Press Review 08/22/15

The official press publishes the decree of President Ilham Aliyev, as well as materials about the high rate of economic development.

Azadlyg

There is the 15^th anniversary of Abulfaz Elchibey’s death. The newspaper publishes an article in this regard, which tells about the activities of the democratically elected president.

The newspaper publishes an article by the imprisoned journalist Seymour Hazi. It tells the story of the struggle for power in the 1990s and the role of political forces in the Karabakh conflict.

The newspaper publishes an article analyzing the car market. Mostly bought are car brands Mercedes, BMW, Opel and Lada.

At 5 times decreased imports of cars from Georgia to Azerbaijan. In January-July this year 2,519 cars were imported from Georgia to Azerbaijan. For the same period of last year 10,337 cars were imported.

Bizim Yol

A cargo belonging to 600 Azerbaijanis has been arrested in the seaport of Aktau. It was imported from China. It refers to smuggling. However, the head of the cargo transport company Capital 2 Novruz Barkhudarov believes that the real reason for the arrest of the cargo is a "cargo protection racket" by Kazakhstan officials. According to him, USD 6 million has been paid as tax for the cargo every year since 2000.

The chairman of a parliamentary committee Ali Huseynli considers the verdict imposed against the Yunus couple humane. He also believes Azerbaijan has no commitments to the CE.

In connection with the hype about a new devaluation of the manat, the Central Bank has released several orders to commercial banks to remedy the situation.

Express

Palestine opens its embassy in Armenia.

The newspaper writes about the beginning of a new USD frenzy.

The British Ambassador to Azerbaijan Irfan Siddig believes the high level of relations with Azerbaijan.

In Azerbaijan, there are 65,482 children with disabilities. Disabled children in Azerbaijan are allocated an allowance of 67 manats a month.

Yeni Musavat

A fire broke out in the administrative center of Neustadt Waldnabe inhabited by Azerbaijani migrants in Bavaria. There were no injuries.

The newspaper writes about the theft of a sum of money allocated for permitting the workers of EVRASCON JSC to work in Kazakhstan. The Almaty regional court has started to arrest the Azerbaijanis. This company exported 180 workers from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan, but they are not paid their salaries.

The term of arrest of businessmen who have not paid their debts to the International Bank of Azerbaijan has been prolonged.

The villagers in Zykh held a protest at the fact that the village is not supplied normal drinking water.

The newspaper publishes an article on the testimony of the journalist Khadija Ismailova during the investigation. It reports about her relationship with Tural Mustafayev. -0-