GOMEL, 10 July (BelTA) – A freight train arrived in Gomel on 9 July directly from the Chinese port of Yingkou, BelTA has learned. The train delivered 40 freight containers that contained components for the first stage of the papermaking machine ordered by the Dobrush-based paper mill. GomelZhelDorTrans Company will take care of accepting the cargo and delivering it to the construction site. According to Boleslav Pirshtuk, Gomel Oblast Vice Governor, who took part in the train's...

MOSCOW, 24 June (BelTA) – The program for the Days of Spiritual Culture of Russia in Belarus that are due to take place on 25 June-2 July will be rich, unusual and diverse, Deputy Culture Minister of Russia Alla Manilova told BelTA. The official opening ceremony of the Days in the House of Moscow in Minsk will be followed by a concert of the girls' choir Otrada of St. Nicholas Convent. "It is not just a choir of teenagers. It has represented Russia in 30 countries. For instance, the...

GOMEL, 18 June (BelTA) – Tambov State Drama Theater will present its productions on the stage of Gomel Oblast Drama Theater on 16-20 June, BelTA learnt from the theater. The program will include five plays for adults and one children's production. The audience will see the comedy Swindlers after Alexander Ostrovsky's It's a Family Affair-We'll Settle It Ourselves, Arkady Zastyrets' fantasy on Shakespeare's famous comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, or All Inclusive, a play Intimate Comedy,...

MINSK, 4 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft and Oil India Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the area of geologic exploration of oil fields in India. The document was signed during the Belarusian-Indian business forum on 4 June, BelTA has learned. "In the area of petrochemical industry a memorandum of understanding is being signed by Belorusneft and Oil India Ltd with a view to performing geologic exploration of oil fields in India,"...

GOMEL, 29 May (BelTA) – The Ukrainian company PlasmaTec will set up a granite processing plant in Rogachev, BelTA learned from PlasmaTec Executive Director Yuri Omelchuk. The total sum needed to put the enterprise into operation will make up some $2 million. "We have already built the production facilities and started the installation of the equipment. According to the schedule, all the preparation works should be finished by the end of this year. We will have the first batch of products...

GOMEL, 22 May (BelTA) – The government has prepared the document on financial rehabilitation of the Belarusian agricultural machinery producer OAO Gomselmash. The information was released by Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov during his working tour of Gomel Oblast on 20 May, BelTA has learned. According to the head of government, this document has been created with assistance of the banks, which are the main creditors of the enterprise. The financial rehabilitation scheme also...

GOMEL, 15 May (BelTA) - Applications for participation in the international expo Spring in Gomel 2015 which will be held in the regional center from 21 to 24 May have been submitted by representatives of 11 countries, BelTA learned from Marina Filonova, director of the regional office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Commerce. According to her, Gomel expects 28 official delegations of the chambers of commerce from these countries. "The interest of foreign colleagues in the event...

MINSK, 8 May (BelTA) – On 11 May the Belarusian Railways will launch a new passenger service Minsk-Grodno-Bialystok-Malkinia with a transfer in Grodno, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Railways. Following the agreements between the Belarusian and Polish railways the schedule of Grodno-Malkinia train No. 193 will change on 11 May. The train will leave Grodno for Poland at 12.50 instead of 11.23. The move will allow for a transfer of passengers of the interregional...

GOMEL, 30 April (BelTA) – The Dobrush Porcelain Factory has made the first supplies of its products to Lebanon and Mongolia to the total tune of $25,000, BelTA learnt from Deputy Director General Nina Gorbatovskaya. In her words, positive feedback shows that there is every chance that the cooperation in the area will be continued. Seeking new markets is one of the most important aspects in the company's foreign economic activity. The Belarusian porcelain producers sustained losses of...

GOMEL, 10 April (BelTA) – Gomel is hosting the 12th interregional fair Health. Strength. Beauty from 7 to 10 April. The expo has gathered representatives of 60 Belarusian and Russian companies, BelTA learned from Mikhail Zhitnikov, the head of the exhibition department at the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). The fair is traditionally held at the Dinamo track and field indoor center. It showcases equipment for treatment, aftercare and health...