Press Review 11/28/14

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with the Prime Minister of South Korea, as well as the new ambassadors of foreign countries in Azerbaijan.

The same newspaper published a presidential decree on the allocation of 2.5 million AZN to the State Committee for Work with Religious Communities.

In addition, the newspaper published a response of the head of the foreign policy department of the Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov to the head of the European Parliament Schulz on his criticism of Azerbaijan.

Azadlig called a blow to oil dictators the OPEC decision not to cut oil production.

The human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva in an interview with a German newspaper stated that the Azerbaijani authorities fear a repeat of the Ukrainian Maidan, therefore they have intensified repressions.

Social activists believe that repression by official Baku can lead to radicalization in the country.

A Karabakh war veteran Zaur Agayev was subjected to pressure by the Sabirabad police because he wanted to take part in municipal elections.

The Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov said that the owner Hafiz Mammadov (Hafka) is unable to sponsor the French football club Lance.

Regulation of drug prices by the state is called a blow to the business of pharmacies.

Echo

Every year in Azerbaijan, 3-5 babies are discarded by their parents.

The growth rate of overdue loans is ahead of credit growth.

Bizim Yol writes about the burning of a mosque in Garachukhur and that the Akhund of the mosque drove away the correspondent, who wanted to conduct his own investigation.

Yeni Musavat writes about the critical state of health of the arrested human rights activist Leyla Yunus, which could lead to sanctions against Azerbaijan, as well as investigates the incident with the fire in the mosque in the village of Garachukhur.