Press Review 08/25/15

Official newspapers publish Ilham Aliyev's decree on the allocation of 1 million 500 thousand manats for the construction of roads in the Sabirabad region.

Azadlyg writes that Israel refuses to purchase Azerbaijani oil.

Ismail Taghizadeh, a relative of the former head of the International Bank Jahanghir Hajiyev, has been arrested. The arrest is related to IBA loans outstanding.

The newspaper claims that the shops in the main streets of the capital are being closed due to the decrease in the purchasing power of the population.

Many students cannot continue their studies because of the high pay. The State Students Admission Commission had to renew the registration in this regard.

The arrested journalist Khadija Ismailova said that Yeni Musavat calling itself an opposition paper is not different from the pro-government newspaper Ses. The reason for this statement was the publication of an article by Yeni Musavat.

Experts believe that this time the devaluation in Azerbaijan will be 20-25%.

Express writes that harmful crude salt is sold in Azerbaijan.

Bizim Yol

Official Baku has called biased and non-objective critical statements of the expert group of the United Nations in connection with the violation of human rights in Azerbaijan.

In the tie with the dollar boom, USD 370 million was sold in the country in two days.

Cancer is becoming “younger’ every year. Seven thousand people die from this disease in Azerbaijan annually.

Yeni Musavat

The Chairman of the Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov says he is investigating the death of a resident of Mingechevir Bahruz Hajiyev from an electric shock in the police.

The US dollar hype will not affect seriously the price increase before the parliamentary elections, says the newspaper. However, reducing the USD stock pushes the Central Bank to a new devaluation.