In January-August 2022, enterprises based in Gomel Oblast increased export to Russia by 40%, to Egypt by 7.3 times year-on-year, Gomel Oblast Governor Andrei Konyushko said at the meeting of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee on 31 October, BelTA has learned. According to Andrei Konyushko, in January-August 2022 the export made up 79.2% of the amount posted in the same period in 2021. “If we exclude the oil factor, we have almost reached the level of last year,” he specified....

OAO Gomeltransneft Druzhba has organized an exercise, participants of which practiced fighting a fire at premises of the company's branch Line Operations Control Station Mozyr, BelTA has learned. According to the scenario of the exercise, vertical steel tank No.22 with the storage capacity of 20,000m3 was hit by a lightning. It ignited fire under the steel lid of the oil tank. The floating roof was depressurized and fire spread across the entire surface of the tank. The workers...

The primary task for governors is to ensure successful completion of the harvest season, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting at the Independence Palace in Minsk on 20 October, BelTA has learned. The main topic of the meeting was the issues related to the Belarusian People's Congress and amendments to the electoral law. However, considering a wide range of participants, the head of state touched on the ongoing harvest season at the beginning of the meeting....

A memorandum of understanding between the government of Bashkortostan and the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee was signed in Ufa during the visit of a delegation from the southeastern region of Belarus to the Russian region on 10 October, BelTA learned from the Telegram Channel Gomelshchina Officially.  The document was signed by Bashkortostan President Radiy Khabirov and Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko at the meeting in the House of the Republic.  Ivan Krupko...

It is necessary to strengthen the work with investors at each stage - from the investment idea to the start of production activities, First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar said at the conference “Contemporary Challenges and New Approaches in the Work of FEZ”, organized by the administration of the Mogilev Free Economic Zone on 4 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry. According to Yuri Chebotar, today it is of particular significance for Belarus to...

Belarusian agricultural workers have gathered in potatoes from 11,400 hectares which is 43.8% of the area under this crop, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. Belarusian agricultural enterprises have harvested cereals and leguminous crops (including maize) from 2.176 million hectares, which is 88.1% of the targeted area. Progress was at 90% (362,000ha) in Brest Oblast, 98.5% (352,000ha) in Vitebsk Oblast, 84.6% (353,300ha) in Gomel Oblast, 88% (312,900ha) in Grodno...

The Belarusian Fencing Championship has kicked off at the Chizhovka Arena in Minsk, BelTA has learned. Taking part in the event are the best athletes from all regions of the country and the city of Minsk. Among the fencers who have already clinched medals are Maksim Maruk from Minsk Oblast, Sergei Ladoshkin from Mogilev Oblast, Aleksei Hurs from Minsk, Dmitry Rykunov from Grodno Oblast, Yekaterina Posherneva from Gomel Oblast, Kseniya Tomashevskaya from Minsk Oblast, Mikhalina...

Belarusian farmers have gathered in potatoes from 19% of the area under this crop, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. Belarusian agricultural enterprises have harvested cereals and leguminous crops (including maize) from 2.159 million hectares, which is 87.5% of the targeted area. Progress was at 88.8% (357,100ha) in Brest Oblast, 98% (350,200ha) in Vitebsk Oblast, 84% (350,600ha) in Gomel Oblast, 87.3% (310,600ha) in Grodno Oblast, 84.2% (455,200ha) in Minsk...

Over 6.554 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 6.44 million have completed the vaccination process, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. Over 892,500 people completed the vaccination regimen in Brest Oblast, over 790,700 in Vitebsk Oblast, over 976,000 in Gomel Oblast, over 693,800 in Grodno Oblast, over 987,100 in Minsk Oblast, over 692,000 in Mogilev Oblast, and over 1.3 million in the city of...

There are plans to extract 1.8 million tonnes of oil in 2022, 70,000 tonnes up from 2021, BelTA learned from Sergei Lasitsa, head of the oil and gas extracting enterprise Rechitsaneft of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft. About 195-200 million m3 of associated gas can be extracted as well. According to Sergei Lasitsa, oil extraction volumes have been gradually climbing for the last six years. Extraction continues without interruptions and produces virtually no waste....