PRO-GOVERNMENTAL BLOC CLAIMS FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE PLACES AT THE PARLIAMENT
(Daily News: September 4, 2003)
The leader of the Socialist Party Vakhtang Rcheulishvili considers that in accordance with the results of forthcoming Parliamentary election, pro-governmental forces will obtain 30-35% of deputy places. The Socialist Party is the member of the bloc New Georgia.
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS VOTERS IN KUTAISI
(Daily News: September 3, 2003)
Today Parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze went to Kutaisi (the Imereti region) on a two-day visit to meet the voters. She will run for a majority deputy from the Burjanadze-Democrats alliance in the city of her childhood.
UNITED DISTRIBUTOR ENERGY COMPANY INDIGNANT AT LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS
(Daily News: September 1, 2003)
The local authorities still resist the decision of the United Distributor Energy Company to cut electricity supply to those regions that do not pay for supplied electricity.
Zurab Nogaideli, the advisor of the energy company, told a press conference today that 29 branches had to be switched off today, but it emerged seven were “switched on illegally”, among them the branch in Kazbegi, Dusheti, Dmanisi, Ambrolauri, Lentekhi, Ozurgeti and Tkibuli.
MORE PARTIES MAY JOIN THE PRE-ELECTION ALLIANCE BURJANADZE-DEMOCRATS, PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS
(Daily News: September 1, 2003)
Parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze says that the one or two more political forces may join the pre-election alliance. She told first year students of the department of law of Tbilisi State University that she planned to held consultations for the purpose.
DRAFT AMENDMENTS IN ELECTORAL CODE FAILED IN THE SECOND READING
(Daily News: July 31, 2003)
At today’s special session of Parliament only 75 deputies voted for amendments in the electoral administrations’ formation (118 were necessary) and 34 were against.
Deputies voted for the Central Electoral Commission’s chairman nomination by OSCE and for ratifying five places to pro-governmental parties.
UNINVITED ENERGUESTS FROM THE NORTH
(Weekly Press Digest: July 27, 2003)
Possible economical expansion of Russia has generated the new excitement in the mass media this week.
As 24 Saati is writing in the article “The Authorities Return Georgia To Russian Economical Space” (July 26), Russian gas giant Gazprom “intends to participate in the privatization of Georgian gas sector”.
UNITED DEMOCRATS PUT QUESTION ABOUT BUYING OUT TELASI BY STATE
(Daily News: July 25, 2003)
United Democrats consider, that the government must find $25 million for buying out the stocks of Tbilisi Energy Distribution Company (TELASI) from American investor AES.
About it was declared today by the head of the party Zurab Zhvania on the press conference, commenting information about the possible selling by investor of the company stocks to the Russian energy giant RAO EEC.
UNITED DEMOCRATS AND NEW RIGHTS OPPOSED TODAY COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND GAZPROM
(Daily News: July 25, 2003)
United Democrats and New Rights demanded today the disruption of “treacherous agreement with Gazprom”, drawn by the government of Georgia with the Russian gas giant Gazprom.
The agreement on 25-year strategic cooperation between Georgia and JSC Gazprom has become effective this week.
THE UNITED DISTRIBUTOR ENERGY COMPANY PROCEEDS TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND BEGINS REORGANIZATION
(Daily News: July 24, 2003)
The United Distributor Energy Company, which has begun to disconnect district branches-debtors since June, now begins reorganization.
The management of the energy company aims to make reorganization during 2 months in four main branches – Rustavi, Kutaisi, Poti and Zugdidi and visit Western Georgia on July 25-27 to that end (where the three last branches are located).
SUMMER ENERGY CRISIS
(Weekly Press Digest: July 20, 2003)
Khvalindeli Dge (Tomorrow) in the article “Energy Wars In Georgia: Foreigners Are Not Able To Subdue The Regions” (July 16) notices, that the wholesale electricity market and the power distributor company are not able to continue the restrictions in electricity supply and ask President for help.
In the limitations impede both the authority of the regions and local population, who re-switch on disconnected substations, notices the newspaper, describing in detail situation around the substation in Imereti, which was without permission switched on in July 15.
DENDROLOGICAL PARK IS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CHINA EMBASSY IN TEMPORARY USAGE
(Daily News: July 17, 2003)
According to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade, the Dendrological Park, located in Tbilisi, must be delivered to the China Embassy in temporary usage. The Chinese side is ready to pay $1 million.
UNITED DISTRIBUTOR ENERGY COMPANY TOUGHENS ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS NON-PAYERS
(Daily News: July 11, 2003)
Since July 14, the United Distributor Energy Company aims, together with the branches (now 37 district branches are disconnected), to reduce electricity supply to such debtor regions, as Imereti and Samegrelo as well. For these regions will be established 12-hour schedule for electricity supply (from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).
AIR COMPANY TBILAVIAMSHENI HAS BEGUN THE REGULAR FLIGHTS
(Daily News: July 9, 2003)
Today in the morning the first regular flight Tbilisi-Donetsk was made by the airplane Yak-40, told Sarke the deputy director of the air company Tbilaviamsheni Zurab Lomidze. Until today, the air company had been making only charter and governmental flights, he noticed.
CONSULTING FIRM DVNK PROMISES TO ASSIST TO RESOLUTION OF UNITED DISTRIBUTOR COMPANY’S PROBLEM
(Daily News: July 9, 2003)
The Consulting Company Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli and Kavtaradze (DVNK) is elected by USAID as the consultant of the United Distributor Energy Company, which has been controlled since May of the current year by the PA Consulting Group (the contractor of USAID).
The attraction of the consultant, aims to make the decisions of the energy company’s leadership more clearly for the society, declared today at the press conference Din White, the representative of PA Consulting Group.
THE OPPOSITION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LABORISTS AND AGORDZINEBA, SUPPORTS THE VARIANT OF BAKER
(Daily News: July 8, 2003)
Today President Eduard Shevardnadze and the leaders of the opposition have discussed at the State Office the variant about gathering the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). This variant was introduced by the former state secretary of the US James Baker, who visited Georgia at the end of the last week.
TBILISI AIR PLANT PLANS TO SET UP THE BUSINESS-CLASS PLANE PRODUCTION
(Daily News: July 3, 2003)
The Tbilisi air plant has finished assembling two initial 5-seat planes, Zurab Seskuria, LLC Tbilaviamsheni director for foreign economic relations, told Sarke.
Seskuria said if flight tests would go well and the plant would be granted a certificate it could start up the full-scale production roughly next year.
THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS PROBLEMS OF THE BRITISH AND TURKISH AIR COMPANIES
(Daily News: July 2, 2003)
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze today demanded from Zurab Chankotadze, head of the air administration, to resolve the problems with the British Mediterranean Airways and Turkish Airlines and warned him that otherwise he would be dismissed.
The two air companies have not received the flight permits (on flights to Tbilisi) in the summer period due to the unsettled normative base in Georgia and the argument over taxes, which remains to be solved.
FINANCIAL AND TAX COMMITTEES DO NOT LIKE TAX AMENDMENTS OF FINANCE MINISTRY
(Daily News: June 27, 2003)
The Financial and Budgetary Committee and Committee on Taxes and Revenues of Parliament negatively evaluated the package tax amendments introduced by the Finance Ministry at a joint meeting today.
David Salaridze, chairman of the Tax Committee, says the committee does not support the proposals but agrees to introduce them to the plenary session of Parliament, due to the demand of the IMF.
THE VOLUME OF NOT RECEIVED GRANTS MAY REACH 80M LARI BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SAY EXPERTS
(Daily News: June 17, 2003)
The volume of grants the budget has not received may reach 80-81 million Lari, say experts of the consulting company Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli, Kavtaradze (Zurab Nogaideli, former finance minister).
Experts say that for the past five months the budget has received only 8.59 million lari, or 22% of a half-year plan and 9% of the annual plan of 95.4 million lari.
SEVEN COMPANIES TAKE PART IN A TENDER FOR FINDING AUDITOR OF THREE LARGE ENTITIES
(Daily News: June 16, 2003)
Today was the deadline for submitting applications for a tender for finding an auditor of JSC Madneuli (the ore mining and processing enterprise), JSC Poti Port and LLC Georgian Railway. Submitting applications for tender, held by the recommendation of the IMF, started on April 15.
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