Official newspapers write about the visit of President Ilham Aliyev to the XX international exhibition of telecommunication and information technologies BakuTel-2014. The same editions publish an interview of the head of state with the Russian TV channel Russia-24.
Azadlig writes that the official Baku dramatically and negatively reacted to criticism of the US State Department on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
The newspaper, citing sources in Nakhchivan, reports that young people wearing long hair are taken to the police and forcibly cut off their hair. However, the local police called it fiction.
The Chief Editor of Yeni Musavat Rauf Arifoglu is preparing to sue the newspaper Azadlig and activists of the Popular Front Party, while the latter also believe that Arifoglu has exhausted as a person.
The Czech organization People İn Need, which is called pro-Armenian in Azerbaijan, denies the accusation, calling it diverting attention from the human rights situation in the country.
Express, referring to the inhabitants of the village Hekmaly of Baku, said that for 15 days the village has not been supplied with water.
Echo writes about the frequent cases of suicide from the bridge near the station Keroglu. The author writes about what attracts those people to the bridge next to the metro station.
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SPC announced an auction for the sale of the hotel South. The hotel will be sold for 38 thousand manats, though its real value is 13 million manat.
President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on November 13, depriving the former social and political activist Said Nuri from Azerbaijani citizenship. He currently resides in the United States.
Yeni Musavat, commenting on the release of AZN 2.5 million to the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, believes, therefore, the budget allocated to the Office of Caucasian Muslims was cut.
The party Musavat established a committee to arrange mass rally on December 14.
The former candidate for the presidency of the party Musavat Gubad Ibadoglu said that in the shortest possible time he would announce the creation of the Movement for Democracy and Prosperity.
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Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) has reported large-scale efforts to restore forests across the country, planting tens of thousands of saplings to expand forested areas. However, critics claim that the ministry simultaneously facilitates deforestation by leasing land to private companies.
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On Sunday, December 22, changeable cloudy weather is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. Drizzle is possible during the night and morning in some areas of the peninsula. Moderate southwest winds will prevail. The air temperature will be 5-8°C at night and 9-11°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorological Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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Baku, often called the "Caucasian Dubai," is increasingly known for systematic violations of residents' housing rights. During urban renovations and the construction of elegant new buildings, thousands of families in Azerbaijan’s capital have been unlawfully deprived of their homes. Many, recognizing the futility of resistance, settle for inadequate monetary compensation for their irreplaceable property. A minority, placing faith in the Housing Code, demand fair compensation from construction companies but often lose everything—both their homes and any form of recompense.
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Azerbaijani team prepares to compete in three prestigious international Olympiads The preparation of young programmers representing Azerbaijan in international Olympiads continues successfully. In collaboration with Azercell, the Ministry of Science and Education, and the Institute of Education, the latest “Informatics Camp” was held at the Baku Higher Oil School.
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