Press Review 03/28/13

Official newspapers published an order from President Ilham Aliyev to present awards to several people from special services and high military ranks. 

The President signed a decree to allocate AZN 3.7 million for social and economic development in Khachmaz.

Official newspapers continued smear campaign against the opposition.

Azadlig

In the Hamarmeshe village of the Lerik region, a leopard attacked an 18-year-old girl.

MP Asim Mollazade criticized the Ministry of Education, which has been selling diplomas.

On April 1, the newspaper Yeni Musavat will hold a protest action in front of the company Gasid in connection with non-payment of debts by the company to the newspaper. The staff of the newspaper Azadlig intends to join the action.

Popular Front Party leadership who tried to hold a meeting in Agstafa was forcibly expelled from the district.

Islamic Party called on the faithful to participate actively in the elections with the democratic camp.

Express

Most of the investments in Azerbaijan are from the state budget; the state holds a 5% share of banks.

There was a landslide in the village of Masazir.

Echo

Canada included Azerbaijan on the list of many countries that will be removed from the General Preferred Tariff, effective July 1, 2014. This decision does not affect the turnover of Azerbaijani imports to Canada.

Bizim Yol

A rift was caused between Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov, because the former did not include a project submitted by the latter into the investment segment of the budget.

Billions of AZN bypass Azerbaijan's state budget because of the "carousel operations" of SOCAR with funds invested in offshore companies.

Yeni Musavat

Terter Vidadi Beylarov, First Deputy Head of the Executive Power of killed a man in an act of automobile hooliganism.

Popular Front Party member Dashgin Melikov was arrested on charges of drug possession. He will be detained for two months, without legal representation. -0 -