It is planned to spend $100 million on the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku in 2017, said Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov at the press conference on Tuesday. According to Turan, $ 60 million of this amount were spent in 2016, the remaining amount is intended for 2017.
According to the minister, the main part of the funds is intended for the opening and closing ceremonies, which will be held at the Olympic Stadium. To participate in the Games in Baku will arrive about six thousand people, of which 4.000 are athletes, and 2000 is the technical participants and delegation.
"Six thousand people will be placed in the Athletes Village. After the completion of the Games the Athletes Village will be returned to the owners, and the houses will be put up for sale," said Rahimov.
According to Rahimov, the European Games 2015 in Baku, according to official data cost at $1 billion, and the income from them amounted to only $100 million. According to unofficial data, the European Games will cost Azerbaijan $8 billion. –71D-
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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