Press Review 04/27/15

Official newspapers write about the meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and French President Hollande, as well as the signing of a letter of intent regarding the Azerbaijani-French University.

Azadlig writes about the beginning of a new wave of staff cuts in state institutions, particularly in Azeryolservis and the Baku Metro.

The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel published a lengthy article about political repression in Azerbaijan.

French Le Monde reported that during his visit to Baku, French President Hollande raised the issue of the arrested human rights activist Leyla Yunus.

The paper discusses the European Parliament’s recognition of the "Armenian genocide", as well as the silence of official Baku on the recognition of the genocide by Russian President Putin.

The National Council believes that in the event of termination of the protests of the population, a new wave of devaluation of the manat will be inevitable.

Yeni Musavat focuses on the fact that in Yerevan, French President Hollande said the word genocide, but in Baku he did not say anything about the occupation of Azerbaijani territories.

Azerbaijan continues to criticize the United States against the backdrop of the fact that Russia exerts pressure on the Eastern Partnership countries, including Azerbaijan.

The newspaper writes that the political emigrant Alikram Gummatov called the events of 1915 as genocide and apologized to the Armenians.