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Where heads of media outlets rested in summer?

04 September 2007 15:49 (UTC +04:00)

Summer is about to end. Those who rested have already returned. Representatives of Azerbaijani media outlets are among them. APA carried out a survey among chiefs of media outlets, who work hard all the year long, to learn where they rested in summer.
Editor-in-chief of 525-ci gezet Rashad Majid rested in summer two times. He went to Yessentuki health resort for treatment. He has recently rested in Ismayilli.
Editor-in-chief of Iki sahil newspaper Vugar Rahimzade unlike his colleague did not rest, he spent summer in Baku. The editor-in-chief said he engaged in the newspaperâ€™s creative activity and only went to his native village, Nakhchivan.
Editor-in-chief of Ayna â€“ Zerkalo newspaper, chief of Azerbaijani Journalistsâ€™ Union Elchin Shikhli said he rested in summer. He also regards his visit along with a group of Azerbaijani media representatives to the US at the invitation of the US Department of State as rest. The editor-in-chief said before he had rested in Bodrum, Turkey.
APAâ€™s director general Vusala Mahirgizi said she did not have time to rest.
â€œI could only rest a few days in Florida and Portland during the visit to the US with my colleagues in July,â€ she said.
Novaya Vremyaâ€™s editor-in-chief Shakir Habiloglu said that they also had a rest during their visit to the US with his collogues: â€œI have not been able to schedule a time to rest. I sometimes go to the mountains to breathe fresh airâ€
Baku Khabar newspaperâ€™s editor-in-chief Aydin Guliyev spent summer in Baku, â€œI tried to resume our newspapersâ€™ activity. I regard any positive result as a rest.â€
Sharg newspaperâ€™s editor-in-chief Akif Ashirli rested just 8 days in summer. He rested 7 days in Bodrum and 1 day in Guba with the newspaperâ€™s staff.
â€œI worked non-stop in summer,â€ said Azadliq newspaperâ€™s editor-in-chief Ganimat Zahid saying that he had just some chances to go to his motherland Shamakhi.
Yeni Azerbeycan newspaperâ€™s editor-in-chief Algish Hasanoglu thinks their visit to the US was a kind of a rest for them, â€œI took a break and rested with my family in Khizi after got back from the US.â€
Mediaforumâ€™s editor-in-chief Azar Garachenli rested in Kphne Guneshli settlement, â€œOur motherland is under occupation, and can not afford break abroad.â€
Day.azâ€™s editor-in-chief Elnur Baimov has never taken a break for four years, â€œI was in the US with my counterparts but it was concerning our job.â€
Bizim yolâ€™s Bahaddin Haziyev did not take a break, â€œI wanted to go to the sanatorium regarding my health. But problems rose about our newspaper made it impossible.â€/APA/