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Evaluation of the First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, the growth of the debt, the demolition of the monument to the poet Mikail Mushfig are the leading topics of today's press.
The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the work of the First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva in the field of education, charity work in the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the post of Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO. The Fund helped to repair hundreds of schools, the author writes.
The website Azadliq.info writes about the rapid growth of the country's debt. According to the international rating agency Fitch, at the end of 2016 Azerbaijan's foreign debt amounted to 22.5% of GDP.
According to the economist Rovshan Agayev, the domestic debt grows and has already reached 35% of GDP.
The manat equivalent foreign debt is AZN 13 billion, and the domestic debt is AZN 7.5 billion.
Echo published an article about the country's dependence on imports. Today the figure is 30% of total production. The country will never be able to fully provide itself with butter and ghee, canned fish and meat products. In addition, Azerbaijan imports up to 30% of grain, particularly durum, the author believes.
Novoye Vremya has published an article entitled Mushfig Repressed Again. Every year, in spite of all applicable laws, dozens of monuments of architectural heritage disappear.
This time the monument to the Azerbaijani poet Mikail Mushfig has become an object to vandalism. On January 8, 1938 the young Azerbaijani poet Mikail Mushfig was sentenced to death and was executed on March 12, 1939. After 80 years, the poet was "repressed" again.
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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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