Media Review January 29, 2019

The meeting of President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva with the families of martyrs, the situation with the use of official cars, and the assessment of teaching work are the leading topics of today's media.

The Azerbaijan newspaper writes about the meeting on January 28 of President Ilham Aliyev and First Deputy Prime Minister Mehriban Aliyeva with the families of Martyrs. After the head of state signed the decree in April 2018 on the payment of one-time assistance to Martyr families in the amount of 11,000 manat, heirs to 3,100 martyrs received such assistance, and 34 million AZN was allocated for this. Funds are still issued to heirs to 6,444 martyrs.

The newspaper Yeni Musavat writes about the salaries of teachers. The author makes a comparison with the salaries of teachers in other countries. In particular, in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Australia and Japan, the salaries of teachers are 10 times higher - from three to five thousand dollars. In Azerbaijan, depending on the length of service, the salary of teachers with higher education ranges from 320 to 410 manat, and teachers with secondary special education - from 290 to 350 manat.

The website Modern.az writes about optimizing the use of official cars. It proceeds from the decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on January 17 of this year, according to which the list of posts that are provided with an official car must be agreed with the President. MP Zahid Oruj generally believes that a limited number of people should use official cars. Expert Rovshan Agayev proposes to even take control of personal auto officials. In addition, he believes it is necessary to establish an upper limit on the cost of cars for officials. The article also speaks of the need to use the income declaration. -0-