NEW AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE HANDS CREDENTIALS TO GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
(Daily News: November 7, 2003)
There was the first official meeting held today between Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister Irakli Menagarishvili and the new ambassador of France to Georgia Salome Zurabashvili-Kashia.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the ambassador handed credentials to the Minister.
PRECISE NUMBER OF VOTERS STILL UNKNOWN
(Daily News: October 31, 2003)
According to the Central Election Commission, the number of voters is around 2.7 million people. Nana Devdariani, the chairman of the commission, is not able to name the exact number.
LIQUIDATION OF MAGISTRALBANK IS FINISHED
(Daily News: October 22, 2003)
Closing of liquidation accounting of Magistralbank and this bank’s withdrawal from register are envisaged by the order of the vice-president of National Bank (NB) Vano Vakhtangishvili, by October 13 of the current year.
As it is noticed in the order, in February of the current year the regional court of Tbilisi approved the name changing and the activity matter of JSC Magistralbank.
BANKERS TO HAVE THEIR OWN CODE OF CONDUCT
(Daily News: October 21, 2003)
The code of bank conduct is to be ready in November, Zurab Gvasalia, head of the Association of Commercial Banks, told Sarke. It will come into force in 2004.
BOEING SERVICE CENTER CONSTRUCTION PLANNED TO START NEXT YEAR
(Daily News: October 20, 2003)
The construction of a service center on the territory of the Tbilisi aircraft plant is planned to start in 2004 and finish and commence operation in 2004, Gia Maisashvili, a consultant, said at the presentation of the business plan today.
The project cost is $60 million and was ordered by Maisashvili (who is in charge of the American consulting Pericles Group) a year and a half ago.
ELECTION AND PRE-ELECTION BATTLE
(Weekly Press Digest: October 12, 2003)
The week in Georgia started with the visit of prominent Americans: senator John McCain, ex secretary of state Strobe Talbott, John Malkhaz Shalikashvili, ex chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff… Almost all the papers during the week mentioned the word “descent” most likely due to our military compatriot who was in the delegation.
The Americans stressed they did not visit Georgia to support any of political parties.
FOR NEW GEORGIA’S SPEAKER CLAIMS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BURJANADZE-DEMOCRAT’S LEADER IS NOT PRESIDENT’S ORDER
(Daily News: October 13, 2003)
Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia, the National-Democrats leader, and current speaker of pro-governmental alliance, has said she is an independent political figure and has executed nobody’s orders.
Last week’s statement regarding Burjanadze-Democrat’s links with the Russian secret services was not agreed with either the president or the pro-governmental alliance, Sarishvili-Chanturia told a news conference today.
ELECTION AND PRE-ELECTION BATTLE
(Weekly Press Digest: October 12, 2003)
The week in Georgia started with the visit of prominent Americans: senator John McCain, ex secretary of state Strobe Talbott, John Malkhaz Shalikashvili, ex chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff… Almost all the papers during the week mentioned the word “descent” most likely due to our military compatriot who was in the delegation.
The Americans stressed they did not visit Georgia to support any of political parties.
ENERGY COMPANY REFUTES IMERETI GOVERNOR’S STATEMENT
(Daily News: October 9, 2003)
Gela Kvaratskhelia, the president’s representative in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, blamed United Energy Distribution Company yesterday for raising difficulties in the energy supply of the region on purpose.
In response David Thornton, the director general of the energy company, and his adviser Zurab Nogaideli held a news conference today.
SENATOR MCCAIN GETS ACQUAINTED WITH THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN GEORGIA
(Daily News: October 6, 2003)
John McCain, the US senator who has been visiting Tbilisi for the second day, has had meetings with leading political parties of Georgia. Yesterday he met with Laborists and National Movement, today – Industrialists, New Rights, Burjanadze-Democrats.
GEORGIAN DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN SESSION OF BSEC TRANSPORT MINISTERS’ COUNCIL
(Daily News: October 3, 2003)
The session of the Transport Ministers’ Council of Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) state members has been held in Baku today. One of the aims of the meeting is harmonizing BSEC and TRACECA (transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) operation.
PARTIES FINISH SUBMISSION OF DEPUTY CANDIDATES’ REGISTERS
(Daily News: October 2, 2003)
Today was the deadline for submitting party registers to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). 21 out of 24 registered entities submitted the lists (it has not been decided yet whether the document of one more entity will be accepted by the commission or not).
PA CONSULTING GROUP CONSIDERS ITS WORK IN ENERGY COMPANY SUCCESSFUL
(Daily News: October 1, 2003)
PA Consulting Group says it has provided “significant improvement of the situation” in United Distributor Energy Company since May 2003, when it started running the company under the USAID contract.
In particular, the debt of the company, accumulated by its previous management, has been partially covered.
INDUSTRY WILL SAVE GEORGIA HOPES TO REALIZE ITS PLANS ALREADY AT THE NEW PARLIAMENT
(Daily News: September 29, 2003)
According to the leader of Industrialists Gogi Topadze, in the current Parliament party was not able to fulfill intended plans.
Topadze expects that in the new Parliament Industrialists will be presented by “serious group” and they will be able “to make more for the realization of its plans”.
EX-SPEAKER WARNS AGAINST RIGGING ELECTION
(Daily News: September 19, 2003)
Zurab Zhvania, the leader of United Democrats, today declared he had information that the government intended to use voices of staff of power structures in the interest of pro-governmental alliance.
In particular, Zhvania said the staff of the Interior Ministry (about 40,000 men) would be voting not at the usual, but at specially formed polling stations – at the police departments and other such establishments.
INTERNATIONAL AUDIT OF POTI PORT, RAILWAY AND JSC MADNEULI WILL BE FINISHED NOT BEFORE THE END OF YEAR
(Daily News: September 17, 2003)
The companies, which will conduct the audit of 3 large objects, were defined already in July of last year, but the agreements with them are not drawn yet.
The agreements with auditors must be drawn this week, told Sarke the deputy finance minister Zurab Soselia.
TBILAVIAMSHENI RELIES ON WIDENING RELATIONS WITH AMERICAN PARTNERS
(Daily News: September 15, 2003)
Since last week, director general of Tbilaviamsheni Nodar Beridze has been in the US, where he conducts negotiations on the prospects of widening relations with American company Maverick Jets and Tiger.
About it told Sarke manager of Tbilaviamsheni on foreign economic relations Zurab Seskuria, who has noticed, that the results of negotiations will become known after returning of Beridze, at the end of week.
PRESIDENT RECALLS KHUDONHES, DEMOCRATS LEADER CHALLENGES HIM TO TELEVISION DEBATES
(Daily News: September 15, 2003)
Georgian President regards the decision to cooperate with the Russian companies in the energy sphere as “absolutely right” despite problems associated with energy supply in September. “There was no other way out as Americans (the corporation AES) left Georgia”, he said in a radio interview today.
PART OF EU GRANT RECEIVED, AGRICULTURE MINISTRY SAYS, MPS SPEAK ABOUT POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF THE EU PROGRAM
(Daily News: September 9, 2003)
6 million lari were disbursed to the agricultural sector of the 5 million EUR grant under the EU food security program, according to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
At a meeting with EU representatives yesterday Minister David Kirvalidze considered handling the funds purposefully by the Finance Ministry and suggested that a special representative from the organization be appointed in order to control the process, reports the press service.
DECEMBER – ALREADY IN SEPTEMBER?
(Weekly Press Digest: September 7, 2003)
The week started on September 1, and thus the beginning of autumn coincided with RAO EES Rossii’s takeover of TELASI, the major energy distributor of the capital.
The autumn has long been associated in Georgia with the beginning of problems in energy supply, the highest point of which is winter.
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