Themes of today"s media: reconstruction of housing on the front line, damage to the foreign assets of the Oil Fund, the possible impact on Azerbaijan of the fall in oil prices.
"Azerbaijan" newspaper writes about the ongoing reconstruction of houses in the Agdam region, destroyed as a result of shelling by the Armenian Armed Forces in 2016. According to the presidential decree of November 5, 2018, 121 houses in various villages of the district will be restored. In 36 of them, work has already begun, and 85 have already been repaired. In 2018, 3 million manat was allocated for these purposes.
The site "Yeni Sabah.az" discusses the topic of damage to the Oil Fund property abroad. Economist expert Gubad Ibadoglu speaks about property in London and Moscow, investments in VTB bank invested in the last two years, of which 216 million dollars have been lost.
The newspaper Yeni Musavat writes about the possible consequences for Azerbaijan due to the fall in oil prices. Azerbaijan cannot avoid the impact of this factor. For example, on June 4, the price of Azeri LT CIF crude fell by $ 2.77, to $ 64.32 a barrel. Currently, the price of oil on the world market has dropped to $ 60.
The limiting feature of the price of oil to ensure the state budget of Azerbaijan is $ 40. That is, this factor will not be strongly reflected in the budget of this year, the expert claims.
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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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