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The Cabinet of Ministers has amended the rules for foreign donors obtaining the right to give grants in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, APA reports. According to the rules, for each grant contract foreign donors must obtain the right to give grants in Azerbaijani territory. To obtain the grant, the Ministry of Finance’s opinion on the financial […]

According to contact.az internet portal On July 20, 2017 the Baku Appeals Court ruled on the complaint of the accused in the “Nardaran case”, leaving the verdict of the court of first instance in force. At the same time, lawyers say that the court read out the decision in the absence of lawyers. Previously the […]

The General Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General disclosed the fact of embezzlement of funds taken from the bank in the form of a loan on behalf of different companies, haqqin.az reports quoting the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office. As a result of the operative-search activities, a criminal case was opened […]

According to Internet portal contact.az, the heads of the border police and director of the counterintelligence department of Georgia were dismissed due to the disappearance of an opposition Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarly in Tbilisi, who was later arrested in Baku. Georgian Interior Minister Georgy Mgebrishvili said at a briefing that the personnel decisions were taken […]

Blogger Alexander Lapshin has been found guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a general regime colony, our own correspondent reports from the courtroom, haqqin.az reports. During the trial the state prosecutor demanded for Alexander Lapshin 6.5 years in prison. However, Article 281.2 (appeals against the state) has been excluded from the indictment. The […]

A court continued on Wednesday, 19 July 2017  the trial on the criminal case of Faiq Amirli, assistant to the chairman of the oppositional Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, director of Azadliq newspaper. A judicial investigation was declared completed at the trial presided over by judge Ayten Aliyeva, APA reported. Speaking at the trial, a state prosecutor […]

The Main Department for Public Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, conducted the raids in Yasamal, Nizami districts of Baku, as well as in Ganja, Shirvan, Guba and Terter to stop sale out of specialized shops an authorized religious literature, audio and video materials, […]

During counter-intelligence activities undertaken by the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan there was foiled an attempt by a citizen, Mukhtar Yagubov to leave the country. He was going to take out of Azerbaijan compact electronic media with the information gathered as a result of espionage on behalf of foreign intelligence services, Azeri Daily has […]

As a result of the measures taken by the employees of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime, one Makarov pistol, one shop and eight cartridges were taken from the resident of Yevlakh K. Bakirov, APA reports. In accordance with the information received by the Main Department of Police in Transport, an operation was carried […]

In the first half of 2017, the investigation of 19 criminal cases instituted against 32 persons on Azerbaijan’s banking sector was completed and sent to courts, Deputy Prosecutor General, Head of the Anti-Corruption Department under Prosecutor General K. Aliyev told a press conference on Monday, APA reported. During the reporting period, 10 criminal cases were opened against […]