Press Review 29/06/15

Official newspapers cover the completion of the first European Games in Baku.

Azadlyg writes that Baku is concerned that the situation in Azerbaijan brought before the United Nations.

The report of the US State Department in 2014 noted that the presidential elections in Azerbaijan in 2013 and parliamentary in 2010 did not meet OSCE standards.

The newspaper writes that Aydin Abbasov, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, was threatened with arrest.

Azerbaijani athletes at the European Games in Baku won 56 medals and won the second place.

The national budget spent 140 million mantas on the European Games closing ceremony, the Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov said.

The Head of the German Mission at the European Games, Dirk Schimmelpfenning said the Baku Games set a new standard of cost twice the cost of the London Olympics. Thus, the continuation of the European Games is posed under question.

German newspapers write about the danger of the closure of the newspaper Azadlig.

Prison №13 has not been supplied drinking water for two days. The reason is unclear. This colony contains political prisoners, including Tofik Yagublu and Ilgar Mamedov.

For the purchase of Russian modernized weapons by Armenia, Russia has allocated 200 million dollars. However, the Azerbaijani authorities did not react to this fact. Azerbaijani opposition, in turn, accused the government that it yields to Russia.

Yeni Musavat, commenting on Baku’s rapprochement with Russia, believes that Europe is losing Baku.

The route Baku-Guba-Russia, which cost the Azerbaijani budget 546 million manats, is in a state of disrepair now.

Azerbaijani citizens for summer holidays choose Georgia and Turkey, where prices are lower than in Azerbaijan.