Pavel Yakubovich refused to head new Soviet Byelorussia?
The new edition is going to become the Belarusian analogue of The New York Times.
A new holding is being carpeted on the basis of state newspapers. It will be a weekly edition of a hundred pages dedicated to politics, economy, finances and culture. No other details have been revealed so far. However, Soviet Byelorussia will be the centre of newspaper life is any case.
Meanwhile, the current editor-in-chief of SB, Pavel Yakubovich, has refused to head the new edition, Radio Liberty reports. He has explained it by his age and health condition.
Minister of Information Aleh Pralyaskouski and head of the main ideology department of the President's Administration Usevalad Yancheuski are the main candidates for the position.
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