Press Review for 12/19/12

 

Official newspapers report on the National Olympic Committee meeting with President Ilham Aliyev participation.  Also reported was the meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and the president of BP.

 

Azadlig

The former Rector of the International University, Elshad Abdullayev has videos exposing presidential administration chief, Ramiz Mehdiyev. Mehdiyev’s daughter gave a negative perception of Mehriban Aliyeva in the video.

Staff at Azadlig is preparing to protest outside the office of Gasid,.the press delivery firm. The reason is in protest the newspaper failing to pay debts.

Lawyer Adil Ismailov has said the government crossed a "red line" in planning to severely punish a Musavat activist Nigar Yagublu for an accident.

 

Zerkalo 

At the January session of PACE, Azerbaijani MPs will have hard time. The authorities are likely to instruct them to attack Strasser’s report on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

 

Express 

Scientific institutions say up to 30% of Azerbaijan’s territory is a landslide area.

 

Echo

It is traditional for prices to rise in Azerbaijan before the New Year.

 

Bizim Yol, referring to the Israeli websites, report on six Iranian spies that have been detained in Baku. Baku says nothing on this.

 

Yeni Musavat

The former parliamentarian, Gular Akhmedova, to avoid arrest and protect herself, has sent compromising briefs to four foreign countries.

Eldar Shikhaliev has died in hospital, after being beaten by Deputy Chief of Khachmaz, Azer Hagverdiev.  They were both from the same district.  

 

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