Press review January 13, 2018

The main topics in today"s press are: social security of oil workers, a living wage and a consumer basket, closing and opening jobs, a decrease in the number of tourists.

The newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the social security of oil workers. The author notes that oil is the main factor of developing economy, and is one of the main factors in solving social problems. The article deals with the solution of housing problems of oil workers. So, in the village of Lokbatan and the village of Garachuhur, residential houses for oil workers are being built.

The newspaper "Echo" published an article entitled: "The subsistence minimum in Azerbaijan does not reach the consumer basket". The consumer basket is directly related to the subsistence level, which, however, does not allow purchasing the necessary goods and products within the established limits of 173 manats. At the same time, the real consumer basket is equal to 276.96 manats. Therefore, the subsistence minimum in the country should be brought up to at least 300 manat, experts say.

The newspaper Novoye Vremya published an article titled "A Tourist Is Always In Price". The author analyzes the situation with tourism, noting the growth and decline in the number of tourists. The article notes that tourists are mainly from the Arab countries. The author gives numerous statistical data and comparisons.

The site "Azadlıqinfo.az" writes about the opened and closed workplaces. According to official statistics, 177,000 jobs were opened, and 170,000 were closed.

Economist Neymyat Aliyev reminds that the figures announced by Ilham Aliyev about the opening 221,000 jobs, of which 177,000 are permanent in 2017 do not correspond to reality. Expert counts and analyzes the numbers the data.