Gomel-based jewellery maker Crystal is getting ready to enter Kazakhstan’s jewellery market. Details of a contract for selling the first batch of products made of precious metals are being discussed. The work was started with an agreement signed by Belarusian Crystal, Kazakh Kazyuvelir and Altyn Sapar companies. Representatives of Crystal’s marketing department told BelTA, there are plans to ship serial collections of jewellery as well as rare decorations made using inserted gems. As...

The 4th universal exhibition-fair of goods and services produced and rendered by small and medium-scale businesses Entrepreneurship and Business will be held in Gomel on October 17-19. The forum is expected to gather over 30 individual entrepreneurs and economic entities working in the non-state sector of economy from various regions of Belarus. The universal exhibition-fair is traditionally organised by the Gomel department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the...

The Gomel branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Hungarian region of Baranya will sign the cooperation agreement on October 17, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Kirichenko who leads a delegation of the Gomel oblast at the Days of Belarus in Hungary which are running on October 15-17. According to him, the agreement will contribute to intensification of the cooperation...

Ambassadors of the European Union member states stand for promoting economic cooperation with the Belarusian regions. A statement to this effect was made on October 11 at a meeting between the diplomats and top officials of Gomel oblast held in Gomel. In particular, the diplomats representing Latvia, Slovakia, Great Britain and Bulgaria put forward proposals concerning the intensification of bilateral links. For example, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Belarus...

This year 38,600 Belarusian children were rehabilitated in 23 countries thanks to gratuitous foreign aid rendered as part of programmes for humanitarian cooperation with foreign non-governmental organisations. General groups included 37,900 children and special groups included 700 children. BelTA learnt from Alexander Kolyada, Director of the Humanitarian Affairs Department of the Belarus Presidential Property Management Directorate, the most welcoming countries were Italy (17,000 children),...

By 2010, about 14 thousand working places will be set up in small towns of the Gomel oblast. The unemployment rate will be downed to 1%, BelTA learnt in the committee for labor and social protection of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. According to specialists, the unemployment rate is expected to be downed due to implementation of the programme on developing small and middle-sized towns. In 2007, employers of the region were granted a budget loan at the amount of Br698 million to set...

Over the three months, the Gomel branch of OAO Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) has held around 670 trade sessions at the amount of Br9.8 billion. More than 60 companies constantly take part in the trade sessions held at the Gomel branch. As BelTA learnt from director of the Gomel branch Alexander Chuikov, the regional commodity exchange opened on July 18, 2007. Before, the regional traders have had to go to Minsk to participate in the trade sessions. The Gomel branch...

On October 10-14 the Family Health Week will be held in Gomel oblast with a view to raising the public awareness about the demographic problem and enhancing the status of a healthy family. The Family Health Week’s motto will be “Be close to me”, BelTA learnt in the health department of the Gomel oblast center of hygiene, epidemiology and healthcare. This year close attention will be paid to men’s health as foundation of a healthy family and nation. According to the statistics, the...

Belarusian agricultural machinery producer Gomselmash is conducting a test of its Polesie 600 harvesters on the fields of Iran, BelTA learnt from 1st deputy director of the regional sales department of Gomselmash Vasily Zhuk. At present, four harvesters are being tested in Iran. Specialists of the Belarusian company have already given a training course for the local machine-operators. According to specialists, after testing, Polesie 600 harvester should be included in the list of the...

On October 11-12 ambassadors of some European Union member states will visit Gomel oblast. The visit is organized by the Embassy of Slovakia, the local representative of Portugal currently presiding over the European Union. The ambassadors will meet with local authorities of the Gomel oblast, businessmen and students as well as visit some manufactures, Charge d’Affaires ad interim of Slovakia to Belarus Lubomir Rehak told BelTA. Special attention will be paid to mitigation of consequences...