Press Review 11/04/13

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev meetings and the international economic forum in Baku. The same newspapers continue to criticize playwright Rustam Ibragimbekov, accusing him of working with the Armenians.

Azadlig writes that ex-MP Guler Akhmedova made an agreement with authorities wherein she will take all the blame for the corruption scandal and will be released.

Iranian MP Gazipur Nadir believes that if there is a referendum in Azerbaijan, people will vote to join Iran. The newspaper called it another threat of Iran.

Etibar Aliyev, the former head of Tekhnikabank denied legal accusations that several employees of the bank made up an organized criminal group.

In response to authorities, the Islamic Party denied that there is a viable threat of the creation of an Islamic state said that the creation of such a state has no social base.

Zerkalo believes that Iranian MPs “muddy the waters” with their territorial claims to Azerbaijan.

Express writes that in the first quarter of 2013, the Central Bank spent 560 million manat to strengthen the AZN rate.

Echo writes that local residents own only 20% of the capital’s housing; while the rest is owned by residents of the provinces, as well as by people living abroad.

Bizim Yol writes that SOCAR bought ATV International, in order to support Ilham Aliyev during the elections.

Yeni Musavat considers the position of convicted Islamists that political struggle is the plan of believers to be one of the leading forces in the 2013 elections.

Experts call the comment by an Iranian MP to include Azerbaijan as part Iran as an official threat. -0 -