Today the autumn session of the Parliament of Azerbaijan opened. According to the Speaker Oktay Asadov, during the spring session they adopted 132 laws, and by the end of the year will have to make many important legislation acts, including the budget for the 2013 financial year.
The agenda for this meeting includes approval of a plan of legislation, parliamentary election of the heads of the working groups, and the establishment of a commemorative coin to mark the 20th anniversary of state independence of Azerbaijan.
There are also plans to withdraw the amendments 5, 6, 10, and 12 of the article of the international convention "On the criminal liability for corruption," to amend the law "On State Service of Azerbaijan", "On Labor Pensions", "On the National Archive Fund "and so on. There will be changes to the law on service of the Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, the customs, the migration service, etc. Also, there will be changes to the Code of Administrative Offences. - 17D-
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On 28 December, the Baku Court for Serious Crimes presided over by Azad Mejidov sentenced Teymur Kerimov, founder of Internet TV ‘Kanal 11’, to 8 years of imprisonment. Istek Totiyeva, who was prosecuted together with him in the same case, was sentenced to a suspended sentence with a two-year probation period.
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On 28 December, at the trial of activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, the state prosecutor asked to sentence him to 11 years of imprisonment
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Investigation group of Turkish experts has arrived in Baku to investigate the crash of AZAL plane on 25 December.
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The United States on Friday sanctioned Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, a tycoon widely seen as the country's de facto leader, saying he was undermining democracy for the benefit of Russia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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