Press Review 14/08/15

Official newspapers write about appointing Tahir Budagov head of the State Statistics Committee.

Azerbaijan publishes an article accusing The Washington Post and The Guardian of «violation of the ceasefire" between Azerbaijan and the West and the United States.

Azadlyg reports on the verdict against Arif and Leila Yunus, saying the total period of their imprisonment is 15.5 years.

PFPA called the verdict an intention of official Baku to disable the civil society in Azerbaijan.

The surgeon Saday Aliyev that operated on the deceased journalist Rasim Aliyev, as well as a group of doctors, has been called in for the investigation.

The newspaper criticizes the awarding of the Order of Glory to the Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev. MP Ilyas Ismayilov, in turn, said that, before handing this award, it would not hurt to find out the public opinion about the man.

The political scientist Hikmet Hajizadeh called the proposal of the Commander of the Naval Forces of the Russian Federation to establish a navy together with Azerbaijan Russia's desire to restore the former Soviet Union.

The depreciation of the Turkish lira and the Chinese yuan has led to the loss of 180 million USD by SOFAZ.

Experts believe that the state budget will be difficult to predict, since the real cost of oil per barrel is 40-50 USD.

Express writes that Azerbaijani diplomats have been fined at EUR 11,700 for violation of traffic rules in Switzerland.

The plan for student admission has been fulfilled at 83% and 6, 555 seats have remained vacant.

Echo writes on the ban on 204 people leaving Azerbaijan, as they evade taxes.

Bizim Yol writes about the tightening of mortgage lending.

The captain of the football team Gabala Javid Huseynov said that he was innocent in the death of the journalist Rasim Aliyev. The footballer wants the true perpetrator to be found and punished.

Yeni Musavat reports that the lawyer Kamandar Nasibov reported continuing arrests in the case of loans from the International Bank of Azerbaijan.