Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev, visiting the grave of his father, former President Heydar Aliyev.
Azadlyg writes about the arrests of more than 70 entrepreneurs for debt to the International Bank of Azerbaijan. Despite the absence of comments, the arrests will cause a serious confrontation in power.
The newspaper reports causeless dismissal of the sister of the arrested journalist Khadija Ismailova and six of her other relatives.
The TV channel Al Jazeera America prepared a program, which states that the holding of the first European Games in an authoritarian country like Azerbaijan is wrong.
German Bundestag condemned the ongoing political repression in Azerbaijan and the existing corruption in the country.
Metropolitan Municipality has proposed to the National Council to hold a protest not on 17, but on 16 May. Representatives of the National Council called it lawlessness from the city authorities.
Express reports on the detention of the former chief of the State Flag Square Complex and his business partners.
The newspaper also reports decrease of bank deposits in the national currency to AZN 5 billion.
Echo: According to preliminary estimates, the country has nearly 600 000 street cats and dogs.
Bizim Yol writes that the volume of overdue loans not returned to the country is 1 billion 213 million manats.
Yeni Musavat claims that after the European Games, there will be fight against officials plundering the state budget.
The newspaper writes that the prices in the Baku Boulevard remain very high. –0--
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On Sunday, December 7th, the weather in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula will be mostly cloudy. Brief rain showers are expected in some areas, with heavy rainfall likely in certain parts of the peninsula.
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For Elshan Hasanov, a 46-year-old man with severe hearing impairment (fourth-degree), what should have been a straightforward process to receive government-provided hearing aids has turned into a bureaucratic nightmare involving three healthcare agencies. As a result, Hasanov is forced to pay nearly 60 manats ($35) several times a year for what used to be a free service—a cost he says is untenable on his modest disability pension.
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On Friday, the State Housing Development Agency of Azerbaijan (MIDA) sold 544 subsidized apartments in the cities of Sumgayit and Lankaran within a few seconds. The sales were made to the first applicants who managed to view the apartment photos on the MIDA website and secure approval online in real time.
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During the 31st session of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers held in Malta on December 5-6, no meeting occurred between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan.
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