Press Review 07/27/13

Official newspapers write about the meeting of Ilham Aliyev with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Philippe Lefort and AZN 4 million for the social development of Agdash.

Azadlig writes that Ilham Aliyev is going to expel the maximum number of foreigners before the presidential election.

The journal of Columbia University Columbia Journalism Review published an extensive article about the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

The Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Party Natig Karimov denied the departure of his party from the National Council. According to him, the party will remain in the entity until the end.

Refusal to register Rustam Ibrahimbekov as a single candidate from the National Council can radically change the political situation in the country, according to the opposition.

Political scientist Vafa Guluzadeh believes that the forthcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Azerbaijan does not promise anything good.

53% of the 19 thousand students who passed the entrance examination in Group I scored not more than a hundred points, which is an indicator of the low level of education.

Express writes that from next year the OSCE Baku office will change its status and will only coordinate projects.

  For the 6 months of the year 5,053 crimes were registered in Baku and 32 criminal groups were neutralized.

Bizim Yol writes that the chief executive of Goranboy defrauded a group of people who had brought him to this post.

A resident of Neftchala region faced with a threat of arrest for having complained to Baku about the action of the local authorities.

Yeni Musavat

Azerbaijani oligarchs are buying up property in Bulgaria to launder money.

The head of the financial department in one of the units in Yevlakh and his assistant were arrested on charges of stealing 62,000 manats.