The economic development of the country, the number of working population in the country, the situation with business environment in Azerbaijan, the fight against corruption are the major themes in today's press.
The official newspaper "Azerbaijan" published an article by the editor Bakhtiyar Sadigov, entitled: "Azerbaijan is steadily developing."
According to him, an impetus to the events gave the April battles, as well as the possibility of the country's economy, yet laid by Heydar Aliyev. That is, the Azerbaijani model of development. In support of its findings Sadikhov causes a variety of data, talking about industrial parks and state programs in different regions of the country.
"Azadlig" journalist investigation leads Shahvalad Chobanoglu presents research on statistics. The data by the State Statistical Committee vary widely with the data on the number of officials working.
Ilham Aliyev approves the opening of new jobs and reduction of GDP. However, the State Statistics Committee data on the number of employees is three times lower than is shown by Aliyev. How could it happen, asks the author?
"Echo" publishes an article titled: "Can we improve the business climate in Azerbaijan?". According to experts, some laws and regulations are not enough. The commission created on the eve should present concrete measures to improve the business climate: to differentiate the tax imposition, put an end to monopolies, to reduce the number of licenses related to entrepreneurship. They all are the sources of corruption.
"New Times" publishes an article about the formal fight against corruption in the country, arguing that the prosecution reveals only minor corrupt, but do not touch government officials. Corrupt officials create their business from the state budget, ignoring the laws. Society wants their exposure, and this is the social order.
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The preliminary report by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport on the investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft in Aktau has reignited discussions on the issue. Since the crash occurred in Kazakhstan's territory, the investigation is being conducted by that country.
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In 2024, as a result of external cyberattacks, 16,804 cases of fraud were recorded, and over 22.4 million manat were stolen from citizens' bank cards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan reported on Wednesday.
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The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan has effectively acknowledged that President Ilham Aliyev’s official aircraft, “Baku-1,” encountered external technical interference while flying to St. Petersburg for the informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on December 25. The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny of the incident, including reports of a GPS signal loss over Russian airspace.
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In Yardimly region of Azerbaijan, 20 kg of drugs and psychotropic preparations were found and seized from drug couriers, the regional group of the Interior Ministry's press service reported.
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