GOMEL, 16 January (BelTA) – Dozens of enterprises and organizations of Gomel Oblast have joined the Christmas charity campaign "With All Our Heart" aimed to help families who moved from Lugansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast to Gomel Oblast, BelTA learned from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The campaign was announced at the end of 2014 and was initiated by the regional branch of the Belarusian Red Cross Society and the Gomel TV and Radio Company. They coordinate...

MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – The customs clearance practices used at the Belarusian border checkpoint Bruzgi may be spread to other border checkpoints of Belarus, BelTA learned from Young Chul Kim, World Bank Country Manager for Belarus, on 8 January before the agreement on a $250 million World Bank loan for modernizing a transit corridor in Belarus was signed. In accordance with the project cargo customs clearance procedures will be improved in the border checkpoint Bruzgi. The changes...

GOMEL, 31 December (BelTA) – In 2014 Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ trademark) exported over 2 million tonnes of metal products, 114.6% as against 2013 in physical terms, the company's press secretary Alexander Olesik told BelTA. In money terms export growth rate totaled 105.6% due to the heavy competition on international markets of ferrous metals in the last 12 months. The company's hardware export rose by 7% in 2014. The bulk of the export growth has been secured by metal cord and...

GOMEL, 20 December (BelTA) – Specialists of the Belarusian oil company Belorusneft that work for the joint venture Petrolera Bielovenezolana have discovered a new oil deposit in Venezuela, the press service of the Belarusian company told BelTA. The development of well No. 1624 at block 2 Lagunillas resulted in pure oil flow to the surface as large as 1,400 barrels per day. To compare: the average daily output of one well at Lake Maracaibo does not exceed 75 barrels. Work on the well...

GOMEL, 12 December (BelTA) – The Kalinkovichi meat factory has resumed exporting its products to Russia, BelTA learned from the company's Deputy Director for Commerce Alexander Luzhkov. The company has shipped a batch of five tonnes of sausages to Russian consumers, which matches the daily export average registered in October-November 2014. The company has also prepared a batch of merchandise to be shipped the next day and is processing applications for days after that. "So we have...

GOMEL, 5 December (BelTA) – The Belarusian company Belorusneft and the Russian company Zarubezhneft have expressed their intention to participate in the implementation of joint oil industry projects in Latin America. Prospects of possible interaction between the two companies were discussed during a working visit of the Russian delegation led by OAO Zarubezhneft Director General Sergei Kudryashov to the industrial group Belorusneft, the press service of the Belarusian company told BelTA....

GOMEL, 28 November (BelTA) - Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ trademark) has expanded its commodity distribution network by opening the company BelmetSteelDMCC with headquarters in Dubai, the biggest city in the United Arab Emirates, BelTA learned from BMZ spokesman Alexander Olesik. The main objective of the new company is the sale of all kinds of BMZ products on the markers of the Middle East and North Africa. The company will focus on products with a high added value. This is a robust,...

MINSK, 21 November (BelTA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko conferred state awards on representatives of various professions in recognition of many-year productive work, exemplary fulfillment of service duties, personal courage displayed in crime prevention and mitigation of emergency, a big personal contribution to the patriotic education of the youth, attainment of good results in the automobile production, construction, manufacturing sector and agriculture, achievements in the...

GOMEL, 14 November (BelTA) – The ceremony to sign a contract to give a grant to the rehabilitation and recuperation center Sidelniki, Mozyr District, took place at the education department of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee on 13 November. The grant was awarded in line with the Japanese government's program on humanitarian security, BelTA has learned. According to Japanese Ambassador to Belarus Mimori Shigehiro, the $90,000 grant will be allocated to purchase medical equipment for...

MINSK, 6 November (BelTA) – The 8th international junior ice hockey tournament, the President's Sports Club Cup, will take place at Chizhovka Arena in the Belarusian capital on 6-8 November, BelTA has learned. Belarus (U-17) will go head to head with Latvia (U-17), Russia (U-16) and Slovakia (U-16). The competitions provides the opportunity to talented Belarusian hockey players that start their career as part of their national teams test themselves in a faceoff against teams from other...