Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev’s visiting the Olympic Stadium under construction. These newspapers write about the elimination of district departments of education, and creation on their basis a regional offices.
"Azadlig" writes that the Western media remind the authoritarian government of Azerbaijan due to the conducting the first European Games in Baku.
The resistance to repression at the Institute of Peace and Democracy announced the boycott a campaign to European games due to violation of human rights in Azerbaijan.
Entrepreneurs held a rally in front of the Customs Committee in protest against the arbitrariness in the customs system.
Representatives of the UN office to combat drugs and crime are in Baku due to the fact of transportation three tons of drugs through Georgia.
The report of the UN Human Development Index noted that in Azerbaijan education is effective only by 50%, and health care by 34%.
In Azerbaijan, 2,138,000 people have debts to banks. Experts believe that this is evidence of severe social situation.
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According to the UN Human Development Index, Azerbaijan ranks 76th among 187 countries.
Project cost of Masalli-Shorsulu, length 63 km., is $625 million. Thus, 1 km of road costs $ 10 million.
"Yeni Musavat" writes that heroin valued at 170 million manat was transported through the cargo point LLC "Azerjanub", which at one time belonged to the deputy Javanshir Pashazade.
Pressure is put on the arrested on blogger Omar Mamedov, for making him sign a petition for clemency.
Head of the Karabakh Azeri community buys villa at 4.5 million manat, previously the villa belonged to the former owner of ATV channel, Tagi Ibragimov.
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Recently, MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev proposed in parliament that the President of Azerbaijan be granted the authority to pardon not only convicted individuals but also those under investigation.
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Historian Jamil Hasanli's recent Facebook post has reignited debates over Azerbaijan's pension system and labor market, exposing significant shortcomings in social welfare and employment policies. The sharp critique followed Minister of Labor and Social Protection Sahil Babayev's parliamentary statement that individuals who have never worked or contributed to social insurance should not be eligible for pensions. The statement has drawn attention to entrenched structural issues in Azerbaijan's labor and pension frameworks, where employment gaps and limited social safety nets exacerbate inequality.
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A group of ticktockers was arrested in Azerbaijan under administrative procedure. According to the press service of the Interior Ministry, the detainees ‘showed disrespect to society, posted unethical posts and appeals in social networks that are contrary to moral values’.
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High-ranking officials at the Ministry of Health have been arrested, and six individuals suspected of issuing illegal certificates for performing plastic surgeries have been detained. According to press reports, Saida Rustamova, head of the Department of Personnel, Science, and Education, whose name was mentioned in scandalous publications about counterfeit certificates, was detained today. Other individuals named in investigative articles may also have been arrested, including Deputy Minister of Health Ilgar Gasymov.
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