Press Review 11/14/13

Official and pro-government newspapers continue to write about the official visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Turkey.

For the second day in a row, the opposition newspaper Azadlig, published since 1989, has not been released. The reason for this is the government pressure, barriers to distribution, financial sanctions and refusal of the publishing house Azerbaijan to publish it because of debt.

This newspaper can not be issued because the due sum is twice the amount of the debt from the state company Gasid.

Zerkalo wrote about the uncertainty prevailing on the Iran-Azerbaijan border.

Express

U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar, commenting on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, said the United States would decide this question, if it was an easy decision.

Some deputies of Milli Majlis offer to apply to the UN in connection with the fact of Iran closing the borders with Azerbaijan.

Bizim Yol

In Ukraine, skinheads began attacking Azerbaijanis and killed a pregnant Azerbaijani woman, and beat up students. The Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine commented at an extraordinary meeting at which it was noted that the situation is complicated.

November 15 will start a charity event in support of the Azadlig paper. The edition hopes to have strong support of the public.

Yeni Musavat writes that the head of the center of intellectual control at the Transport Ministry, Elnur Abdullayev, paralyzed traffic lights in the capital. It was his response to the penalty which he was subjected to by traffic police for a traffic violation.

The fifth floor of the Baku Office of Customs has become a base of corruption, say entrepreneurs.

The dismissal of the famous scientist Altai Geyushov from BSU has caused great repercussions. Students want to have him restored and, to this end, they met with the rector of Baku State University. -0 -