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.