Press Review 31/01/15

Official newspapers report performance by Ilham Aliyev at the recently held meeting, where the head of state called Azerbaijan "island of stability".

The same newspapers publish the text of the amendments of the Cabinet in connection with the annual financial report of NGOs.

Azadlig considers the possibility of Baku to abandon the US dollar at the suggestion of Tehran.

The Washington Post called the Republican senator Burton "lobbyist for official Baku" for his laudatory article about Azerbaijan.

German newspapers published articles about the inadvisability of European Games in a country where human rights are trampled and human rights activists are persecuted.

Express writes that the Israeli President called the Khojaly tragedy an example of mass destruction. The newspaper calls this statement "Jewish blow to the Armenians."

The military prosecutor reported growth in non-military offenses in the army.

Bizim Yol writes that the Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov dismissed the heads of four departments.

Yeni Musavat writes that at the PACE session Azerbaijan and Turkey voted against sanctions against Russia, while Armenia believed to be an outpost of Russia abstained from voting. The newspaper says that Armenia joined the anti-Russian chorus of the West.

Opposition politicians believe that such actions of official Baku will not help it gain Russia, but will cause it to lose Ukraine.

The newspaper writes about corruption of the head of the State Migration Service Firudin Nabiyev, who travels on an expensive car.

Women human rights defenders are preparing for a meeting with the prisoner Lamia Guliyeva, who gave birth to a child in custody.