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1. BUDGET-2002 CONSIDERATION IN THE SECOND HEARING POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK
   (Daily News: January 25, 2002)

   MPs considered long budget parameters during an extraordinary session today; at the end the consideration was held in an empty hall. As a result, the voting on the draft was not held.

2. BANK ABRESHUMIS GZA (SILK ROAD) FAVORS LEASING SERVICES
   (Daily News: January 23, 2002)

   According to Zurab Mgaloblishvili, head of the financial-economic management, the bank Abreshumis Gza (Silk Road) provides all types of bank operations but gives preference to crediting leasing.

   The bank grants credits under 18-22% for one to three years.

3. SAKSTANDARTI SUGGEST TOUGHENING MEASURES AGAINST ADULTERATION OF FOODSTUFF
   (Daily News: January 17, 2002)

   Badri Shoshitaishvili, the Sakstandarti (standardization service) head, on January 16 introduced to the government session the bill calling for more efficient measures for fighting adulteration of foodstuff.

   The market is not secured from products dangerous for people, which is facilitated by almost uncontrollable street trade, he said.

4. CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET-2002 POSTPONED TO JANUARY 17
   (Daily News: January 16, 2002)

   After Avtandil Jorbenadze, the State Minister, reported on the budget-2002 parameters a bureau of the Parliament postponed the consideration to the following day as MPs had not a chance to get acquainted with the final version until today.

   The State Minister said the process of agreeing parameters with factions had lasted until late night and MPs’ demands had been met as far as possible.

5. SOCIALISTS BRING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS ON DRAFT BUDGET-2002
   (Daily News: January 15, 2002)

   At today’s press conference, Socialist faction leader Irakli Mindeli presented two bills, concerning the budget system. One of the documents envisages creation of National Agency on Reconstruction and Development branches with the purpose of backing from the budget.

6. MPS ARE IN THE DARK ABOUT THE BUDGET-2002 PARAMETERS
   (Daily News: January 15, 2002)

   Despite the document’s oncoming discussion at the Parliament snap session on January 16, today the MPs are in the dark about the final parameters of the future budget. The amended draft did not enter the Parliament, so we do not know which of our demands were ultimately considered, the MPs say.

7. GOVERNMENT STARTS PREPARING NEW TAX CODE
   (Daily News: January 15, 2002)

   At a conference held with Georgian President today members of the commission working on a new Tax Code put forward their proposals and expressed their opinion. According to Zurab Nogaideli, the Finance Minister, the commission will have to choose either to liberalize the tax system and to shift to insurance principles or to gradually improve and increase the managements quality.

8. MPS DO NOT LIKE PRESIDENT’S PLANS TO EXTEND RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS’ MANDATE
   (Daily News: January 15, 2002)

   The Parliament made a conclusion on the necessity to withdraw Russian peacekeepers from Abkhazia and appealed to Georgian President to make an appropriate decision as long as ago as October 2001. However, in a traditional radio interview yesterday, President said he was for the extension of the peacekeepers’ mandate.

9. FACTION ALLIANCE FOR NEW GEORGIA DISSATISFIED WITH TAX REVENUES MINISTER
   (Daily News: January 11, 2002)

   Irakli Gogava, the faction leader, said today he had been under the impression after meeting with government yesterday that state had a “strong State Minister” (Avtandil Jorbenadze) and a “week Tax Revenues Minister” (Levan Dzneladze). Gogava said the Minister had been unable to respond questions regarding the possibility of an increase in tax revenues.

10. INDUSTRIALISTS FOCUS ON CREDITS
    (Daily News: January 11, 2002)

    According to one of Industrialists’ leader Zurab Tkemaladze, at a nearest bureau the faction plans to demand from appropriate officials to report on credit spending. Nobody news where received grants and loans go, he told Sarke.

11. CITIZENS’ UNION ASSESSES BUDGET-2002
    (Daily News: January 10, 2002)

    Zurab Zhvania, Parliament’s ex-speaker, stated today at a session of the Citizens’ Union faction (the former ruling party) demands relating to the budget-2002. The faction intends to hold consultations with the executive authorities and threatens not to support the draft unless its claims are satisfied.

12. GUUAM NATIONAL COORDINATORS TO MEET IN TBILISI
    (Daily News: January 4, 2002)

    Coordinators of GUUAM member-states (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) are due to meet in the third decade of January. Zurab Beridze, national coordinator of the country, a representative of the Georgian Foreign Ministry, will be in charge of the Georgian delegation.

13. PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT CONTINUE WORK ON DRAFT BUDGET-2002
    (Daily News: December 28, 2001)

    Today the State Minister, the economic bloc Ministers and the heads of Parliamentary factions and committees had a closed-door discussion of the budget-2002 parameters, the ratification of which the Parliament decided to postpone until next year the day before.

    It was settled, in the days to come the positions of the parties will be summarized and roughly by January 5 the renewed document is to be introduced to the Government.

14. MPS STRIKE THE YEAR BALANCE
    (Daily News: December 28, 2001)

    Parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze, elected to the post in November, after Zurab Zhvania’s resignation, says last year was a very difficult experience. She remarks, she recalls 1995-1996 with nostalgia, as there were “less intrigues in the Parliament”.

15. DRAFT BUDGET-2002 CONSIDERATION POSTPONED TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR
    (Daily News: December 27, 2001)

    Parliament members will consider the draft budget after January 10 at a plenary session of the Parliament. MPs, who attended the consideration of the document in the first hearing today, raised objections because of the introduction of final parameters behind time.

16. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF EXPLOSION IN THERMAL POWER STATION CONSIDERED
    (Daily News: December 26, 2001)

    Due to the explosion at the basic thermal power station of the capital on December 22 two major blocs of AES, the American company, the investor of TELASI, the power distribution company of the capital, have been damaged.

    Today, the Minister of Fuel and Energy David Mirtskhulava and representatives of the law enforcement bodies, which are looking into the matter, have been invited to the parliament by the demand of the Industrialists faction.

17. CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MASS MEDIA IS ALLOWED UNTIL MAY 2003
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    Although the law on advertisement envisaged prohibition of cigarette and alcoholic drinks in the mass media from the coming year, according to the Parliament decision, the start of the prohibition process is postponed until May 2003. Instead, with consideration of the experiences of the western countries, the Parliament promised to develop the bill on the tobacco control.

18. ASSEMBLING INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL AID TO NGOS AND MASS MEDIA UNDER WAY
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    The economic service of the State Office has published a booklet “International community and Georgia: 1992-2000” in association with a number of ministries. The third additional publication, which is also being prepared, will approximately see the light in February.

19. COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF CHAIRMAN TO LEAD CITIZENS’ UNION
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    Against expectations, the fourth session of Citizens Union (CU) on December 22 went without any heated debates and confrontation. Due to changes made to the leadership of the party during the session from now on, the party will be ruled by the main committee under the chairmanship of the ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania instead of the secretary general as earlier.

20. PARLIAMENT SETS TO CONSIDERATION OF LAW ON LICENSING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
    (Daily News: December 21, 2001)

    Adopting the law that would newly regulate the sphere of issuing licensing, which presents the hotbed of corruption at the moment, is the condition set by the World Bank. MPs considered the bill in the fist hearing at a plenary session today.

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