Press Review 19/06/15

Official newspapers mainly cover the European Games in Baku.

Azadlyg writes that the money spent on the European Games will further exacerbate the socio-economic situation in the country.

Politicians believe that the time of application of international sanctions against the official Baku is approaching.

The newspaper writes about the arrest of a businessman called Tarlan Huseynov, who was involved in the sale of land in Shykhovo. Villas, which are now demolished by the order of President Ilham Aliyev, were built on this area. The arrest of Huseynov was so secret that his patrons know nothing about it.

But government sources do not report who the man is, as well as how he sold the land in such a place that could be only authorized by the Mayor of the capital and only as directed above.

Express cites the opinion of experts about the likelihood of a protracted war and its impact on the Karabakh front. Experts believe that the talk about the grave consequences of the war is a form of intimidation of Azerbaijan.

Echo writes that in Azerbaijan unemployment benefits are received by less than 10% of the total number of officially unemployed people.

Bizim Yol writes that the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund has filed a lawsuit against the Bank of Azerbaijan and the businessman Hafiz Mammadov.

Yeni Musavat reports that the diplomat Arif Mammadov makes friends with the Minister of Transport Ziya Mammadov.

Namik Ahmedov, nephew of MP Vahid Ahmedov, has been arrested and accused of fraud.