The export of companies of Gomel oblast in January-May 2006 was worth of USD 1,74 billion, up 22.4 per cent from the same period last year, the external economic affairs department of the Gomel oblast executive committee told BelTA. There was a significant growth in out-of-the-CIS export. In January-May the oblast’s companies sold products worth of USD 1,33 billion, 124.6 per cent as against last year’s performance. The export bound for Ukraine has also been boosted: goods worth of USD...

In H1 2006 the sanitary service of Gomel region has scrapped over 1.5 tons of foodstuffs, representatives of Gomel regional hygiene, epidemiology, and public health centre told BelTA. The sanitary service attaches top priority attention to the quality of products sold through shops and markets. Regular raids sometimes detect unfair sellers. According to the source, meat products top the list of scrapped foods. Since January the sanitary service has seized over 500 kg of bad meat. Dairy...

Participants of the republican seminar in Gomel will discuss issues on intensifying the work of teams of police helpers. As BelTA was informed in the press service of the interior department of the Gomel oblast executive committee, tomorrow Gomel will play host to the republican seminar on intensifying the work on involving citizens in law enforcement activities, functioning of territorial and production voluntary teams of police helpers, the activity of headmen of settlements, the councils...

Information kiosks are expected to emerge in every region of Gomel oblast. As head of the department for handling people’s appeals and legal support issues Vitaliy Utkin told BelTA, the initiative will require around Br90 million to be allocated from the oblast budget. The new info-kiosks will have printing machines so that clients are able to print the information they need. According to the official, the kiosks will provide various information services, showcase samples of...

On July 5, Mozyr will host the first universal exhibition-fair Palesskaya Skarbnitsa. The aim of the exhibition is to showcase the potential of the local companies, find new business partners and exchange business experience, head of the department for external economic affairs of the Gomel-based office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aleksei Shelegeda told BelTA. According to the specialist, over 40 Belarusian, Ukrainian and Moldovan enterprises of various forms of...

The visit of American basketball players to Belarus is the first step in improving relations of the two countries, NBA team coach William Alecson told BelTA. According to the source, the recent friendly matches with the Belarus national team in Minsk and Gomel were very exciting. "People treated us with great respect and hospitality. The visit to Belarus changed our lives. All our players agree with that," added the coach. Let us remind you, the international friendly match of NBA and...

Production installations of Mozyr Oil Refinery are fully loaded, company representatives told BelTA. Every 24 hours the plant processes up to 32,000 tons of oil. The workload is expected to stay the same till the end of the month, thus enabling the company to refine at least 940,000-945,000 tons of oil in June. According to the company's chief engineer Vladimir Sobol, this year's performance looks favourable. All tasks the company was assigned are fulfilled. In January-May 2006 the crude...

The international youth tent camp “Friendship -2006” will open officially today at the Monument of Friendship on the crossing of the borders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. About 800 young people from the three Slavic countries will take part in the event on June 22-24, first secretary of the Gomel oblast committee of the public association Belarusian republican youth union (BRYU) Vyacheslav Doroschenko told BelTA. According to Vyacheslav Doroschenko, the program of the tent camp is very...

The international festival “Slavonic Brotherhood-2006” will take place June 25 at the Friendship Monument on the crossing of the borders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. As BelTA has been told in the ideology department of the oblast executive committee, this year thousands of young people and residents of the frontier regions of the three countries will take part in the festival. Heads of the administrations of Gomel, Chernigov and Bryansk oblasts and a representative delegation of the...

Over 8,000 people will be able to continue their education at vocational schools of Gomel region. Representatives of Gomel region administration’s education department told BelTA, the vocational schools have already started accepting entrance documents. Today there are 39 such educational establishments in the region, which offer 128 professions. This year the vocational schools will enrol 154 people fewer than last year. The source explained, the number of students was decreased taking...