Press Review 09/17/14

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with the vice-president of one of the German parliamentary groups, Andreas A. Schockenhoff and publish the presidential order on celebration of the 75^th anniversary of the poet Rafik Zaka Khandan.

Azadlig

The European Parliament passed a second round of the discussion on the question of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.

MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev called on Azerbaijani authorities not to confront international human rights organizations and release political prisoners.

The Vice-Rector of the Sumgait State University Nizami Hasanov did not allow to class several students wearing the hijab, citing the fact that this is a secular institution.

Experts and politicians believe that official Baku is going to stop the activities of political parties, depriving them of their donations.

In the list of 700 best universities in the world Azerbaijan is only represented by Caucasian University. No public institution of the country is ranked in this list.

MP and Rector of the University of Languages, Samad Seyidov was questioned by prosecutors in relation to the financial irregularities at the university. The newspaper did not rule out the possibility that he may appear before the court.

Express writes that the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia brokered by the French President Hollande will meet in October.

Echo is discussing the topic whether or not Azerbaijan will join the coalition against the Islamic State.

The volume of paid services in Azerbaijan increased 2.48 times. Over the period 2007-2012 the volume of paid services from 2 348 000 000 manat increased to 5.828 billion manat.

Bizim Yol

An investigation began with respect to the dismissed chief executive of the Nizami district of Ganja, Maharat Mustafayev.

Yeni Musavat

Metropolitan Municipality authorized party Musavat to hold its convention in the House of Culture in the village Amirjan. However, management of the House of Culture asked "a fantastic amount" as the rent. For this reason, the party leadership is in talks with houses of celebrations.

The newspaper writes that the West is going to reduce the price of oil to $ 85 per barrel. This is done with the aim to bring Russia to collapse. In this regard, Azerbaijan's economy may be badly hit.

In Azerbaijan, there are 30,000 teachers, of which only 3,600 are men.