In 1995, due to a conflict in the government that affected the media, the President of Belarus issued a decree to change the leadership of Narodnaya Gazeta.
Iosif Syaredzich, the chief editor of Narodnaya Gazeta was dismissed for publishing the article called Letter to the President, which called for violence and civil strife according to the head of state.
On March 17, 1995, Alexander Lukashenko appointed Nikolai Galko, as the new editor-in-chief of Narodnaya Gazeta, by his decree.
Narodnaya Gazeta covers issues of social and political, international life, problems of the economy, culture, science, the activity of the bodies of legislative and executive power of the Republic of Belarus.
It publishes legislative acts, information-political materials, on the issues of economy, education, culture and history of Belarus, ecology, social problems, sports.