Press Review 12/17/15

Official newspapers publish articles about the achievements in the socio-political and economic life of the country.

Azadlig writes about Congressman Chris Smith's bill imposing sanctions against high-ranking Azerbaijani officials for human rights violations.

Under arrest, the former head of the International Bank Jahangir Hajiyev filed a lawsuit against the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. The employees of this structure violate the confidentiality of his meetings with his lawyer, and do not give Hajiyev the food parcels brought to him.

Experts say that in 2016 local branches of such bodies as Azerenergy, the State Customs, the Social Security Fund, the Office of Land Reclamation, and the State Committee for Diaspora will be canceled. All of them will be reassigned to other entities.

Express cites the opinion of the agency Bloomberg, which predicts a rise in the price of oil to a hundred dollars per barrel due to the attacks of ISIS.

The offices that do not provide disabled people with jobs will be fined up to two thousand manats.

Echo writes that at this year's New Year holidays the citizens will spend at least 250 manats per person.

Azerbaijan has about a thousand street children. They are mainly school-age boys from 8 to 17 years.

Bizim Yol: The Russian space satellite fixed an oil spill on an area of 300 square km after the accident and fire on the oil platform Gunashli. However, Baku has denied this fact.

Yeni Musavat: The year 2015 was declared the Year of Agriculture in Azerbaijan, but agricultural exports grew by only 1%.

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