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The focus of the media is on regional and international relations, new presidential decrees, suicides, and banking bans for citizens on leaving the country.
The Azerbaijan published a front-page article on the visit of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the United States under the title The United States Together with Ilham Aliyev.
The article states that during the visit the sides agreed to expand trade and economic relations. In general, as the newspaper says, bilateral relations are entering a new stage of development.
The Azadlig, commenting on the presidential decree on the establishment of the Agency for Housing, says that where there is no transparency and public control, the formation of new bodies will not lead to the efficient use of public funds.
The expert Rovshan Agayev says we must first have to eliminate corruption.
According to him, Azerbaijan has yet to build affordable housing because of the monopoly on the construction market.
The Echo writes about the planned opening of currency exchange offices. The judge Nariman Agayev believes that the elimination of exchange offices has caused enormous damage to the country's banking sector, because exchangers paid interests to banks from their foreign currency transactions.
The Novoye Vremya in the article The Point of No Return focuses on the problem of frequent suicides. This indicates that in many cases the causes of suicide are debts on bank loans. The publication states that the problem can be solved by joint efforts of the authorities, the bankers and the civil society.
The Bizim Yol reports the maintenance of a ban on leaving the country for thousands of citizens because of their overdue credit debts to banks. The paper argues that these restrictions are not imposed by any court decisions and are just a result of collusion between banks and the Ministry of Justice.
The expert Akram Hasanov considers it as arbitrariness. According to him, even if debtors undertake in the court to repay their loans in part, their freedom of movement cannot be limited. Only if it is established that a debtor deliberately evades credit repayment, restrictions on his leaving the country can be imposed. However, in violation of the law a ban on leaving the country is imposed not only on the debtors, but also on the loan guarantors. -0-
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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