Press Review for 15/11/12

Official newspapers write about President Ilham Aliyev meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economy of the UAE, as well as awarding the Order of Glory to a David Alan Harris. These newspapers publish the text of changes to several laws of the country.

The newspaper Yeni Azerbaijan has published an article critical to the well-known writer Rustam Ibragimbekov and entitled "Who are you?".

Azadlig publishes performance by Rustam Ibragimbekov that alerts the authorities that in the absence of reform and change in political staff, there may occur a revolution.

The "Union of billionaires" in Russia has set up an office in Derbent.

The protests against the arrest of the bank account of the Azadlig newspaper are growing. The parties Umid and Milli Istiqlal made statements condemning the fact. Professor Chapai Sultanov called intelligentsia of the country to support the newspaper.

The Public Chamber has criticized the draft budget, calling it a rip-off of future generations.

Zerkalo 

This year, as a result of family conflicts 30 women have been killed.

Express

Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev rejected criticism from the Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes, who took part in the online forum in Baku. The Deputy Minister brought his dissatisfaction to the EU representative in Baku.

The country has a growing number of diabetics. If in 2005 for patients with diabetes the state budget allocated 1.5 million manat, the budget for 2013 envisages 34 million manat for this.

Bizim Yol

The civil society criticized the head of the OSCE Baku office for loyalty to the authorities of the country.

Yeni Musavat claims that Moscow is preparing an ethnic war in Azerbaijan.

The new Georgian Prime Minister Ivanishvili instructed to check the situation with the investment costs of SOCAR in Georgia.

For 15 days in Nakhchivan leaflets calling for revolt have been distributed.

The former Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev said that in Azerbaijan there is a more terrible group than the Haji Mammadov gang, which is engaged in kidnapping.