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Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev's visit to Turkey.
Azerbaijan published a list of the newly elected members of municipalities.
Azadlig writes about the "dollar flow" from Azerbaijan to Russia in order to purchase cheapened real estate. The newspaper believes that investing in the property market of the northern neighbor could weaken the position of the manat.
Signs reading "Freedom to Khadija!" appeared in the streets of Sheki.
PFPA started a campaign for the release of political prisoners in social networks.
The human rights organization Amnesty International believes Azerbaijan via the upcoming European Games wants to cover up the ugly situation with human rights and political repression.
Former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Kozlarich said that the head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev was able to minimize the relationship between the US and Azerbaijan.
In Dagestan, they show disrespect for Azerbaijani monuments and oppress ethnic Azerbaijanis.
Express writes that the Islamic State threatens attacks on the Jewish synagogues in Azerbaijan. The head of the State Committee for Work with Religious Communities Mubariz Gurbanli declared that this probability is zero.
Echo writes that the Intelligent Transport Management System has failed, and millions of AZN spent on it were wasted.
The American political scientist Paul Goble believes that acts of vandalism against Azerbaijani monuments in Dagestan will generate an ethnic conflict.
Yeni Musavat believes that the cancellation of the decision of the Tariff Council to raise the cost of fuel was due to the fact that this year is an election year and the government decided not to run any risk.
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Afiyaddin Mamedov, chairman of the trade union NGO “Workers’ Table Confederation,” has launched an indefinite hunger strike in prison to protest what he describes as worsening social conditions and the arrests of citizens in Azerbaijan, his family said on Friday.
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A fire erupted in a multi-story residential building in Khirdalan, Absheron district, prompting an immediate response from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (FHN), authorities said on Saturday.
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Azerbaijan's National Hydrometeorology Service has released the weather forecast for February 10, predicting mainly dry conditions across the country, with snowfall expected in some mountainous areas.
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The wife of political prisoner and Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (AXCP) activist Aqil Humbatov, Aygun Humbatova, has made an open appeal to President Ilham Aliyev via social media (Facebook), urging him to address her family's deteriorating living conditions. A mother of three, she highlighted the severe hardship her family faces in an interview with Turan.
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