Press Review August 2, 2018

The level of gas supply in the country, the state of the national economy, and the opinion on increasing the transport fares are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes that before the end of this year the level of gas supply in the country will be brought to 95%. In the first half of this year, new gas pipelines were built in the country, with a total length of 1,519.4 km. 113.8 km of the gas pipeline were repaired. In general, there are 2 million 138 thousand gas consumers in the country.

The website Azadliq.info writes that the adventure with the retention of the manat rate is too expensive. The economist-expert Gubad Ibadoglu discusses the situation of the national economy.

He points to a decrease in funds in fixed assets by 14.1%, and credit investments - by 19.3%.

Over the past 2 months, the level of exports has decreased. The share of oil and oil products in total exports in the last 6 months has reached 90%. The expert emphasizes that for one and a half years the manat has been artificially restrained by administrative means, which is fundamentally wrong.

The website Moderator.az discusses the situation with increasing the fare on public transport. The article gives negative opinions about this decision.

Experts believe this decision was made on the basis of personal interests, and not national ones, which is unacceptable and dangerous. -0---