Press review July 25, 2018

The role of the Sangachal oil and gas terminal in the country's oil industry, the rise in ticket prices for trains, ensuring the country's food safety, and the reduction of Azersun's revenues are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the role of the Sangachal oil and gas terminal, one of the largest in the world, in the economy of Azerbaijan.

The first oil went from this terminal in May 2005. Today, the daily capacity of the technical processing system of the terminal is 1.2 million barrels of oil and gas from the Shahdeniz field in the amount of 30 million standard cubic meters.

The website "Bizimyol.info" discusses with the Chairman of the Association of Free Consumers Eyub Huseynov the activities of the Food Safety Agency. The expert says that he has prepared a collection of strange objects found in food products - bolts, dog excrement, hair, dental crown and so on. Huseynov claims that the Agency did not meet the expectations of President Ilham Aliyev.

The site "Marja.az" writes about the decrease in the income of "Azersun" holding almost twice. This became clear from the company's consolidated financial statement for 2017.

The author gives the specific financial data of the holding, comparing them by years. The holding has been operating in Azerbaijan since 1994, the supermarket "Bazarstore" also belongs to this holding.

The newspaper "Novoye Vremya" writes about the growth of tariffs for trains, asking at the same time the question, but what about the situation with the service. While new tariffs are not made public, tickets are sold at new prices.

The passenger transportation department of the Azerbaijan Railways said that prices are increased by an average of 10%. In this case, the increase in tariffs applies only to the lower shelves of compartment cars and SV. Unsanitary conditions, especially in the summer season, on many intercity trains is still observed.