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Only the newspaper Azadlig was printed today. It gives the statement of the President of Romania, who criticized the Prime Minister for "political mistake". This was reflected in the participation of the Prime Minister at the opening ceremony of the European Games in Baku. The newspaper called it a scandal in Romania because of the European Games.
The official Kremlin finances Russian-language media in several countries, including Azerbaijan. Until now, the official Baku has considered this type of financial aid "illegal", but this ban does not apply to the Russian-language pro-Russian media.
The organization of international investigative journalists under the project Khadija has circulated a photo of one of the numerous mansions of the Aliyevs in London.
The organization asks how a president with a salary of 230 thousand dollars a year can have such expensive mansions in London.
World media, analyzing the democratic situation in Azerbaijan, call it dangerous.
Independent economic experts say that investments in Azerbaijan have decreased and growth in the number of overdue loans strikes the loan portfolio of banks.
The newspaper writes about the beginning of massive dismissals in Azersu, which has dismissed more than 1,000 people.
The country has reduced mortgage lending. Experts believe that it will twice reduce the activity in the housing market.
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Well-known Azerbaijani lawyer Aslan Ismayilov has issued a public appeal to Inam Karimov, Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Judicial-Legal Council, calling for urgent reforms in the country's judicial system. Ismayilov warned that systemic corruption and procedural violations within the courts are fueling public discontent and could lead to further unrest.
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During search and operational activities, on January 30 at 11:20, 16.4 kg of drugs were discovered and seized in the area of the "Geytapa" border post, located on the Iran-Azerbaijan border. According to the Azerbaijan Border Service, this prevented an attempt to smuggle into Azerbaijan 11.3 kg of marijuana, 5.1 kg of opium, and 1,990 methadone M-40 pills from Iran.
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Cold, windy weather is expected on 5 February, forecasters said. Northwestern winds of up to 20 metres per second will blow in the capital and across much of the country.
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Filming within a polling station without the citizen's consent may be stopped. According to local media reports, this issue was discussed by Mazahir Panahov, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), on February 1.
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