Press Review 23/04/13

Official newspapers report on the participation of President Ilham Aliyev to the opening of the park in the village of Baladzhary, publish the relevant presidential decree on awarding the newspaper Yeni Azerbaijan, as well as articles about the upcoming birthday of Heydar Aliyev.

The same newspapers continue to publish libelous material against individuals with active citizenship and opposition views.

Azadlig writes about the meeting of Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov with Israeli President Shimon Peres, saying that at the meeting there were public statements against Iran and Russia, which put Ilham Aliyev in a difficult position.

Police in Sheki staged a provocation by collecting IDPs outside the PFPA department, where there was to be a meeting with Ali Kerimli.

Express

The losses in the army for the first quarter of this year amounted to 29 people.

Petroleum Fund intends to invest over $1 billion in real estate in Asia.

In the report, the U.S. State Department criticized Azerbaijan in connection with the human rights situation.

Echo wrote that about 4 million people in Azerbaijan do not reside at the place of their registration.

Bizim Yol writes that after the resignation of Education Minister Misir Mardanov many people in this ministry will be laid off.

Despite the fact that this year the Mortgage Fund was transferred 40 million manat, banks refuse to issue mortgage loans.

Yeni Musavat: Thanks to the hacker group Anonymous, which hacked into the database of Ministry of Communications of Azerbaijan, we became aware of the speculation in oil by SOCAR with an offshore company.

A functionary of the party Musavat Arif Hajili and the head of the Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli said that the boycott tactic is not effective.