Media Review - 06/18/19

The entrance of Europe by Azerbaijani gas, "blood feud" fights, and discussions around the country's economy are the leading topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan in the article Azerbaijani Gas through TANAP Reaches Borders of Europe assesses the start of pumping Azerbaijani gas to Europe.

On January 23, 2018, Azerbaijani gas reached the Georgian-Turkish border through TANAP, and on June 15, the Turkish-Greek border, that is, the EU.

Next, it will follow the TAP pipeline under construction - through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea to Italy. At the first stage, out of 16 billion cubic meters of gas pumped through the Southern Gas Corridor, 10 billion will flow to Europe and 6 billion to Turkey.

The website Modern.az notes that the tragedy in Agstafa, where a local resident shot 7 people, recalled the tradition of "blood feud".

This problem and the ways of its elimination are discussed by religious figures, criminologists and sociologists. The blood feud at the beginning of the 20th century was condemned by the Azerbaijani enlightener Najaf Bey Vezirov in the work Fahraddin's Tragedy. However, recent events in Agstafa have shown that this relic is still preserved.

The website Azadliqinfo publishes the reflections of expert Gubad Ibadoglu about the Azerbaijani economy. According to him, in the last 13 years, concrete production has become the most developed sector in Azerbaijan.

Since 2006, 4.5 billion manat from the state budget has been spent on the construction sector - on stone, asphalt and concrete. This is half the annual oil revenues. He believes that a significant part of the budget has been stolen and used for the construction of luxury apartments, villas and fences.

Every 2 of 3 petrodollars was spent on the military and on the concrete production. Concrete economy constantly requires maintenance costs, but it still sags. -06D--