Press Review 08/12/15

Official newspapers publish condolences from the heads of foreign states in connection with the tragedy and destruction in the offshore oilfield Guneshli. The same newspapers publish a decree on the application of the state budget for 2016.

Azadlyg writes that the official Baku stopped searching for the missing oil workers in the field Guneshli, despite the fact that not all the people were found.

According to the law, a person elected to the Parliament cannot hold another office. However, MP Eldar Guliyev is still the Rector of Cooperation University.

Experts point out that last month the assets of the Central Bank decreased by 1.3 billion manats, increasing inevitability of devaluation.

The owner of the Bank of Azerbaijan Hafiz Mammadov cannot return money to depositors, so lawyers have suggested the Central Bank should begin the due bankruptcy proceedings.

Bizim Yol writes that the number of assaults and robberies is growing in Azerbaijan due to the crisis in the country.

Yeni Musavat writes that the Musavat party established the prize Nargiz in honor of Nargiz Yagubova, who untimely died. A commission of 11 people was created for the establishment of this award.

On December 28, the Baku Administrative Economic Court will consider the lawsuit from Razi Nurullayev against the PFPA.

The Chairman of the Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu proposed to abolish the Caucasus Muslims Office, because he considers them guilty of the Nardaran events.

The newspaper writes that the arrested former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev opened the investigators information on secret bank accounts and transactions prior to the devaluation.