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Natallia Eysmant fronted the daily wrap-up news program on the state TV channel Belarus 1 prior to appointment as Lukashenka's spokesperson.
Former Housing and Utilities Minister Andrei Shorats replaces Mikalai Ladutska as the Mayor of Minsk among other appointments today by Lukashenka.
Belarus VPM Anatol Tozik says the state spends Br17 million a year per child in kindergartens. This excludes the money paid additionally by parents.
Librarians or rescue workers do not confirm media reports about the blaze in Belarus' main library in Minsk.
The workers went on a hunger strike after being sacked illegally from the local tractor spares parts plant.
The change of government is 'absolutely necessary', Lukashenka tells the public and media when on a visit to Mahilou on November 4.
The Belarus president says Belarusian guest workers in Russia are not freeloaders.
Prominent human rights lawyer Elena Tonkacheva must leave Belarus within one month from today, under the resolution of police authorities in Minsk.
About 1500 cases about corruption of officials are already in court.
