Press Review 05/08/15

Official and pro-government newspapers write about the participation of President Ilham Aliyev and his family members in different events, a meeting with veterans of the Second World War, and publish memories of ministers and other officials on the occasion of the birthday of Heydar Aliyev.

Azadlyg writes about the session of the Constitutional Court on the return of people’s credits to banks. In the case of repayment of loans in US dollars, the citizens will be seriously affected financially and otherwise banks will be affected.

On May 26, the United States will take the Azerbaijani-American Financial Forum. The newspaper believes that the oligarchs will ask the US for aid.

The newspaper writes about corruption and lawlessness in tendering at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

According to the Statistics Committee of Turkey, in 2014 furniture in the amount of 177 million 963 thousand dollars was exported to Azerbaijan. However, Azerbaijan’s Statistics Committee claims that in 2014, Azerbaijan imported furniture amounting to just 117 million dollars.

Bizim Yol writes that Bank Technique may become bankrupt. As a result of the devaluation, the bank suffered a loss of 25 million manat.

Yeni Musavat writes that on the eve of the European Games all the known human rights activists and journalists will be released. At the same time the source of such a "valuable" information is not disclosed.

The former leader of the party Musavat Isa Gambar criticized former members of the party who conducted a protest in front of the party office. He believes that the action was organized by the regime.

Echo: In Azerbaijan, the number of budget hotels is growing. According to experts, the cost ranges from 35 to 60 dollars per day.

Express writes that the number of children placed in boarding schools is growing. In all boarding schools there are 2,100 children.

In Tabriz, the security services detained and warned a fan from Baku, Famil Salehoglu. Upon arrival in Tabriz for the match of the soccer team Tractor, he hung a scarf with an inscription in Turkish on his neck.