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1. ECONOMICS MINISTER OFFERS SOFT TAX REGIME FOR LEASING ACTIVITIES
   (Daily News: September 26, 2001)

   Today, the government considered the bill on the leasing activities prepared by the Ministry of Economics, Industry and Trade with the participation of foreign experts. According to the Minister, Vano Chkhartishvili, after adopting the document, wide-scale support to the leasing activities and generally to business in Georgia will start.

2. ESCALATED TENSION IN ABKHAZIA
   (Daily News: September 26, 2001)

   Today’s plenary session of Parliament started with MP’s demand to sort out the information on the armed clashes in Abkhazia. MPs said it was necessary to meet with representatives of force structures and invite Georgian President to Parliament.

3. BUDGET FORECASTS OF FINANCE MINISTER DOES NOT COINCIDE TO CALCULATIONS OF ECONOMIC MINISTER
   (Daily News: September 24, 2001)

   The work on budget-2002 is being continued. The final variant will be accommodated with the IMF mission, which is arriving in Tbilisi at the beginning of November.

4. NEGOTIATIONS ON RESTRUCTURING OF GEORGIA’S FOREIGN DEBT MUST BE ENDED BY MID OCTOBER
   (Daily News: September 24, 2001)

   The completion of negotiations on foreign debt restructuring, scheduled by October 15, is postponed for a month. As Zurab Soselia, Deputy Finance Minister told Sarke, Parisian Club of creditor-states agreed on such term.

5. CANDIDATES FOR VACANT MINISTERS’ POSTS NOMINATED
   (Daily News: September 24, 2001)

   Georgian President nominated Roland Gigilashvili, head of the Procedural Committee of Parliament on the post of the Justice Minister, which became vacant after the resignation of Mikheil Saakashvili last week. Shevardnadze characterized Gigilashvili as an experienced jurist.

6. RESIGNATION AFTER RESIGNATION…
   (Weekly Press Digest: September 23, 2001)

   The statement of President Shevardnadze on leaving the post of Citizens’ Union (CU) Chairman has resulted in totally different situation in Georgian political landscape, writes Dilis Gazeti. Shevardnadze himself hasbeen a connective factor for people of totally different world outlook and believes in the ruling party, notes the newspaper.

7. ECONOMISTS AGAINST LAITY AND POLITICAL BLIGHT IN ECONOMICS
   (Daily News: September 21, 2001)

   Today the Minister of Economics, Industry and Trade held a meeting, dedicated to the professional day of economists, celebrated in Georgia on September 21. In his speech the Economics Minister, Vano Chkhartishvili, said it was a very serious mistake that people not economist by profession, reasoning only in a political way, have come to the economic ministries.

8. PARLIAMENTARY JURIDICAL COMMITTEE CONSIDERING DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION CODE
   (Daily News: September 21, 2001)

   It has been decided to make amendments to the recently adopted election code. Today, draft amendments was considered at the parliamentary Committee on Juridical Issues and Legality.

9. GUUAM NATIONAL COORDINATORS MET IN BAKU
   (Daily News: September 21, 2001)

   A regular session of GUUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) national coordinators was held in Baku on September 18-19. Zurab Beridze, director of the 2^nd European department of the Foreign Ministry, presented the Georgian delegation.

10. SAAKASHVILI EXPLAINING HIS RESIGNATION
    (Daily News: September 20, 2001)

    Mikheil Saakashvili, now already former Justice Minister motivated his resignation by an unbearable environment in present government. According to him, he had not been able to achieve anything in a separate Ministry.

11. OPPOSITION CONSIDERS PRESIDENT’S LEAVING OF POST OF CHAIRMAN OF CITIZENS’ UNION LATE
    (Daily News: September 18, 2001)

    As Sandro Bregadze, MP from the opposition bloc Agordzineba told Sarke, President Shevardnadze, being Chairman of the ruling party Citizens’ Union (CU), has been violating the Constitution for several years. Though in MP’s point of view, this had been the reason for President’s current decision only, since an actual ground – opposition in CU.

12. POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF FINANCE MINISTER
    (Daily News: September 17, 2001)

    Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli would probably make a statement on resignation at the nearest government meeting. The source in the Parliament informed Sarke about it referring to Parliament Speaker’s speech at the closed parliament majority meeting today.

13. THEME OF SPEAKER’S RESIGNATION EXHAUSTED, ZHVANIA IS SURE
    (Daily News: September 17, 2001)

    Zurab Zhvania, the Parliament Chairman stated today at the press conference, that the talks over his possible resignation must end up. He noted, that in a specified term until September 14 the opposition had to collect 100 signatures on resignation.

14. CITIZENS’ UNION IS FACED WITH DIFFICULT EXAMINATION, CONSIDERS PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN
    (Daily News: September 17, 2001)

    In the near future a meeting of Citizens’ Union must be held, having remained without the Chairman of the ruling party. Heading the party, President Shevardnadze informed today about his leaving the post of the Chairman.

15. DRAFT LAW ON TRADE-INDUSTRIAL CHAMBER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ADOPT AT FIRST READING
    (Daily News: September 13, 2001)

    The draft law, prepared by the Committee for Branch Economic, was submitted for consideration today at the Parliament plenary session. For the quorum absence, the voting did not take place in the 1^st and 2^nd part of the day.

16. GEORGIA IS INDIGNANT BY TERRORIST ACTS AND EXPRESSES COMMISERATION TO THE US
    (Daily News: September 12, 2001)

    Georgian President sent a dispatch to the US President, where he stresses convulsion and reprehension on series of terrorist acts, having taken place in the United States on September 11. Georgian leader expresses the condolences to the American people.

17. APPARENTLY SPEAKER IS NOT UNDER RESIGNATION DANGER
    (Daily News: September 11, 2001)

    For today, there is not a single signature, demanding Zurab Zhvania’s resignation, informs Parliament department on personnel issues. Zhvania, has officially involved the statement with a proposal to begin collecting signatures in the department on September 7.

18. PARLIAMENT SPEAKER OFFERING TO SET UP AN ANTI-CORRUPTION MONITORING COUNCIL
    (Daily News: September 11, 2001)

    The Council, according to Zurab Zhvania Parliament Chairman, will be obliged to consider every draft law before they are adopted by the Parliament. We are to take this step, to restore confidence in the nation, considering that the elements of the corruption are in the parliament also stated Zhvania today, at the plenary session, motivating the Council creation.

19. PROGRAM STATEMENT OF PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN
    (Daily News: September 11, 2001)

    Today, Zurab Zhvania, Speaker, began his speech at the 1^st fall Parliament plenary session with the crisis recognition in the country. This is not the crisis of authorities and the Parliament only, it is a crisis which can capture the whole public, stated he.

20. 3^RD TIME CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION FAILS TO HOLD MEETING
    (Daily News: September 7, 2001)

    Today, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) meeting has been postponed again. It assumed to discuss organization issues before the forthcoming elections.

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