Economic Press Monitor

IN THIS ISSUE:

Energy Minister Ilya Eloshvili does not exclude growth of electricity tariff, the newspaper says. “The regulating commission will make a decision and establish final tariff according to methodology”, he declares.

On August 17, railroad workers held solidarity action in front of office building of Georgian Railway, the magazine reports.

Employees of Georgian Railway went on hunger strike on August 15, declaring that the company administration has changed their workplace and working conditions without prior agreement, the article specifies.

This year, in total 41,200 entrants have registered for 49,703 vacant places in higher education institutions, the magazine reports.

The tendency is unchanged and business administration is still in the lead among future professions, being followed by law, the article notes.

Ruling Georgian Dream’s candidate for Tbilisi Mayor’s office Kakha Kaladze commented on cutting down of green plantings on Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi, Tabula reports. Such fact is “absolutely inadmissible”, he declared.

Giorgi Sigua, founder of Georgian electronic music festival GEMFest, is interrogated by the Finance Ministry Investigative Service, Netgazeti.Ge reports.

As Sigua himself said, the matter concerns fact of property damage, but the Service declared yesterday that interrogation is connected with possible financial violations.