Press Review 18.12.13

Official newspapers write about the signing ceremony for Shah Deniz -2 and Ilham Aliyev's meetings with official delegations of the Signatories.

Azadlig writes that the British Foreign Secretary that arrived in Azerbaijan to sign agreement on Shah Deniz -2 called on Baku to respect freedom of assembly, political freedoms and freedom of the press .

The Council of Europe has sent an appeal to human rights defenders , the deputies of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the repression of civil society representatives .

Functionaries of PPFA, commenting amendment to the law banning the activity of political parties without headquarters , believe that this amendment is directed against PPFA .

Express writes that Russia's Gazprom violated the intention of Greece to sign an agreement SOCAR -DESFA.

Echo with reference to experts reports that in the first half of 2014 in Azerbaijan food is to rise by 12-25 %.

Azerbaijani population spends 6 % of its income on loan repayments.

Bizim Yol

At the trial of Ismayilli events was sounded and testified that the police chief in Mingechevir and the MP from the district urged people to go to the place, where riots were taking place.

Yeni Musavat continues the theme of arrests in Turkey , commenting that the arrests aim to strike Erdogan.

The newspaper writes that the arrest of the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Training Center Anar Mammadli has caused a serious public outcry.