Press Review 07/01/15

Official newspapers continue to write about the European Games that finished in Baku.

The editor of the newspaper Azerbaijan, MP Bakhtiyar Sadigov published an article entitled The Olympic Games of Ilham Aliyev.

A deputy, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Rafael Huseynov published a laudatory article on the merits of Ilham Aliyev in the Khalg Gazeti paper.

Azadlyg cites the opinion of the rating agency Moody’s that the Azerbaijani banks from the category of stable moved into the negative category.

Chairman of the National Council Jamil Hasanli said that 40% of the medals won by Azerbaijan at the European Games were won by foreign players. This is an indication of absence of the national team in the country.

During the construction of houses in the park Friendship near Shykhov Beach the chief of Housing Department №7 and the Chief Architect of the Bibi-Heybat Municipality were arrested.

A prisoner in Penitentiary №7 Javanshir Orujov said that heroin is openly sold there.

The newspaper writes that the Preliminary Investigation Department of Tax Crimes keeps in custody businessmen for not paying taxes.

Express writes that the National Bank ordered banks to take commission fees not more than 1% when extending credits.

Bizim Yol writes that according to the report by Moody’s, the level of problem loans in the country exceeded 15%.

Yeni Musavat says that Azerbaijan is preparing for a lightning war in Karabakh.

Experts argue that housing in the country's housing market will fall in price by 10%.