Azerbaijan, Baku, March 2 / Trend M. Aliyev /
A foundation-laying ceremony of the house, intended for journalists, will be held soon, Executive Director of the Fund for State Support to Media Development Vugar Safarli said at an international conference on editorial freedom, ethics and transparency in Azerbaijani media.
He said that the house will be built in two years.
"Journalists will get repaired apartments," Safarli said.
Speaking about journalists, who will get apartments, the chairman of the fund said that their candidatures will be determined by a special commission.
The Azerbaijani President signed a decree on measures to strengthen social protection of employees of the Azerbaijani press on July 22, 2010.
According to the decree, 5 million manat was allocated to the Fund for State Support to Media Development to improve the living conditions of the employees of the Azerbaijani press and build the houses for them. The sum was envisaged in the state budget for 2010 and allocated from the reserve fund of the Azerbaijani president.
