The amount of fines imposed on pedestrians for jaywalking, which is currently 20 manat, will be increased to 100 manat. A draft law submitted to Milli Meclis (Parliament) as a proposal stipulates a 100-AZN fine for pedestrians knowingly stepping onto the...

Staff of the shut-down ANS Television and Media Company has appealed to President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev. The appeal starts with the following lines: “The reasons we are taking up your time with an open letter are severe. Despite all...

Fees for Nationwide TV Broadcasting and TV Broadcasting in Baku to Cost Respectively 50,000 AZN and 22,000 AZN State license fees increased in several areas in Azerbaijan. The National Parliament made relevant amendments to the Law on State Fees during its...

The issue of legal regulation of online media has yet again been brought up in Azerbaijan. Such a proposal was put forward by Press Council Chairman MP Aflatun Amashov during the first meeting of the spring session of Milli Meclis...

On 1 February, Milli Meclis made a change in the Law on Grant. According to the modification, public legal entities will also be able to be a recipient. In their relations with donors, recipients are those who receive grants. Note...

On 1 February, ‘prisoners of statue’ Giyas Ibrahimov and Bayram Mammadov’s lawyers Elchin Sadigov and Zibeyda Sadigova appealed to international organisations via Facebook with regarding the consideration of the youth activists’ case in the European Court of Human Rights. The...

Summary: Hearing #19 Ø Witness Emil Ibrahimov confirmed his investigation statement and said 35 percent of the funds allocated for construction had been returned to the Ministry in cash; Ø Mirbaba Babayev’s investigation statement, which he confirmed in court, reads that...