Press Review 04/03/15

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with the Chairman of the National Council of the Parliament of Slovenia, the Czech delegation headed by Minister of Industry and Trade, as well as with the head of VTB Bank of Russia. The same newspapers publish materials about the President's visit to Bulgaria.

Azadlig writes that the pro-government press launched another anti-American and anti-Western campaign.

In connection with the devaluation of the manat, stricter conditions have emerged for the payment of loans, resulting in drastically decreased revenues of insurance companies.

In connection with the devaluation of the manat, staff reduction is continued in all state institutions. Thus, about 100 employees of Azerkerpu were laid off.

Express writes about the closure of 8 websites of APA Holding due to lack of money.

Bizim Yol, referring to experts, writes that the housing market is facing chaos.

Last year, the National Committee for TV and Radio Broadcasting allocated 6 million manat for the shooting of 25 television series. However, the quality of these movies was extremely low.

The refusal of banks to lend in manat is regarded as distrust of the national currency.

Yeni Musavat draws attention to the publication of an article against the US President in the Azerbaijan newspaper.

The paper argues that the proposal to reduce the rate of the manat to fill the budget came from Finance Minister Samir Sharifov.

Experts warn of a possible shortage of meat, because farmers reduce the livestock.