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Media Review - October 20, 2018
The international economic indicators of Azerbaijan, the situation with public transport, the increase in landslides in the capital are the leading topics of today's media.
The newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the development priorities of the country. The author, with reference to the Report on New Global Competition, writes about the rapid implementation of development priorities. According to the dynamics of business, the article noted, Azerbaijan ranks 31st among 140 countries of the world. The author cites more detailed data from the Report, claims about high social equality in the country.
The newspaper "Yeni Musavat" writes about the situation on public transport, noting the lack of professionalism of drivers, talks about the causes of numerous accidents, among which are unsuitable buses. Thus, bus drivers talk on the phone on time, are impolite with passengers, and smoke.
The newspaper "New time" writes about the activation of landslides in the capital.
Capital mayor Eldar Azizov claims that this is a natural disaster and you need to wait for the opinions of experts. He also emphasizes that landslides were recorded in Baku in the 19th century.
At the same time, he admits that it was impossible to conduct construction in the landslide zone and take into account the local relief. All developments on the Badamdar highway were conducted without taking these factors into account. As a result, the natural paths of the groundwater overlapped, which began to flood the basements of the houses or go to the surface of the earth.
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- Politics
- 20 October 2018 11:18
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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