Press Review August 2, 2014

While all independent newspapers dedicate their front page to articles on 8 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan killed on the front, the official newspaper do not write a line about it.

They write about the Presidential Decree about designing Baku Choreographic Academy.

Express writes about the death of eight soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan in a firefight with the enemy on the front lines. In this context, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick expressed regret on his Twitter page.

The four-time football champion of the USSR Alekper Mammadov died.

A 4.6-point earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded in the northern Caspian regions.

Bizim Yol writes about the concerns of the world community in connection with the arrest of the Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy Leyla Yunus.

Tax Inspectorate began checking the Legal Education Society chaired by Intigam Aliyev.

A half of the identity cards of First Karabakh War veterans were bought for money and there are cases of issuance of these documents to young children.

Yeni Musavat, besides combat losses in the national army, writes about the establishment of a committee to protect the rights of Leyla Yunus.

The newspaper Azadlig appealed to the Press Council and the State Media Support Fund for assistance in restoring the issuance of the paper.

The newspaper claims that Azerbaijan receives more heroin than it has recently been detained at the border with Georgia (2.79 tons).

The packing and shipping of the commodity abroad is arranged in the city of Sumgait. A former employee of MNS told the paper about that.