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1. AGREEMENTS WITH TEA PRODUCERS NOT CONCLUDED YET
   (Daily News: September 4, 2002)

   We should remind that in result of the tender at the end of July, 23 companies are to receive total amount of 3 million Lari subsidies.

   However, Tengiz Svanidze, head of one of the winning JSC Kartuli Chai, told Sarke, Finance Ministry Trust-Investment Corporation has yet concluded no agreements with any of the companies.

2. NEW ACADEMIC YEAR IN GEORGIA
   (Daily News: September 2, 2002)

   During today’s radio interview, Georgia’s President named certain figures on education. In particular, 690,000 pupils study at 3,141 schools of the country (2,645 Georgian, 175 Russian, 153 Armenian, 142 Azerbaijanian, 12 Osetian and 1 Ukrainian).

3. 10 YEARS SINCE SUKHUMI RUSSIAN WAR-PLANES AGAIN BOMBING GEORGIA
   (Weekly Press Digest: August 25, 2002)

   Friday overshadowed not only this week’s events but also many others: in consequence of a regular Russian bombing of the northeastern part of Georgia a man died for the first time. In this regard Dilis Gazeti reminds the way Russia’s President Putin rebuffed fact of a regular air strike on Georgia in November of 2001, saying there were no consequent victims.

4. AIRZENA TO APPEAL AGAINST RUSSIAN ACTS TO ICAO
   (Daily News: August 23, 2002)

   The incident happened on August 21, as the aircrew of Georgian Air Company Airzena, implementing flight from Tbilisi to Frankfurt received notification from the Russian Air Traffic Controller’s Office that the air space was closed for flight nearSochi area. Because of deviation from the course the flight extended by 140 km.

5. ONE DIES AS A RESULT OF RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT
   (Daily News: August 23, 2002)

   According to the observers of OSCE monitoring mission at the Chechen area of the Georgian-Russian border, today between 5:15 and 6:00 a.m. “numerous unidentified aircraft flying from North to South, west from Girevi Patrol Base”. The planes “flew tn groups at high, but subsonic speed, in a high altitude”.

6. CONTROL CHAMBER CHAIRMAN OFFERS LUSTRATION FOR DEFAULTED OFFICIALS
   (Daily News: August 21, 2002)

   During today’s Government session Sulkhan Molashvili, the chair of the Control Chamber offered to initiate ban on assigning to high positions for the officials, earlier dismissed in consequence of revealed violations. He said he already submitted the offer to the Anti-Corruption Council.

7. MURDERER OF THE SEPARATISTS’ IDEOLOGIST NOT FOUND YET
   (Daily News: August 19, 2002)

   Georgian-Abkhazian Information Channel, the independent group of Abkhazian journalists, informs the law-enforcement bodies failed to detect the murderer of Zurab Achba, one of the leaders of Aidgilara political movement (Abkhazian Pupular Forum). The murder was committed on August 15 of 2000.

8. CO-ORDINATING COUNCIL OF POLITICAL PARTIES FORMED
   (Daily News: August 19, 2002)

   The Co-coordinating Council was formed today at the office of the National-Democratic Party (NDP). Together with NDP, the United Democrats and the Traditionalists also joined the Council.

9. MOSCOW’S ARM
   (Weekly Press Digest: August 18, 2002)

   Rezonansi writes Russia played off a regular trick of its scenario last week. Like last year, with the approaching anniversary since the start of the war in Abkhazia (August 14, 1992) and the day of Sukhumi’s fall (September 27, 1993) the situation is getting even more aggravated in the heated areas, the newspaper notes.

10. WB CONSIDERS TENDER DOCUMENTS ON TRANSFERRING TBILTSKHALKANAL FOR MANAGEMENT
    (Daily News: August 15, 2002)

    The documents had been sent to the headquarters of the World Bank (WB) but no response had followed yet, said Zurab Gongadze, director of the Tbiltskhalkanal development bureau.

    Five potential candidates from the Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy are known to plan to participate in a tender on transferring Tbiltskhalkanal (Tbilisi water canal, water supply and sewerage) for management.

11. GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN AIR CONFLICT SETTLED
    (Daily News: August 12, 2002)

    Since the end of last week Georgian and Russian air companies have been flying in both directions without any restrictions. Zurab Chankotadze, chairman of Civil Aviation Administration, said Georgia had received a note from Russia on lifting the restrictions on August 9.

12. GEORGIA RESPONDS TO RUSSIA’S RESTRICTIONS ON GEORGIAN AIR COMPANIES’ FLIGHT TIME
    (Daily News: August 8, 2002)

    Georgia has imposed restrictions on the Russian air companies’ flight time in response to the similar step taken by Russia a week ago. Now Russian planes will be able to fly to Tbilisi only in the nighttime from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.

    Chairman of the Civil Aviation Management, Zurab Chankotadze, said the notification to Russia had been sent yesterday, but no reaction followed, while, “such schedule will create more problems to Russia than to Georgia”.

13. COMPANIES TO GET FINANCIAL BACKING FOR TEA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DEFINED
    (Daily News: July 29, 2002)

    As a result of a tender on backing the tea industry, three million Lari set out in the budget for the purpose has been distributed between 23 companies. 43 bidders had taken part in the tender.

14. TAHAL REFUSES TO PRIVATIZE TBILGAZ
    (Daily News: July 23, 2002)

    Geno Malazonia, the Deputy State Property Minister, said on July 22 representatives of the Israeli company informed the Georgian side over the phone about their decision to refuse to privatize the Tbilisi gas distribution network. Today, the Deputy Minister said in his speech at the meeting of the Sectoral Economy Committee “financial problems” had conditioned Tahal’s decision.

15. DANGEROUS GAMES
    (Weekly Press Digest: July 14, 2002)

    What is Khachishvili’s mission, Alia raises the basic question disturbing the society, after the President’s pardoning of three former members of Mkhedrioni (paramilitary grouping at the beginning of 1990s), including Temur Khachishvili.

    President Shevardnadze’s decision “shocked the political public”, the newspaper writes, noting: the President “seems to be continuing the policy of psychological terror, performing tricks with professionalism to be envied”.

16. OPPOSITION PARTIES ANSWER NDP CALL
    (Daily News: July 12, 2002)

    Opposition parties have backed the National-Democratic Party’s (NDP) statement on pardoning three former Mkhedrioni (the paramilitary grouping of the early 1990s) members last week, who were accused of the murder of the NDPleader Giorgi Chanturia.

    A meeting held in the NDP office today was attended by representatives of Georgian Greens, Laborist Party, National Movement, New Rights, United Democrats, Sakhalkho(People’s Party), Traditionalists and Christian-Democratic Alliance.

17. CHEMICALS FOR PLANTS BASICALLY ENTER THROUGH SMUGGLING
    (Daily News: July 11, 2002)

    Despite opening private shops of toxic chemicals in the villages this year, their high prices and scarcity push peasants to use smuggled products.

    Plant Protection Service head Zurab Lipartia told Sarke, around 80% of toxic chemicals enter through smuggling.

18. UNITED DEMOCRATS WARN AGAINST POLITICAL TERROR
    (Daily News: July 9, 2002)

    Pardoning former Mkhedrioni representatives by President was a special order from the authorities, aimed against the democratic movement, says the statement issued by the United Democrats (the leader ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania)today.

    The authorities are releasing the people “symbolizing political terror”, stresses the statement.

19. POLITICAL CONFRONTATION SWELLS UP IN THE WAITING FOR THE FALL
    (Weekly Press Digest: July 7, 2002)

    According to Akhali Taoba, Georgia will face a politically tense fall. The newspaper writes, in September President Shevardnadze will dedicate greater part of his yearly report to the constitutional changes.

20. BANKERS TALK ABOUT DANGER OF A GOAL-ORIENTED CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BANKS
    (Daily News: July 2, 2002)

    Commercial Banks’ Association President Zurab Gvasalia said at today’s press conference situation around certain banks is taking an extraordinary character and called not to politicize the banking sphere.

    Gvasalia considers a campaign is expected against the banking sector, particularly in regard to the successful banks.

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