Trial in the case of the former head of the "International Bank of Azerbaijan" (IBA) and other officials continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Afgan Hajiyev. In particular, Anar Sultanov, who in 2004-2010 headed the Central branch of IBA. He said that the branch had the right to grant loans without collateral to 2.000 manats and 5,000 manat with collateral.
More than these amounts were given loans by the decision of the credit committee and the board. After the head office made the decision to grant a loan, the branch office played more technical role.
"The decisions of the Board were compulsory for me," said Sultanov.
Responding the questions from the prosecutor, Sultanov said that he gave loans to the relatives and friends of the former chairman of the IBA Jangir Hajiyev by his own order.
So, the driver of the head of the bank Aydin Mehdiyev was granted a loan by 9 million manat. In addition, from the Central Branch were granted loans to Hajiyev's wife and daughters, as well as the daughter of the former head of the National Security Ministry and Hajiyev’s brother- in-law Eldar Mahmudov. Total loans by plastic cards were issued to nine relatives of Hajiyev. The trial is ongoing. -03D-
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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Three Afghan nationals were detained while attempting to illegally cross the state border of Azerbaijan from Iran, a statement from the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. Samadi Safi Abdurahman oglu, Sattari Sifar Khan oglu, and Vekili Mukhb Seyfulla oglu were detained while trying to breach the border in the area serviced by the “Goradiz” Border Detachment. Operational and investigative measures are underway regarding the incident. It should be noted that recently another Afghan national was detained for attempting to cross the Azerbaijani border by swimming across the Caspian Sea.
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The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League took place in Monaco. This year, a new tournament system has been introduced. Instead of the traditional group stage with four teams per group, the competition will feature a single league format with 36 clubs. The top eight teams will advance directly to the Round of 16. Their opponents will be determined through paired playoff matches involving the clubs that finished in positions 9 through 24. Teams finishing in places 25 through 36 will be eliminated from the tournament. In today’s draw, FC Qarabag’s eight opponents were determined.
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