2 March is the fourth anniversary day of murder of Elmar Huseinov - editor-in-chief of the “Monitor” magazine. The journalist's friends, family and associates will come on this day to his grave in the second Alley of Honorary Graveyard. Editor-in-chief of the “Ganun” magazine and co-founder of Elmar Huseinov Foundation, Shahbaz Huduoglu informed the www.mediaforum about that.

The International Forum of the Journalist Organizations of Turkic-language countries will commence on its work on 14 April in Turkey. According to the “Ses” news agency, the delegation from Azerbaijan consisting of 4 persons, at the head of chairman to the Press Council, Aflatun Amashov will take part at the forum.

The Moldavian police have conducted a search in the Albasat TV station which is situated 60 km far from Kishinev, the AFP informs. However no warrant was produced by the police.

The security police (Estonian special service) appeared on 26 February, in the morning, in the Tallinn editorial office of the "Vesti dnya" (Daily news) Russian-language newspaper to conduct a search, the edition’s site informs.

The Rocky Mountain News newspaper published in Colorado State since 1859 will be closed over its unprofitability in the conditions of financial crisis, the AFP informs on 26 February.

The “Day.az” site restarted functioning yesterday and so did today the English version of the “Today.az” portal, the press informs. The site's former editor-in-chief, Elnur Baimov refused to work with a new founder of the portal whose name isn't disclosed.

Chairman of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, Ramiz Rzayev has sent a letter to editor-in-chief of the “Realny Azerbaijan” and the “Gundalik Azerbaijan” newspapers, Eynulla Fatullayev, imprisoned in colony №12. The journalist is recommended to lodge another appeal to the Supreme Court. The editor-in-chief's father, Emin Fatullayev informed www.mediaforum.az about this.

The Georgian Television Company “Imedi” has been sold to the RAK Georgia Holding Georgian-Arabian investment group, the “Interfax” informs. The sum of the deal is not disclosed. Ex-owner of the “Imedi”, Joseph Kay said he had sold 90 % of the Company's shares having retained 10 % for himself. He explained the deal by his desire “to recover losses of the Company incurred within the last months”.

The victims of Khojaly tragedy are commemorated today in Azerbaijan. As a result of atrocity of Armenian criminal troops, 613 people of the Khojaly population were killed, 487 became invalids, 1275 civilians, including the elderly, children and women, were subjected to tortures being beyond all understanding in Armenian captivity.

The US State Department has published the annual report on the situation with human rights in the world countries. According to the “Liberty” radio, the deterioration of human rights in the country is stressed in the part of the report concerning Azerbaijan.

The largest and oldest newspaper of San Francisco appeared on the verge of closing, Associated Press informs on Wednesday, 25 February.

Day.az and Today.az web sites are sold, as said former chief editor of the projects Elnur Baimov to APA. There is still the same information on temporary closing because of technical reasons and on restart of work on 25 February on the www.day.az and its English version Today.az.

Turkish TRT interrupted broadcast of the speech of leader of the Kurdish Public Democratic Party Ahmet Turka in the parliament when he started speaking in the Kurdish language, the CNN informs.

In the Press Council a meeting with delegation of journalists of Turkey who are in Baku at present takes place; www.mediaforum.az informs referring to “News-Azerbaijan”.

Owner of two Philadelphia newspapers starts a bankruptcy procedure, Associated Press informs on Monday, February, 23. AP notes that the company Philadelphia Newspapers issuing The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News newspapers has became the second media company submitted documents on bankruptcy for the last two days in the USA.