Press Review for 4/4/13

 

Official newspapers published a Presidential order from Ilham Aliyev to allocate 7.2 million manat to strengthen elevators in the major cities of the country.

 The same newspapers continue to publish stories critical of Germany and the opposition forces of Azerbaijan.

 

Azadlig

The editor of the Iranian newspaper 'Kayhan' said there is a need for a referendum on the accession of Azerbaijan to Iran. This newspaper represents the Ayatollah Khamenei.

 

According to a report from the Accounting Chamber, funds for Lankaran, Jalilabad, Khachmaz, Zardobe, Agdash, Shamkir, Tovuz, and Saatli were stolen from the state budget.

 

Ganja cafe owner Goja Guliyev was tortured by the police to make him confess to the illegal possession of weapons. This man is a relative of Abbas Abbasov - member of the so-called "Billionaires Club", which includes the richest Russian Azerbaijanis.

 

In Lankaran there was a rally to protest against the arrest of theologian Taleh Bagirzade and the application of pressure on local theologian Zulfugar Mikailzade.

 

Iranian leader Khamenei's representative voiced territorial claims to Azerbaijan. Express views this as a threat from Tehran to Baku.

 

The Copyright Agency appealed to the Ministry of Education concerning plagiarism in textbooks.

 

Echo

In 2010-2012, 7.2 billion manat was spent to contain the AZN rate.

 

Bizim Yol

The Hazrat Abbas mosque, in which arrested theologian Taleh Bagirzade read his sermons, can be closed. The community of the mosque is under pressure.

 

Experts argue that oil production has declined. The fall in oil revenues dramatically reduced turnover.

  

Yeni Musavat

Representatives for the head of the Ministry of Transport, Ziya Mammadov, beat a chief executive in Guba. The conflict was over five million manat. 

Entrepreneur Tarlan Kamaloglu was hit on the head with a brick by the chief executive of Beylagan, Vagif Abdullayev. The businessman could no longer endure insults and abuse. The cause of the conflict was a demand by the executive authority to give money for the improvement of a park.

 

Ramil Garayev and Elchin Agayev were detained on March 29 for their political activities on Facebook. They were released on April 3.

 

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