About 150 school students from Gomel District took part in qualifying rounds of the Gomel Oblast stage of the biathlon tournament Snow Sniper for prizes of the Presidential Sports Club in 2022-2023. BelTA – News from Belarus

There are plans to buy four new high-performance cable weaving machines in 2023 to make multiple-strand steel-wire cable and metal cord, BelTA learned from Aleksandr Borikov, Deputy Director General for Commerce of OAO BMZ, managing company of the holding company BMC. BMZ is considering the production of general metal goods as one of the ways forward. Four new high-performance cable weaving machines will be bought to increase the production of metal cord among other things. The cord is a...

The CIS Executive Committee hosted a meeting of the working group in Minsk on 27 December to discuss the preparations for the Second CIS Games in Belarus in 2023, BelTA has learned. “The agenda of the meeting included the draft regulations of the Second CIS Games, which will be held in Belarus in 2023. The Games will run from 4 to 14 August in 11 cities of Belarus. The Games will feature 20 sports. The draft regulations have been sent to the states for preliminary study, At today's...

Representatives of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus have paid a visit to the Babichi boarding school to wish Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to the kids, BelTA has learned. The children received best wishes from NOC President Viktor Lukashenko, outstanding athletes, champions and medalists of the Olympic Games. The visit was organized as part of the nationwide Our Children charity campaign. The children shared the joy of the upcoming New Year and Christmas celebrations...

The Belarusian industrial group intends to continue buying a considerable part of the equipment it needs in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belorusneft Director General Aleksandr Lyakhov. Asked about Belorusneft's ongoing import substitution efforts, Aleksandr Lyakhov said that many kinds of the products the company needs are supplied by Belarusian manufacturers. “We've been working out these approaches for the last ten years. And they have already produced results. We intend to continue...

An investment project to install reactive power compensation hardware (shunt reactors) at the 330kV power substation Gomselmash has been implemented, BelTA learned from Gennady Sushanov, Director of the Gomel city branch of the Gomel Oblast electric company Gomelenergo, on 6 December. Gennady Sushanov said: “It is a systemic investment project, which is important for the national power grid as a whole, including due to the operation of the nuclear power plant.” The executive added...

MINSK, 1 December (BelTA) – More than 6.54 million people in Belarus have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. Over 6.638 million people have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Over 904,700 people completed the vaccination regimen in Brest Oblast, over 802,800 in Vitebsk Oblast, over 992,300 in Gomel Oblast, over 704,000 in Grodno Oblast, over 1.318 million in Minsk, over 1.004 million in Minsk Oblast, over 698,100 in...

The year 2023 will be a litmus test for Gomel Oblast, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the development of the agricultural industry of Gomel Oblast, BelTA has learned. “I just want to warn you all in a friendly way: the upcoming year 2023 will be a litmus test for you. You can't go on like this, and we won't. Therefore, think about how you will live and earn money,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed. “Of course, I have options. One of them is:...

The Belarusian food industry concern Belgospishcheprom plans to implement 9 import-substitution projects in 2023, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats told the media ahead of the third meeting of the Belgospischeprom workers and an official meeting to mark the Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers in Gomel on 17 November, BelTA has learned. According to Leonid Zayats, the country, including food industry, is busy with import substitution. “Imported goods are...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky and embassy staff visited COEX Food Week 2022, which is described as South Korea's most established food & beverage industry trade show, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission. The trade shows brought together participants from around the world. The expo became the first international event in the Republic of Korea where the Agency of International Business...