Press Review 03/15/2017

The state's concern for refugees and IDPs, bureaucratic arbitrariness, the reasons for Azerbaijan's withdrawal from the EITI, and the high level of inflation in the country are the leading topics of today's press

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the state's concern for refugees and internally displaced persons. To improve the living conditions of the people of this category, 6.2 million manat has been spent, 95 residential complexes have been built, and 50,000 families from among the internally displaced have been provided with new housing. The author also notes that 80,000 families of internally displaced people still need improvement in their living conditions.

The website Azadliq.info writes about lawlessness and lack of such value as human life. As an example, the author cites the "Nardaran affair", talking about the inhuman attitude to the defendants. Listing all the atrocities committed in the country, the author wonders in what country we live and in whose hands our destiny is.

Echo publishes material on the withdrawal of Azerbaijan from the EITI. Whereas Azerbaijan had great successes before, which the EITI recognized, today there is no special reason for praise.

Novoye Vremya writes about the growth of inflation in the country. Prices for consumer goods and tariffs for services in Azerbaijan in January-February 2017 year-on-year increased by 12.5%, including for food products - by 15.6%, non-food products - by 12.5%, and tariffs for paid services - by 8.4%, according to the State Statistics Committee.