PROBLEM SOLVING IN ENERGY SPHERE IS ONE OF GEORGIA’S MAIN PRIORITIES
(Daily News: May 28, 2004)
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania has declared during the first Russian-Georgian business conference today one of the main priorities for the country is to cope with problems in the energy sphere, in particular, to overcome a chronic power deficit. He said the Fuel and Energy Ministry was elaborating a 16-month plan for the rehabilitation of the power entities and improvement of payment, and for bringing existing nets in order.
RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BUSINESS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS SPEAK ABOUT SPECIAL RELATIONS OF TWO STATES
(Daily News: May 28, 2004)
President Mikheil Saakashvili has talked about attractiveness of Russian business at a first Russian-Georgian business conference held in Tbilisi today. He said the Russian capital was “much more intuitive, much braver”; therefore “it is easier to work with it”.
HEAD OF MOTOR ROADS DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REAL
(Daily News: May 27, 2004)
Roman Dalakishvili, the chairman of the Motor Roads Department, has said two large Italian companies are working on a business plan on the Tbilisi-Poti-Red Bridge high way construction.
The Italians had visited Georgia last week and studied the potential highway, he told Sarke.
IMF TO CONSIDER RENEWAL OF GEORGIA’S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS A WEEK LATER
(Daily News: May 27, 2004)
The IMF board of directors was to consider the renewal of the assistance programs to Georgia on the May 26 meeting, but it was postponed to June 4, Irakli Managadze, the president of the National Bank (NB), has told journalists today.
Managadze said the meeting had been postponed due to technical reasons.
PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN MOSCOW
(Daily News: May 24, 2004)
Today, Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania has left for Moscow for a two-day visit. During the visit, prospects of development of bilateral relations will be considered.
FINANCIAL POLICE DECIDES TO CHECK GEORGIAN TOBACCO MANUFACTORY DUE TO EXCISELESS PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET
(Daily News: May 21, 2004)
Reappearance of a large amount of smuggled and exciseless tobacco products on the market is a result of relaxed control, Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli has said.
In the past week cigarettes with Russian excise stamps and Pirveli brand exciseless cigarettes produced by Georgian Tobacco Manufacture had been discovered, he told a news briefing today.
FINANCE MINISTER COMPLETELY RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF OIL PRODUCTS EXCISE REDUCTION
(Daily News: May 21, 2004)
Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli told a news briefing today that the question of the reduction of an excise on oil products “was not even being considered”. Importers and sellers of oil products have launched the initiative to decrease an excise to compensate for increasing prices of the product.
GEORGIA TO RECEIVE 12M EUR UNDER FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM THIS YEAR
(Daily News: May 21, 2004)
A memorandum on mutual relations between the Georgian government and European Commission on the Food Security Program will be shortly signed. The priority of the program is agriculture and social sector.
GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSMEN CONSIDER BUSINESS POTENTIAL OF THE AJAR REGION
(Daily News: May 19, 2004)
The Cabinet decided at a meeting in Batumi today to set up a consultation-investment council that will work on investment attraction to the region. The council will be under the supervision of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania.
SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY OF RUSSIA CONSIDERS PROBLEM OF ABKHAZIA IN TBILISI
(Daily News: May 17, 2004)
Today Igor Ivanov, the Secretary of the National Security Council of Russia has visited Tbilisi to consider various issues with Georgia. Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania told journalists during the meeting with Ivanov they focused on Abkhazia, and other questions regarding the security field.
DIPLOMATIC SCANDAL FADES AWAY
(Weekly Press Digest: May 16, 2004)
A diplomatic scandal has faded away, says Dilis Gazeti, while commenting on Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili’s visit to Strasbourg and her meeting with Walter Schvimmer, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Dilis Gazeti referring to a reliable source says Georgian President Saakashvili’s criticism angered Schvimmer, but Zurabishsili managed to remedy the problem in a diplomatic way.
NEW HEAD OF UNITED FUND OF SOCIAL INSURANCE TAKES OVER
(Daily News: May 14, 2004)
Today Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Health Labor and Social Welfare Minister Lado Chipashvili have introduced to the staff of the United Fund of Social Insurance new head – Zaza Sopromadze. In 2000-2002, he was the chairman of the Pension Fund (the predecessor of the United Fund of Social Welfare).
MP DAVITASHVILI KEEPS ON DEFENDING PENSIONERS’ RIGHTS
(Daily News: May 13, 2004)
Independent MP Koba Davitashvili has yet been unable to collect sufficient number of signatures to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the terms of increasing pensions. The MP considers unconstitutional that those pensioners the government is in arrears with will get increased pensions at the expense of cutting the size of the arrears.
PARLIAMENT PASSES THE BUDGET
(Daily News: May 11, 2004)
The Parliament confirmed the draft budget-2004 at a plenary session today by 161 votes to 16 (under new regulations documents are adopted by one hearing only). Despite Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania’s assurances that the executive authorities had taken into account the majority of remarks on the drafts, the document came in for criticism by Right Opposition and independent MP Koba Davitashvili.
PARLIAMENT PASSES THE BUDGET
(Daily News: May 11, 2004)
The Parliament confirmed the draft budget-2004 at a plenary session today by 161 votes to 16 (under new regulations documents are adopted by one hearing only). Despite Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania’s assurances that the executive authorities had taken into account the majority of remarks on the drafts, the document came in for criticism by Right Opposition and independent MP Koba Davitashvili.
PRIME MINISTER INTRODUCES BUDGET-2004 TO PARLIAMENT
(Daily News: May 7, 2004)
The Parliament has set to the consideration of draft budget-2004 today at its plenary session. The draft was introduced by Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who answered MPs’ questions.
THE AUTHORITIES CONDUCT INVENTORY IN AJARA
(Daily News: May 7, 2004)
A Cabinet meeting today was completely dedicated to problems in Ajara. Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania said it was essential that economic potential of the Autonomous Republic be defined.
GEORGIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER INTRODUCES RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES WITH PRIORITIES OF NEW GOVERNMENT
(Daily News: May 7, 2004)
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili, who visited Moscow on May 6, has expressed satisfaction with her visit. During negotiations, the sides considered questions regarding the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia, conflict resolution and preparation of a framework agreement.
MILLENNIUM PROGRAM TO EMBRACE GEORGIA
(Daily News: May 7, 2004)
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania stressed at a meeting of the Cabinet today the importance of Georgia’s inclusion in the list of 16 developing countries to which the US will give financial assistance under the Millennium Program. This year the US has envisaged for the countries $1 billion in grant.
NEW AUTHORITIES IN AJARA
(Daily News: May 6, 2004)
Ajar leader Aslan Abashidze left Batumi and flew to Moscow after he had negotiations with Igor Ivanov, head of the Security Council of Russia, yesterday. “Abashidze has run, Ajara is free”, President Mikhail Saakashvili declared in a special address to the population, estimating the recent development as the “first successful precedent of the suppression of separatism in the post soviet space”.
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