Ten drivers of large trucks from Salyan complained to President Ilham Aliyev of the transport company MEN TRANS. As the head of the regional NGO Promoting Democracy Emil Mammadov told Turan, these drivers were involved by the company without labor contracts for transportation on the Astara-Alat road construction project.
The drivers complain that they are not given a salary from December last year. A few days ago the company said it would not pay the salary, since it operates at a loss. The drivers asked the President to help them receive their salaries.
* The 112 km. plot of the Alat-Astara highway (from the interchange at 70 km. south of Baku to the Iranian border) is funded by the World Bank. The project's customer is JSC Azeryolservice at the Ministry of Transport. The construction Alat-Astara began in February 2011 and will be completed in 2013
The implementation of the project is accompanied by periodic scandals. Previously, the landowners complained of inadequate compensation. In addition, several times there were protests held by local workers against the tyranny of the foreign employees of one of the contractors of the project - the Italian company Todini. After the protests, two managers of the local office of the company were transferred to another job. -06D -
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On November 12, the summit of world leaders commenced at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku. According to "Euronews," citing sources from the UN, the event is attended by around 100 heads of state.
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On Wednesday, rain is expected in the capital during the night and morning hours. The northeast wind will change to the southeast in the afternoon. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will reach +10 to +12°C. Humidity will be 70-75% at night, and 60-65% during the day.
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Amid the bustling scenes of this year’s COP29 climate conference, a protest against whaling and deep-sea mining, organized by a group calling itself the FINS Initiative, drew significant attention from delegates and observers. However, questions have arisen about the legitimacy of the group, as an internet search yields little evidence of its existence beyond scattered mentions.
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In the last two days, a "news" story appeared on TikTok about a whale spotted on Baku's seaside boulevard. The most "observant" users posted videos, commenting on the size of the animal. Later, other "witnesses" claimed it wasn't a whale, but a shark. Even later, a version emerged suggesting it was a submarine.
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