Press Review for 8/30/12

Official newspapers report on the visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Belarus, as well as publish articles against the opposition leaders.

Azadlig

Parliament would not deal with a law restricting smoking in public places. The reason is that the Speaker of Parliament has yielded to the pressure exerted by the cigarette "mafia".

Tuition fees rose in the world, but the most difficult situation in this area is in Azerbaijan.

Zerkalo 

Courts practically do not help the victims of the floods in May 2010. For the past two years the flood-affected people encountered with ignoring their problems.

Express

Child suicide rises in Azerbaijan. In 2011, 28 children committed suicide, and in H1 of 2012 there were 29 victims of this.

Echo

The Baku city station for emergency medical aid recorded 54 scorpion stings and 117 sunstrokes during the summer.

Yeni Musavat

In Zagatala, the discontent of people affected by the earthquake in the spring of this year is growing. So far, authorities have not taken effective measures to ensure the normal human habitation.

As a result of staff reductions in SOCAR, the number of employees will decrease from 80 to 40 thousand people.