Press Review for June 16, 2017

Arrangement of the village of Jojug Marjanly, increase in the Fed discount rate and the impact of this fact on Azerbaijan, strengthening of internal migration, and sale of expensive mansions are the leading topics of today's press.

The Azerbaijan writes about the works on the development of the village of Jojug Marjanly, which President Ilham Aliyev recently visited.

For 2 months in the village 50 houses, a school and an analogue of the Shusha historical mosque were built and a road from Horadiz to Jojug Marjanly was laid.

During the next stage, it is planned to build about 100 houses and a medical center, and create jobs.

The Novoye Vremya publishes material on the aspirations of the residents of Azerbaijan"s provinces to settle in Baku. The main reason is the lack of jobs in the regions. Because of these permanently residing internal migrants, the capital of Azerbaijan continues to swell up. Currently, there are 69 settlements in the Absheron economic region. The population in each of them exceeds 50 thousand people.

The Yeni Musavat writes about the growth of sales of their mansions by oligarchs, although it is difficult to find buyers for them. The number of ads for sale is growing, and there are no buyers. This is due to the growth of payment for utilities.

The Bizim Yol discusses how much the dollar can rise in price. The MP Vahid Ahmadov says that always after the decision to raise the discount rate in the US, the manat rate falls.