Press digest 18.07.13

The official and pro-governmental press writes about hearings of the situation in Azerbaijan at the Helsinki Commission in Washington. The Azerbaijani officials accuse the National Council members of betrayal of Azerbaijan’s interests.

Azadlig daily re-printed the story from Turkish Hurriyet newspaper that Anar Mammadov, son of Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov, has bought an island in the Mediterranean Sea for $40 million.

  Baku’s Mayoralty discusses the fate of half a million of illegal houses. Heads of some regions offered to demolish the houses, though earlier president recommended to legalize them.

 Police has detained a close relative of ex-Deputy Gultakin Hajiyeva. She is accused of illegal exploitation of labor. The newspaper believes that this woman to blacken Hajiyeva.

 The only opposition candidate for the presidency Rustam Ibragimbekov will arrive in Baku at the end of July.

Zerkalo

The newspaper’s columnist analyzes hearings about Azerbaijan in the US Congress.

Express

Azerbaijan is among top five countries importing Russian weapons.

Novoye Vremya

The Azerbaijani authorities called hearings in Washington a briefing.

Bizim Yol

Prosecutors Office has demanded to sentence employees of Texnika Bank for fraud. Total term of imprisonment is 223 years.

Nasimi region court partially allowed suit of Intur-Avto LLC against Baku’s Mayoralty, which is obliged to pay the firm 4,700,000AZN.

Yeni Musavat

The newspaper writes about purchase of the island by the Azerbaijani Transport Minister’s son and hearings in Washington.

Lawyer of businessman Huseyn Abdullayev has submitted the documents proving that the latter paid taxes to the government. The accusation of evasion of taxes and criminal case are groundless.—0--