Media Review - May 11, 2019

The birthday of Heydar Aliyev, competition in business, the process of town planning in the country are the leading topics of today's media.

The newspaper "Azerbaijan" publishes an article in connection with the birthday of ex-president Heydar Aliyev. The author claims about the national love for Aliyev, about the visit on May 10 of the grave of the former president by his family, statesmen, people.

The site "Yeni Sabah.az" writes about the increasing duties at the Customs This greatly affects the cost of transportation. Frequent changes in customs prices violate the very philosophy of customs. Thus, goods imported from China that are not manufactured in Azerbaijan should be subject to a liberal customs policy. If there is an competitive environment in Azerbaijan, then everything would be different, the expert believes.

The site Trend.az writes that desertification is underway in Azerbaijan. Ramiz Mamedov, director of the Institute of Geography of ANAS, believes that the process is observed in the south-east of the Mil-Mugan region. To prevent this phenomenon, it is necessary to plant this area with trees, to ensure wide landscaping. In this zone, there is a lot of grazing of small cattle, and where sheep graze, landscaping is impossible and desertification occurs. If this is not stopped, then the problem will become not only ecological, but also social, the academician argues.