2 October 2001 MINSK, 1 October (Racyja)–Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka today appointed former Construction and Architecture Minister Genadz Navitsky as prime minister. Navitsky replaces Uladzimer Yarmoshin, whom Lukaskenka has said he did not wish to keep in the new government. The appointment of Navitsky came as a complete surprise in Belarus, but Lukashenka explained his decision by describing the new […]

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