Press Review of 16.08.12

 

Official and pro-government newspapers give a front-page speech by President Ilham Aliyev at the Iftar (Muslim Ramadan dinner) in the new residence of Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazadeh.
The state newspapers also published lengthy articles praising the activities of the government of Azerbaijan.
 
Today's issues of the official newspapers have published 70 condolences, most of which are addressed to the head of the Baku subway Taghi Ahmedov on the death of his brother.
 
Independent and opposition newspapers focus attention on the upcoming redesign of the manat, the inevitability of war in the region, the radar that the U.S. will establish in Azerbaijan, the visit of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the transplantation of human organs in Nakhchivan, the U.S. interests in the South Caucasus, and the struggle between groups inside the ruling circles.
 
Almost all the newspapers, regardless of political orientation, report on the earthquake in the Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan and the outcome of the Olympics.
 
Azadlig 
 
A group of people that looked like athletes attacked a metallurgical enterprise in the Keshlya settlement in Baku. The company is owned by the brothers Zulfugarli, who are in exile. The attackers hired by Rasim Mammadov, manager of Baku Steel Company. The lawyer Aslan Ismailov regarded this as an encroachment on another's property, and accused the government of ignoring the legitimate rights of citizens.
 
A member of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, 46-year-old Fuzuli Novruzov died in prison
N 16 from a heart attack. He had been sentenced to one year imprisonment on charges of drug possession.
 
The article "Two important bans for officials" states that government officials and MPs are banned from banking and financing media.
 
The article "Kamaladdin Heydarov wants to overthrow Safar Abiyev" states that the Minister of Emergency Situations wants to make Elchin Guliyev, Chief of the Border Guard Service, the Minister of Defense.
 
The article titled "Millions thrown into the air" says that the boulevard built on the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest must be re-repaired three months later.
 
Bizim Yol
 
Known crime bosses gathered in the Mardakan settlement of Baku on August 14. The gathering was held in connection with the incident between Rovshan Lankaransky and Gocha.
 
The well-known businessman Haji Ibrahim wanted to build an apartment house in Nakhchivan. However, the head of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Vasif Talibov, did not allow this.
 
In an interview, the head of the press service of the Defense Ministry Eldar Sabiroglu denied reports that the Minister of Defense appoints his relatives as commanders. Sabiroglu responded to questions related to the recent losses in staff in the non-fighting army, the rumors of the sale of internal organs of soldiers, etc. 
 
The Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva visited the earthquake zone in Tabriz and gave her two-month salary to the people affected. She urged other MPs to follow her.
 
Yeni Musavat
 
A judicial complaint was filed against the Minister of Transport, Ziya Mammadov in Turkey. The company Yapilar Insaat – Ticaret Ltd, which has built a tunnel in Darnagul, Baku, cannot get paid for the work performed.
 
The former driver of the military prosecutor of Nakhchivan, Rahim Namazov, who migrated to France, says that internal organs of killed soldiers are sold in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. According to him, illegal transplants are carried out in one of the military units in the Kangarli district.
 
Echo
 
Experts believe that despite the denial of reports of arms supplies to Armenia by Ukraine, this fact really took place.
 
Baki Khabar
 
The Tabriz court in Iran has again postponed the trial of the Azerbaijani poets Farid Hussein and Shakhriyar Hajizadeh. -0 –
 

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