. Ivan Krupko remarked: “For Gomel Oblast...