On 22 June, the National Press Day of Azerbaijan, a group of journalists of Turan agency, the newspaper "Azadlig" and "Khural" newspaper traditionally commemorated Hasan bey Zardabi, founder of the first Azerbaijani newspaper "Ekinchi" (The Sower), published in 1875 and put flowers to his tombstone in the Alley of Honor.
Red carnations were laid on the grave of Najaf Najafov, a symbol of modern independent Azerbaijani Press, and editor of the magazine "Monitor" Elmar Huseynov who was treacherously murdered in 2005.-0-
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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