Andrei Tolchikov scored 12 points to settle into the third position at the world draughts juniors and girls championship 2006 in Hijken (Netherlands) 12-18 August 2006, BelTA has been told by chief specialist of the department for physical culture, sport and tourism of the Gomel oblast executive committee Pavel Starosvetskiy. The player from Gomel was one point behind silver winner Igor Mikhalchenko from Minsk and two points behind the champion - Meurs Pim from the Netherlands. Pavel...

An action “A Parcel to the Village” has started in Gomel oblast. Children from the kindergartens of Gomel prepare handmade presents for the best crews of combine operators of the region. As a BelTA correspondent was informed by chief inspector of the educational work office of the education department of the Gomel oblast executive committee Anna Melnikova, such action is held in the region for the first time. Children from the kindergartens of the oblast center, their tutors and...

Leaders of the Gomel oblast harvesting competition have been named. BelTA was informed at the Gomel oblast agricultural committee, Rechitsa and Dobrush regions have become the leaders of the region since the beginning of the harvesting campaign. The highest crop capacity figures in the region – more than 30 centners per hectare were registered there. Moreover, a number of farms of the regions gather in from 40 to 53 centner per hectare. According to the specialists, combine operators of...

The number of violations of fishing regulations dropped by one third in Gomel region. Chief state inspector of the Gomel region fauna and flora protection inspection Yelena Murzina told BelTA, over seven months of the year they drew 875 reports following violations of the fishing rules, with the number of grave violations exceeding 370. The inspection seized over 4,000 networks and 400 other forbidden fishing tools. The volume of fines exceeded Br224 million. The specialist pointed out the...

Activists of the Gomel city committee of the Belarusian National Youth Union will become participants of the international youth leadership camp We Stand Together in the sport and recreation facility Olimpiyets (Kursk, Russia) on August 7-27. BelTA learnt from head of the Gomel delegation Alena Demidova, the schedule includes various educational and entertaining events as well as cultural and sport ones. Many of them will be aimed at cultivating leadership qualities of the youth. The guys...

Winners of the harvest competition in Gomel oblast will get money prizes. The oblast competition featuring the best regions, agricultural companies, best crews of harvesters and best drivers transporting grain to processing facilities is held annually during harvest. As Valentina Bezhkova, official from the oblast executive committee, told BelTA, over Br40 million worth of prize money has been earmarked this year for the event. The best region will get Br4,5 million, the best agricultural...

Gomel region farmers have harvested one third of the grain crops area. Head of the crop production stimulation department of Gomel region administration’s agriculture and food committee Mikhail Kolesnikov told BelTA, as of August 3 the region harvested over 32 per cent of the grain crops area, with 274,000 tons of grain collected. According to the specialist, the average yield makes 24-25 centners per hectare. The best Gomel region harvesters are already noticeable. Rechitsa district has...

Over 300 combine harvester teams of Gomel oblast are taking part in the oblast leg of the national competition for the best youth combine harvester team. About 10 teams work in every region, BelTA has been told in the oblast committee of the public association Belarusian republican youth union. Every team comprises one operator and assistant and also a driver of a grain transport vehicle. The competition will be held in two rounds. The first one will encourage the teams who have harvested...

Gomel Museum of Military Glory is the only museum in Belarus to have among its exhibits a fragment of the Kursk submarine, BelTA was informed by employee of the Security Council Staff of the Belarus-Russia Union State, rear-admiral Anatoliy Romaniuk. As BelTA has already informed, yesterday Gomel Museum of Military Glory opened an exhibition timed to the 100th anniversary of Russia’s undersea fleet and 67th anniversary of the Navy. Representatives of the Russian Navy attended the ceremony....

About 10 per cent of combine operators in Gomel oblast are contract workers, BelTA was informed by deputy chairman of the committee for agriculture and foodstuffs of the Gomel oblast executive committee Richard Stefanovich. In his words, the oblast has established the practice of hiring people from the outside due to the lack of machine-operators in some agricultural companies. The main requirement to those who are hired is working experience in the field. As an example, Richard...