Press Review - January 24, 2018
Azerbaijan's advancement in the sphere of inclusive development, the rise in prices in the country, problems in the non-oil sector, and disputes over a new spelling dictionary are the leading topics of today's press.
The newspaper Azerbaijan, with economist Vugar Bayramov, analyzes the third place occupied by Azerbaijan in the traditional index of inclusive development of the World Economic Forum.
This is the world's most famous index, relating to developed and developing countries. Seventy-seven developing countries were studied, among which Azerbaijan was.
This is the only country in the region that took the third place with 4.69 points. The indicators taken as a basis were GDP per capita, labor efficiency, life expectancy and employment.
The website Azadliqinfo.az writes that the rise in prices in the country has broken all conceivable records. The rise in prices by the government has no limits, the author writes. Over the past year, all significant food and non-food items rose.
Last night, the price of cigarettes and alcohol doubled, and the excise tax on gasoline brands 95 and 98 rose 200 times. And the government is stubbornly trying to justify its actions.
Further, the author cites the price dynamics in figures.
The newspaper Novoye Vremya writes about the state of exports. After the fall in oil prices, the government seriously began talking about the growth in exports of non-oil products. However, as soon as the price of oil jumped, this was forgotten.
In other words, there have been no significant changes in the structure of exports.
So, from the non-oil products the main place in the export is taken by agricultural products.
The website Ayna.az writes about the recent sporadic arguments around the spelling dictionary prepared by the Institute of Linguistics. It's about changing the spelling of words and about the hype around it.
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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