 The Republic of Azerbaijan has considerably changed either from political or economic point of view from 1 through 15 August. The start of presidential candidates’ election campaign is observed in political sphere. Several parties have already officially introduced their candidates to Central Election Commission (CEC). More detailed: Candidacies of the chairman of the Azerbaijani Unified Popular Front Party Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of the Umid Party Igbal Agazade were nominated. Self nominated: Yashar Ahmadov, Vugar Seyidov, Alimukhtar Akbarov and Sevinj Guliyeva applied to CEC for ratification of their presidential candidacies. Several coalitions were formed in order to secure transparency of forthcoming presidential elections. Such as: “Free, Transparent, Fair Elections”, “My Vote” and “Election 2008”. | 
