Economic Press Monitor

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Regarding admission of Georgian citizens to legal seasonal works, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection Ekaterine Tikaradze declared that “the next countries, with which we have a negotiation regime, are France, Greece and Israel”. “However, there are certain negotiations with Cyprus too”, she noted.

“Without radical changes, we will have very difficult year (years), very difficult”, former president of National Bank of Georgia Giorgi Kadagidze wrote on Facebook. “Meanwhile, the one-party Parliament “approves” the government, confidence in which has not even big part of supporters of Georgian Dream” (the ruling party), he pointed.

Georgian State Audit Service points at wrongful spending of funds by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic (operating in exile), the newspaper reports. The audit conclusion indicates also shortcomings in development of the Ministry’s programs and subprograms.

Tbilisi City Hall declared about procurement of 300 new minibuses, which will replace the old yellow ones.

Out of which, 120 new minibuses have already operate on their routes, while remained 180 ones will be added to the Tbilisi public transport network from February 22, the City Hall reported.