Press Review 20/11/13

Official and pro-government newspapers write about the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Vienna.

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Azerbaijan is preparing to sign an agreement with Israel on visa facilitation. The newspaper calls it a move that irritates Iran and Turkey.

According to former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Kozlarich, negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict turned into an imitation.

Veterans of the ruling party believe that it is unreasonable for authorities to have failed to comply with the European Court's decision to release ex- minister Ali Insanov from jail.

Eldaniz Guliyev, a member of the National Council accused the Musavat party in the split of the National Assembly.

In Kharkov, a group of 10-15 people armed with stones and sticks smashed the Hearth restaurant, which belongs to Azerbaijani businessperson Mehdi Jafarov. Restaurant staff sustained injuries. The attackers were Russians.

Express commented on a Russian statement that the Russian Federation together with Armenia would build an air defense system.

Bizim Yol writes about a scandal at the Music Academy. In 2012, the Faculty of Management of the Academy admitted 12 people. After a year of training, management announced the closure of the faculty, and the Ministry of Education said that the faculty was opened "by accident."

Yeni Musavat writes about the embezzlement of 2 million manat allocated to the Nasimi Institute of the Academy of Sciences.

According to Aflatun Amashov, Chair of the Press Council, the ban on the sale of newspapers in the subway is due to the desire to avoid the risk of terrorism subways. -0 -