Three young singers will represent Gomel oblast of Belarus at the international pop-art festival “Slavonic Star-2006” which is traditionally held in the town of Orel (the Russian Federation) in autumn. This year the event will take place on November 2-5, Tatiana Poteryailo, a specialist of the Gomel oblast committee of the public union Belarusian Republican Youth Union, told BelTA. According to her, the talented singers, who will take part in the festival, were chosen in the course of...

On October 13-15, Gomel will host the international figure skating tournament “Golden Lynx-2006”. The event will be held in the Ice Palace of the city. As BelTA learnt in the organizing committee, the first time the tournament was held in Gomel in 2005. This year the status and the quantity of its participants increased considerably. The tournament will be held within the framework of ISU (International Skating Union), according to the rules of Grand Prix stages. Attending the...

Actions timed to the Elderly People Day will take place in all districts of Gomel region. BelTA learnt from the regional labour and social security committee, special attention will be paid to honouring long-livers. There are 78 people aged over 100. On October 1 in Gomel’s Tsentralnyi district three long-livers will be honoured. The district administration will congratulate and city businessmen will present gifts to 106-year-old Ignatiy Romanenko and 101-year-old Agrippina Burchinskaya...

Within this year Belarus will complete reconstruction and reequipment of 54 regional hospitals, BelTA was informed by healthcare minister of Belarus Vasiliy Zharko. According to him, the reconstruction and reequipment of operating and intensive care units have being in progress since 2005. In 2007 some 31 more medical institutions will be reequipped. In line with the target program the overhaul works are funded by oblast budgets while the new equipment is bought by the healthcare ministry...

Gomel region teachers now have an anthem of their own. The lyrics were written by Vladimir Ivanov of Oktyabr school of Korma district, the music — by Valeriy Orlov, artistic director of Gomel Region Technical and Creative Student Talents Centre. Today the anthem was played for the first time as the region’s best pedagogues were commended, education department head of Gomel region administration Mariya Bondar told BelTA. The anthem was chosen through a competition. Every district...

Delegations of Mozyr, Zhlobin, Rechitsa, Svetlogorsk, Rogachev and Gomel will take part in Days of Belarus in Moscow oblast. The official delegation of Gomel oblast will be headed by chairman of the economy committee of the oblast executive committee Elvira Karnitskaya, BelTA was informed in the economy department of the Gomel oblast executive committee. Each regional delegation prepared a set of offers to boost cooperation with Russian twin-towns which will be voiced during negotiations...

Gomel region top officials met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Zeev Ben Arie. During the meeting the sides discussed possible enhancement of bilateral relations of Gomel region and Israel. According to Zeev Ben Arie, “The development of the bilateral relations needs better exchange of information about potential opportunities of the partners”. In particular, the ambassador noted, Israel lacks information about the Belarusian economy. “Our...

Gomel honored the best teachers of the oblast. The event “Your Name is Teacher” is part of the regional project which aims to enhance the teacher’s role in the society and to make teaching more prestigious. Sixteen best teachers of the oblast were presented with diplomas of honor and gifts from the Gomel oblast executive committee. A number of workers of the education ministry were awarded the letters of official thanks from the oblast executive committee and diplomas of the...

In January-July 2006 the foreign trade between Gomel and Moscow oblasts amounted to USD 95,7 million, up by 23 per cent from the same period last year. In the period under review exports of Belarusian goods surged by 25.4 per cent, imports – by 18.1 per cent, BelTA has been told in the foreign economic links department of the oblast executive committee. Gomel oblast exports ferrous metals, electrical machines, glass, paper, cardboard, plastic. Exports of foodstuffs, first of all, meat and...

Around 218 tons of potato and vegetables were sold at the first autumn fair in Gomel, Leonid Apanasjuk, the chairman of the agriculture and food committee of the Gomel oblast executive committee, told BelTA. Some 77 trucks delivered agricultural produce to the main square of the town from different regions of the oblast. On the whole, Gomel residents bought 175 tons of potato and 43 tons of vegetables: beet, carrot, onion, garlic, cabbage. People buy agricultural produce to keep it for the...