Press Review 10/12/14

Official newspapers publish the order of Ilham Aliyev to allocate 2.9 million manat for the construction of roads in the Balakan region.

Azadlig publishes the statement of CE Secretary General and Commissioner for Human Rights of PACE, which expressed strong protest against the arrest of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

The lawyer Ramiz Mammadov said that his client Leyla Yunus had difficulty walking.

The CEC head Mazahir Panahov said that the current municipal elections will be held with the "German precision".

Official Tbilisi has imposed a ban on the entry of the chairman of the society Borchali, Zalimkhan Mammadov, into Georgia.

Express writes about the appearance of new problem called "drunken women drivers" in Baku.

During the operation, the MNS arrested 11 drug traffickers involved in drug trafficking from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Echo

Local experts talk about the overpopulation in Baku and ways to combat it.

There are no statistical data on the number of pickpockets in Baku. However, according to the expert, the monthly income of each pickpocket is approximately 1 000 manat.

From January 1 to December 6 this year there were 850 accidents on the roads of Baku, which resulted in 290 people killed and 861 injured and wounded.

In Azerbaijan, about 350 settlements are located in landslide areas.

Bizim Yol

Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said that because of the decline in oil prices, some projects in Azerbaijan may not be realized.

Yeni Musavat

The economist Gubad Ibadoglu said that during the import trade in 2008-2013, about 21.5 billion USD was stolen.

An employee of the newspaper Yeni Musavat Emil Salamoglu was warned by the Baku prosecutor's office not to spread secrets of the investigation into the case of Khadija Ismayilova.

Defrauded investors of the construction company Sevil Massivi are going to hold a protest, as the official structures do not respond to their complaints.