On 6 February a journalist Natig Javadli was questioned in the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan. The interrogation lasted about two hours and was associated with the activity of the Meydan TV website for which the journalists worked, Turan was told by Javadli. The journalist was asked to sign subscription of not divulging the secrets of the investigation.
On 5 February the General Prosecutor's Office interrogated two other journalists cooperating with Meydan TV - Sevinj Vagifgyzy and Aytaj Akhmedova. Last fall the journalists of Meydan TV were seriously questioned in the prosecutor's office. Then the relatives of the resource managers who are abroad were arrested.
Observers note that the activity of this Internet resource which is actively covering the protests and publishing journalistic investigation has long irritated the authorities of Azerbaijan.
Meydan TV was created in 2013 at the expense of European Funds. The channel’s founder is a former political prisoner, blogger Emin Milli (Abdullayev). -06B-
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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Precipitation is expected in the capital and Apsheron on 13 February. North-western wind will blow and then turn into south-eastern wind. Air temperature will be +1+3 at night and +5+8 during the day. Humidity is 70-80%.
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"The admission rate to higher education institutions has increased over the past 10 years, which is a quantitative indicator," Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Emin Amrullayev said on February 10 during the presentation of the World Bank's annual global report in Baku.
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