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1. Bankebi da Finansebi: “HEALTHCARE MINISTER – IN TOTAL, OVER 18M LARI WAS SPENT DURING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES’ STAY IN HOTELS”
   (Economic Press Monitor: August 8, 2022)

   Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that in total over 18 million lari was spent during Ukrainian refugees’ stay in the country’s hotels. Most part of the expenses was covered by Tbilisi City Hall, National Tourism Agency and Ajara government, he noted.

2. HEALTHCARE MINISTER: FROM 2025, CLINICS WILL BE OBLIGED TO MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
   (Daily News: July 22, 2022)

   Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that clinics in the country will be given the opportunity to choose one of 2-3 standards of international accreditation, which they will have to meet from 2025. Only after the standard is met, clinics will be allowed to operate, he said, noting that several clinics have already passed such accreditation on their own initiative.

3. HEALTHCARE MINISTER: IN GEORGIA, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS TODAY FOR LOCKDOWN OR INTRODUCTION OF VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS BECAUSE OF COVID-19
   (Daily News: July 12, 2022)

   Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, said that “there are no grounds today for lockdown or introduction of various prohibitions” in Georgia because of COVID-19. “And I’m sure there won’t be any”, he assured.

4. Netgazeti.Ge: “PLANS OF KOBAKHIDZE AND RADICAL OPPOSITION HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH NATIONAL ACCORD – ZURABISHVILI”
   (Economic Press Monitor: July 4, 2022)

   Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili declared that in Georgia, “everyone – the position or the opposition has picked up and recognized the need for national accord”.

   However, Zurabishvili considers that the stated plans “have nothing in common with either a real national accord, or an action plan necessary to obtain” the status of the EU membership candidate.

5. Tabula: “PRESIDENT: DURING THESE 6 MONTHS, I WILL VETO ALL LAWS PASSED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”
   (Economic Press Monitor: June 23, 2022)

   On June 22, Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the law on secret wiretapping. “I’m using a veto because this should be an indication that I disagree”, she declared.

6. Tabula: “ZURABISHVILI ON THE PREMIER’S SPEECH: THIS IS NOT GEORGIA, THIS IS NOT THE WILL OF GEORGIAN PEOPLE”
   (Economic Press Monitor: June 23, 2022)

   Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili estimates that those, who listened to Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s speech in the Parliament, are “shocked and I am shocked too”.

   “I want to send another message from here to Brussels that this is not Georgia, this is not the will of the Georgian people”, the President said at an extraordinary briefing on June 22.

7. Rezonansi: “IN A WEEK, STATES WILL FIX AT THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL THEIR OPINION ON GROUND OF THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW – HARTZELL”
   (Economic Press Monitor: June 17, 2022)

   Conclusions on assignment Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate countries for EU membership should be published on June 17.

   The EU ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell stated that these conclusions should be considered by the EU member states.

8. Forbes Georgia: “PRESIDENT: “THERE IS NOBODY, TO WHOM WE SHOULD SACRIFICE OUR FUTURE… INCLUDING TO IVANISHVILI””
   (Economic Press Monitor: June 13, 2022)

   Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili declared that she planned to pay visits to France, Poland and possibly Ukraine. However, “I received again a refusal for these visits” from the Georgian government, she said.

9. GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT APPLIED TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, REQUESTING CLARIFICATION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS WITH PRESIDENT
   (Daily News: June 7, 2022)

   On June 6, the Georgian government applied to the Constitutional Court, requesting clarification regarding separation of powers between the President and the government in connection with appointment and discharge of ambassadors, administration of the government reported.

   As the administration noted, the government believes that the refusal by Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili of nomination and discharging of ambassadors is not her constitutional authority.

10. Batumelebi: “AJARA GOVERNMENT SOLD KOBULETI GREENHOUSES FOR 1.8M LARI WITH TERMS”
    (Economic Press Monitor: June 6, 2022)

    The Ajara government sold greenhouses in Kobuleti at auction for 1.85 million lari, the newspaper reports. The property that was sold in one bid was acquired by LLC Agro Green.

11. Bankebi da Finansebi: “PRESIDENT NOMINATED NATIA TURNAVA AS A NATIONAL BANK BOARD’S MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE”
    (Economic Press Monitor: May 25, 2022)

    Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili presented to the Parliament the candidacy of Natia Turnava for the board member at the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), the newspaper reports.

    The Parliament appoints NBG board members, nominated by the President, with an office term of 7 years.

12. HEALTHCARE MINISTER: OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENTS OF POPULATION DECREASED FROM 73.4% IN 2012 TO 43.5% IN 2021
    (Daily News: May 11, 2022)

    While speaking in the Georgian Parliament today, Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection declared that out-of-pocket healthcare payments of the population have decreased in Georgia from 73.4% in 2021 to 43.5% in 2021.

    Azarashvili indicated that as of today, 94.7% of the country’s population is included in the universal healthcare program.

13. Tabula: “MONEY WAS PAID FOR EMPTY BEDS, STAFF DID NOT GET PAY RISE – MINISTER ON COVID CLINICS”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 28, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, declared that out of hospital beds, mobilized during 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state paid for empty beds in at least 40%.

    “In total, 1 billion lari was paid to the clinics”, and “the clinics should have been able to switch to a normal operation timely”, the Minister said.

14. Rezonansi: “THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION IN GEORGIA AGAIN!”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 14, 2022)

    In Georgia, inflation has been critically high for the 3^rd year, the newspaper points. This year, National Bank of Georgia (NBG) expects inflation in the country at the level of 9% (against of a target of 3%), which can turn very easily into a double-digit indicator, the article notes.

15. Forbes Georgia: “WHAT PLANS “TBILVINO” HAS AFTER REJECTING RUSSIAN MARKET”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 8, 2022)

    Plans of Georgian winemaking company Tbilvino, which suspended relations with Russia, are commented by Giorgi Margvelashvili (president of the company) and Zurab Margvelashvili (executive director). As they indicate in an interview with the magazine, Georgian wine industry faces one big challenge – excessive dependence on the single market (i.e. Russia).

16. Rezonansi: “PEOPLE STARTED PANIC PURCHASES OF MEDICINES, WHICH HAVE DECREASED IN PANIC, SO A SHORTAGE EMERGED”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 6, 2022)

    Zurab Azarashvili, Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, attributes shortage of cheap medicines, imported to Georgia from Turkey, by panic purchases of the population.

    When the population saw cheap medicines in pharmacies, they decided that it was a one-time action, and “instead of making a stock for a month, they made an annual stock”, the Minister said.

17. Rezonansi: “SUNFLOWER OIL COULD ABRUPTLY JUMP IN PRICE – IF THE RUSSIAN MARKET CLOSES, A SHORTAGE WILL EMERGE!”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 1, 2022)

    Russia set quotas for export of sunflower oil, effective from April 15, and banned export of sunflower and rapeseed abroad from April 1.

    Revaz Vashakidze, founder of the company Chirina (the largest importer of sunflower oil to Georgia), says that there is already a shortage on the market, “perhaps, the consumer does not feel it yet, but raw materials for production are a serious problem”.

18. HEALTHCARE MINISTRY: PURCHASE OF UP TO 45 TYPES OF MEDICINES, IMPORTED FROM TURKEY, IS AVAILABLE IN 3 PHARMACY CHAINS
    (Daily News: March 22, 2022)

    Georgian Ministry of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection announced that up to 45 types of medicines, imported from Turkey, are available for purchase in 3 local pharmacy chains: Pharmadepo, Aversi and PSP.

    The Ministry noted that as a result of opening of the Georgia’s pharmaceutical market for Turkey, prices of medicines, imported from this country, decreased by 60-80% on average.

19. A NUMBER OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
    (Daily News: March 22, 2022)

    Interagency coordination council, created by Georgian government for fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, decided today to cancel the requirement of mask wearing in open space from March 28. The requirement remains in force only in closed space (i.e. indoor) and public transport.

20. Rezonansi: “THERE WILL NOT A SINGLE SECTOR THAT NOT BE SWEPT BY A WAVE OF PRICE GROWTH SOON!”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 22, 2022)

    Against the background of the Russia-Ukraine war, all products will rise in price, affecting inflation even stronger, the newspaper says. Sakstat reported that in February, annual inflation in Georgia made up 13.7% (against of target of 3%).

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