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1. HOTHOUSE CLUSTER TO BE CREATED NEAR TSKALTUBO
   (Daily News: November 4, 2019)

   Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported that hothouse cluster Agrozone of Imereti will be created in the village of Maglaki (Tskaltubo municipality of Imereti region).

   As the Ministry said, tender for procurement of design and consulting services will be announced in the next few days.

2. Rezonansi: ““AIR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA COULD BE RESTORED” – ABASHIDZE-KARASIN WILL DISCUSS IN NOVEMBER”
   (Economic Press Monitor: November 4, 2019)

   There passed already several months since Grigory Karasin left the post of Russia’s deputy foreign minister and became senator in September, the newspaper says. Despite this, Karasin will continue participation in negotiations with Zurab Abashidze, Georgian Prime Minister’s envoy in relations with Russia, the article points.

3. Tabula: “CHIABERASHVILI: TRANSPORT POLICY OF KALADZE IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR AND EXPOSURES ELITISM OF “DREAM””
   (Economic Press Monitor: November 1, 2019)

   “What “whitening” of taxi has brought, except price growth?”, questions Zurab Chiaberashvili, MP from oppositional European Georgia (within reform, initiated by Tbilisi City Hall, all taxi cars have to be of white color). “Air pollution has decreased or there are no traffic jams anymore?”, he asks and adds: “What will rise in price of parking bring to the city, where it is almost impossible to find parking place?”.

4. IN 2020, GEORGIA TO HOST MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF UNWTO
   (Daily News: September 19, 2019)

   Georgian National Tourism Administration declared that in 2020, meeting of executive council of the UN World Tourist Organization (UNWTO) will be held in Georgia.

   According to the Administration, respective proposal of the UNWTO secretary general Zurab Pololikashvili was supported at the 23^rd General Assembly of the organization.

5. HEAD OF ECONOMY MINISTRY: WE ARE INTERESTED IN BIGGER PRESENCE OF FRENCH BUSINESS IN GEORGIA
   (Daily News: September 2, 2019)

   “We are interested in more French investors to enter Georgia and more French businesses were presented in the country”, Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Natia Turnava declared.

   The Minister declared this to journalists after the meeting with president of MEDEF International and French businessmen, held within the visit to France of Georgia’s president Salome Zurabishvili (August 27-28).

6. Tabula: “CHIABERASHVILI: PENSION SCHEME WAS LEFT BY 50% OF THOSE, WHO COULD”
   (Economic Press Monitor: August 13, 2019)

   MP from oppositional European Georgia Zurab Chiaberashvili declared that “as of the mid July, about 148,000 people left the pension scheme”.

   By Chiaberashvili’s calculations, about 300,000 people could leave the scheme (participation in the scheme is mandatory for persons, who were below 40 years at the moment of respective law’s entry in force).

7. Tabula: “ACCORDING TO “RUSTAVI-2”, KUMSISHVILI AND ALAVIDZE WILL BE INTERROGATE AGAIN ON THE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE”
   (Economic Press Monitor: August 5, 2019)

   Georgian Prosecutor’s Office will interrogate again the former ministers Dmitry Kumsishvili and Zurab Alavidze on case of embezzlement in large volume, Tabula reports with reference to Rustavi-2 TV company.

   According to TV company, the investigation accelerated after arrival in Georgia of representatives of European Investment Bank (EIB), who suspect that high-ranks plundered or appropriated the funds, allocated for the project of highway construction.

8. Tabula: “HEAD OF CONTRACTOR COMPANY OF “RUSTAVI-2” WAS INTERROGATED UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT”
   (Economic Press Monitor: August 2, 2019)

   Tabula reports that Zurab Iashvili, head of Intermedia, contractor company of Rustavi-2 TV company, was interrogated in Georgian Prosecutor’s Office until late at night yesterday.

   According to the article, questions to Iashvili concerned financial activity of Intermedia and contracts, which are connected with sale of advertising time of Rustavi-2.

9. IN Q1, MEDICAL INSURANCE ACCOUNTED FOR 69.5% IN PORTFOLIO OF “ARDI INSURANCE”
   (Daily News: July 12, 2019)

   Georgian State Service for Insurance Supervision reported that in total premium, attracted by Ardi Insurance as of March 31, medical (health) insurance accounted for 69.5% (against of 66% in the same period of 2018). In this segment, the company attracted 9.29 million lari, increasing the volume by 14.3% year-on-year.

10. “TI GEORGIA”: IT WILL BE BETTER TO PROHIBIT ISSUING OF FUNDS BY PARTNERSHIP FUND TO LEGAL ENTITIES, REGISTERED IN OFFSHORES
    (Daily News: July 11, 2019)

    For ensuring transparency of projects, financed by Georgian Partnership Fund, it will be better if issuing of funds by the Fund to legal entities, registered in offshore zones, was forbidden at the level of law, considers TI Georgia, Georgian branch of Transparency International.

    As the organization specifies, some of projects of the Fund raise certain questions in respect of possible corruption.

11. Netgazeti.Ge: “PRESIDENT ZURABISHVILI DEPRIVED KAZAKHSTAN BUSINESSMAN OF ORDER OF HONOR”
    (Economic Press Monitor: July 5, 2019)

    Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili deprived Kazakh businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov of Order of Honor, Netgazeti.Ge reports. The decision is dated as of May.

12. GEORGIAN PREMIER’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA: BOTH PARTIES ARE READY TO KEEP WHENEVER POSSIBLE THE POSITIVE, REACHED IN RECENT YEARS
    (Daily News: June 28, 2019)

    Attitude of both our party and the Russian side is to keep whenever possible the positive, reached in recent years from the point of view of trade and economic relations, transport communications, certain humanitarian relations, the special representative of Georgian Prime Minister in relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze declared to journalists.

    Now the main thing that emotions did not create even bigger tension and did not cause damage to economic interests of big number of Georgian citizens, Abashidze stated.

13. Tabula: “CHIABERASHVILI: NOT JOBS ARE CREATED, BUT SMALLER NUMBER HAS HOPE TO FIND THEM”
    (Economic Press Monitor: May 23, 2019)

    Gogita Todradze, director of Sakstat, said that certain part of population lost hope to find job, as a result, they belong to the economically inactive category and are not taken into account upon calculation of unemployment rate any more.

    In reply, MP from oppositional European Georgia Zurab Chiaberashvili declared: “Head of the statistics department has to admit that hopelessness reigns in the country and because of this hopelessness, many people, who looked for job until recent, cease to look for job”.

14. IN MTATSMINDA MAJORITY CONSTITUENCY, THE 2^ND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TO BE HELD
    (Daily News: May 20, 2019)

    According to last information of Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC), results of intermediate and early elections, which took place on May 19, are counted for all 410 polling precincts.

    According to preliminary data, there will be 2^nd round of elections in Tbilisi’s majority constituency Mtatsminda, the CEC reported.

15. PRIME MINISTER: RENEWED COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION ON GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN BORDER DELIMITATION WILL BE APPROVED AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT
    (Daily News: May 3, 2019)

    Renewed composition of the commission on delimitation of Georgia-Azerbaijan border will be approved, supposedly, at the next meeting of the government next week, Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze declared to journalists today. He admitted that the commission “did not really work during the last period”.

16. PRIME MINISTER: TODAY WE ARE SO CLOSE TO EUROPE, MORE THAN EVER
    (Daily News: April 30, 2019)

    “Today we are so close to Europe, more than ever”, Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze declared, while addressing today a solemn meeting in the Parliament, dedicated to the 20^th anniversary of the country’s joining to the Council of Europe.

    “Though, there still are forces, which try all ways to suspend advance of Georgia”, the Premier stated and noted that Russia still occupies 20% of Georgian territory.

17. Netgazeti.Ge: “ACCORDING TO THE CITY HALL, CANCELLATION OF THE MAIN LIBRARY WILL NOT CAUSE LIBRARIANS TO LOSE JOBS”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 25, 2019)

    Tbilisi City Hall decided to cancel main library of the city, which unites 36 branches, Netgazeti.Ge reports.

    Employees of the library say that they could even lose jobs, but the City Hall disproves this.

18. Tabula: “KOBULIA ON MAINTENANCE OF AVLABAR RESIDENCE: WHY THERE ARE DOUBLE EXPENSES?”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 18, 2019)

    Former presidential residence in Tbilisi area Avlabar, which was built during presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, is renamed into “State Ceremony Palace”.

    The residence of current President Salome Zurabishvili is located in former Orbeliani palace on Atoneli Street.

19. Bankebi da Finansebi: “IN PRE-ELECTION PERIOD OF 2018, BROADCASTERS AIRED FREE POLITICAL ADVERTISING OF 30M LARI”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 4, 2019)

    Referring to Georgian National Communication Commission, the newspaper reports that during the pre-election period of 2018, Georgian broadcasters aired free political advertisement of about 30 million lari, while paid advertisement amounted to 8 million lari.

    According to the Commission, free advertisement of National Movement’s presidential candidate Grigol Vashadze made up 9.75 million lari, one of European Georgia’s David Bakradze – 5.03 million lari, while Salome Zurabishvili, backed by ruling Georgian Dream, aired free advertisement of 2.65 million lari.

20. CHANGES MADE IN SUPERVISORY COUNCIL OF “SAKARTVELOS BANKI”
    (Daily News: April 2, 2019)

    Sakartvelos Banki (Bank of Georgia) declared about resignation of deputy general directors David Tsiklauri and Ramaz Kukuladze.

    Post of deputy director general for financial direction will be occupied by Sulkhan Gvalia, the bank said, noting that Gvalia had headed the direction of credit risks and corporate banking and is founder and director of company E-Space (electromobiles’ charging service).

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