Development of industrial tourism was high on the agenda of the session of the Gomel City Hall to discuss the city tourism development plan of action for 2011-2015, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft will carry out 22 hydrocracking operations at hydrocarbon deposits in Russia's Krasnodar Krai in December, the company's press service told BelTA.

The Belarusian-Russian twin-town relations create a unique environment for productive trade and economic cooperation and the development of public diplomacy as well as make up a spiritual component part of the brotherhood of the two nations, Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Belarusian public organization Twinned Towns Boris Batura said at the 8th meeting of Belarusian and Russian twin towns in Podolsk on 27 November, BelTA informs.

The main potential for developing economic ties between Belarus and Russia lies with interregional cooperation, BelTA learned from Konstantin Artyushin, a trade commissioner of Russia in Belarus, in Gomel on 16 November. Konstantin Artyushin met with Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik on 16 November. Konstantin Artyushin said this kind of cooperation allows implementing a large number of local projects of great importance for specific regions. Russia’s trade commissioner stated...

Belarus' Gomel Oblast has a well-developed sports infrastructure, so it may become a training ground for Italian athletes, President of the YRA Humanitarian Association Egidio Lazzarini said as he met with Gomel Oblast authorities on 4 November. A delegation of businessmen and civil servants working in the field of sport from the Italian province of Tuscany, led by Egidio Lazzarini, is currently on a visit to Belarus' Gomel Oblast, BelTA has learned.

Before the end of 2017 the European Union is expected to allocate €5 million for the implementation of the Belarus-UNDP project on the development of local initiatives, UNDP Deputy Permanent Representative in Belarus Yekaterina Paniklova told media ahead of the roundtable on sustainable social and economic development of the Chernobyl-hit regions scheduled for 27 October as part of the UN70 Express campaign in Gomel.

The oil recovery enhancement technologies developed by the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft will be used at Indian oil fields, Belorusneft's press service told BelTA.

GOMEL, 8 October (BelTA) – Rogachev will make a good host of the Belarusian Written Language Day in 2016, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Dvornik said as he met with representatives of the labor collectives of the city and the district, BelTA learned from the press service of the regional authorities.

The Belarusian manufacturer of agricultural machines Gomselmash has plans to open its new assembling plant in China's Hebei Province on 28 September, Belarusian Deputy Industry Minister Dmitry Korchik said during an online conference hosted by the BelTA website on 24 September. “The new assembling plant of Gomselmash will open in the near future. Attending the opening ceremony in Hebei Province will be the ambassador of Belarus to China and Belarus' deputy industry minister. We expect...

GOMEL, 17 July (BelTA) – Gomel Oblast and Parma Province, Italy have signed an agreement on trade, economic, sci-tech and humanitarian cooperation, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The document was signed during the visit of the Gomel delegation to Italy on 14-15 July as part of Gomel Oblast Days at Milano EXPO 2015. Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik who led the delegation noted in his speech at Parma City Hall: “Our meeting opens...