On June 21, a regular session of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies approved the program of demographic security of the Gomel oblast for 2007-2010. As BelTA learnt from head of the Health Department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Nikolai Vasilkov, the main aim of the program is to stabilize the demographic situation in the Gomel oblast, to create prerequisites for demographic growth. Specialists have developed a number of the measures aimed at improving quality of life of...

The USA intends to continue cooperation with establishments of the Gomel oblast in humanitarian sphere, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA in the Republic of Belarus Karen Stewart noted today during her meeting with Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies Valeriy Selitskiy. Their meeting was held in the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. During a one-day visit, the US Ambassador will hand over a humanitarian aid (antibiotics and other medications) at the amount...

Open joint-stock company Gomelglass is getting ready to put into operation a line for producing waste wood bricks. The start-up and commissioning over, the first samples of the product have been made. The production line is expected to switch to designed run parameters in late June, the company’s principal engineer Nikolai Biryukov told BelTA. According to provisional estimates, the line will produce up to three tonnes of bricks daily using saw dust and wood chips. The company uses...

In January-April 2007, the Gomel oblast’s merchandise trade totalled $2.32 billion, 29.2% up on the same period in 2006. In the meantime export swelled by 10.2% to $1.54 billion, import — 96.2% up to $779 million, the overseas trade relations department of the Gomel oblast administration told BelTA. The merchandise trade surplus amounted to $761 million. The import rise is attributed to new terms regulating purchase of Russian oil for Mozyr Oil Refinery. Experts say, the situation with...

Agreements on trade-economic and scientific-cultural cooperation between the administrations of the South-West Administrative District of Moscow and the town regional executives committees of the Gomel oblast were signed in Gomel today. Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Yakobson and Prefect of the South-West Administrative District of Moscow Aleksei Chelyshev took part in the ceremony. According to Alexander Yakobson, the event will become an important step on the...

The first student groups of the Gomel Oblast Committee of the Belarusian Republican Union of Youth (BRUY) have started to work in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation, BelTA learnt from Alexander Bolsunovskiy, the commissar of the oblast staff of student groups of the youth organization. According to the commissar, specialized service teams composed of 15 students work at the All-Russian Children’s Center “Orlionok” (Tuapse) and at the Children’s Center “Zhemchuzhina...

The 8th international fair Spring 2007 In Gomel is opening in the city upon Sozh today. BelTA learnt from representatives of the Gomel branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the fair will be open from May 22 till May 25. It will present over 220 producers from five countries. Local companies will account for over 35% of the total number. The fair will showcase the entire range of industrial and consumer products. Exhibitors will be able to sell their products and to sign...

The Gomel Oblast Executive Committee and the Administration of the Siauliai County (Lithuania) have signed a cooperation agreement. The document was inked in the city upon Sozh as part of a two-day visit of a Lithuanian delegation to the Gomel oblast. The delegation led by Siauliai County Governor Alvydas Sedzius includes heads of Lithuanian private companies. Alvydas Sedzius told BelTA, the agreement will enable the two administrative units to closely cooperate in trade, science and...

Representatives of 15 countries intend to take part in the 4th investment forum which will be held in Gomel on May 24, BelTA has been informed in the department of scientific-innovation activity and investments of the Gomel oblast executive committee. Delegations will include representatives of diplomatic and business circles including businessmen from Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Lebanon, France and other states. Russia and Ukraine will be represented by several regions. Attending...

The Gomel Oblast Local Lore Museum has come up with another sightseeing tour called Small Golden Ring of Gomel Oblast. The new tour complements opportunities offered by the main excursion Gomel Oblast Golden Ring, BelTA learnt from Nadezhda Bragina, head of the scientific and educational department for public relations of the Museum. The new tour takes tourists to see famous architectural monuments and museums in districts adjacent to the city of Gomel as well as the cultural and historical...