President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has described the planned 425 meter-high tower as having both economic and political significance, but Deputy Communications Minister Vladimir Teslyuk said no investor could be found to help fund the $170 million project.
Europe's tallest television tower is the Ostankino tower in Moscow.
(Reuters, belta.by)
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