Press Review 14/02/15

Official newspapers publish a report on the participation of President Ilham Aliyev at the meeting of the Advisory Council of the Southern Gas Corridor.

Azadlig considers the version that Lamia Guliyev became pregnant in prison by artificial insemination as a proof that the authorities bring the criminal situation to absurd.

Standard & Poor’s downgraded the CJSC Azerbaijani Railways rating from "stable" to "negative".

In Guba 30-40 classes in schools closed for the past three days, which outraged the parents, who plan to close the highway Baku – Guba in protest.

The embassy of Switzerland is not allowed to extend the lease with the owner of the building. The embassy ties it to the case of the human rights defender Emin Huseynov, who took refuge in the embassy, and the desire of the authorities to arrest him.

The newspaper says that the hearings in the US Congress on Azerbaijan have shown that with the continuing repression, official Baku will face sanctions.

Express draws attention to the statement by the Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, who said Turkey would open its border with Armenia if it released at least one of the occupied regions of Azerbaijan.

Bizim Yol

Experts believe that the fall in oil prices caused massive dismissals of staff in Azerbaijan and this can cause an increase in the facts of suicide.

Yeni Musavat regards the statement of the new head of CJSC Azerbaijani Railways Javid Gurbanov that this system did not undergo reforms as an attack against the Minister of Transport Ziya Mammadov.

A member of the party Musavat Alovsat Sadykhly has been detained along with his son Elghiz after another son, Tural took part in a protest in Berlin against the violation of human rights in Azerbaijan.

Experts believe that official Baku is able to maintain the stability of the manat rate until the end of the year. -0-