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1. CONSULTATIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN OMBUDSMEN WILL START IN THE PARLIAMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE
   (Daily News: February 1, 2000)

   As Zurab Zhvania declared at the session of the parliamentary bureau on January 31, these consolations would promote the solution of this question in a brief period. At the same time, the chairman of the committee on the human rights protection, citizens’ petitions and building of the civil society Elene Tevdoradze thinks that the Parliament was to set about the solution of this question right after its election.

2. APPLICATIONS OF 5 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PRESENTED TO THE CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
   (Daily News: February 1, 2000)

   According to the CEC press-service, these 5 candidates are Eduard Shevardnadze (from the Citizens’ Union), Avtandil Jibladze (from the political association Mdzleveli), Vazha Zhgenti (from Progressists’ Party), Zurab Gagnidze (from the Party of the National Ideology), Roin Liparteliani (from the David Agmashenebeli Society).

   Besides, the initiative group introduced the documents for the registration of Guram Absandze as the presidential candidate – the finance ministry in Zviad Gamsakhurdia’s government, who is under investigation at present, on charges of the participation in the Eduard Shevardnadze’s assassination attempt on February 9, 1998.

3. FINAL ROUND OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PROJECT HAS STARTED IN ANKARA
   (Daily News: January 21, 2000)

   The delegations of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the US experts participate in the negotiations, which have started today. The Georgian delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister of Georgia Irakli Menagarishvili, left for Turkey yesterday.

4. BATUMI HAS NOT PRESENTED ITS PROPOSITIONS ON THE ALTERNATIVE LAW ON THE ELECTIONS
   (Daily News: January 18, 2000)

   The bloc Agordzineba’s propositions were to be presented to the juridical committee of the Parliament yesterday. The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Aslan Abashidze declared that the propositions aim at the democratic elections, impossible to be held under the acting law.

5. AJARIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM THAT THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT OF SELLING ARMS AT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN BATUMI
   (Daily News: January 12, 2000)

   The first Deputy State Security Minster of the Autonomous Republic Gogi Kupreishvili declared that completely eliminated the possibility of arms transportation out of Ajara. In his words, any military transportation means are thoroughly checked at the administrative border of the Autonomous Republic as well as the military cargo transported by the sea.

6. CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT HAS HEADED THE ELECTORAL STAFF OF EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE
   (Daily News: January 11, 2000)

   Zurab Zhvania declared at the press conference today that Eduard Shevardnadze’s main political vector was the creation of independent state and Georgia’s introduction into a global security system. In case Shevardnadze is elected again and this course is proceeded, he thinks, Georgia will be lost for Russia as a satellite and vassal country forever.

7. ZURAB ZHVANIA IS SURE THAT EDUARD SURMANIDZE WILL BE APPOINTED AS THE CITIZENS’ UNION SECRETARY GENERAL
   (Daily News: January 5, 2000)

   The Chairman of the Parliament declared he did not have any doubts that this candidature would be approved by the session of the ruling party, going to be held in March. In his opinion, Surmanidze, under the decision of the political council of the Citizens’ Union, acting as a secretary general of the party since January 4, is the “excellent candidature, which is acceptable for everybody”.

8. “POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR” IN GEORGIA BECAME EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE
   (Daily News: January 3, 2000)

   These are the results of the opinion polls conducted by the Georgian journalists. President’s representative in Kakheti region Giorgi Arsenishvili was almost unanimously named as “the governor of the year”.

9. POLITICIANS APPEAL TO THE NATION TO MAKE A RIGHT CHOICE, CEC DEMANDS MONEY
   (Daily News: January 3, 2000)

   In his first radio interview of the New Year Eduard Shevardnadze thanked the population of the country for their support of stability course during the parliamentary elections in October. He stressed that “in our conditions the stability and development are identical notions”.

10. EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE – POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR
    (Daily News: December 28, 1999)

    This is the result of the poll conducted among the foreign journalists accredited in the country. The President left the way behind the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ajara Autonomous Republic, leader of the parliamentary minority Aslan Abashidze and the President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba.

11. CANDIDATURE ON THE POST OF THE TAX REVENUES MINSTER HAS NOT BEEN NAMED YET
    (Daily News: December 17, 1999)

    The Parliament has not discussed this question today because of the absence of the speaker. Zhvania himself, who arrived in Tbilisi from Strasbourg this evening, declared that only a candidate enjoying the supported of the parliamentary majority would be advanced on the post of the Minister of the Tax Revenues.

12. HEADS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASIAN COUNTRIES MET IN PARIS
    (Daily News: December 16, 1999)

    In his opening speech, before the beginning of the meeting the President of the French Senate Christian Poncelet stressed that, his country, was the main mediator in this meeting, extremely interested in the settlement of the problems in the region and its welfare: “it is our duty to prepare the public opinion on the signing of those agreements which, I am sure, will be reached in the near future”. He noted the importance of the cooperation of the South Caucasian 3 countries’ heads in such fields as business-law, tax policy, ecology etc.

13. 29,300 T WINE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR PROCESSING INSTEAD OF TARGETED 80,000 T
    (Daily News: December 8, 1999)

    This is the information delivered to Sarke by the chairman of the Samtrest department Omar Chkhartishvili. In his words, this is the result of the lack of sums, as the wine manufactures received only 800,000 Lari instead of 4 million allocated by the government (2-year soft credit on the collection and processing of wine under 10% annual) and added to everything else behind the schedule.

14. TAX AND CUSTOMS SERVICES MERGED. WHAT COULD THE EFFECT BE?
    (Weekly Economic Review: December 4, 1999)

    A Ministry of Revenues was established last week. The Parliament has approved of the new body.

15. PARLIAMENT ELECTED 4 VICE SPEAKERS AND DECIDED TO INTRODUCE THE POST OF THE 5^TH ONE
    (Daily News: November 25, 1999)

    On the second session of the country’s legislative organ 4 vice-speakers were elected. Two of them will represent Abkhazia and Ajara and two – the parliamentary majority.

16. NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY CALLED ON RUSSIA TO IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA
    (Daily News: November 17, 1999)

    This is the information delivered by the Chairman of the parliamentary committee on Defense and Security Revaz Adamia. In his opinion, resolution of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is the serious support to the Georgia’s position.

17. RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS OPENED FIRE AT THE GEORGIAN BORDER CHECKPOINT
    (Daily News: November 17, 1999)

    Today, around 12 a. m.

18. POPE’S VISIT CAME TO AN END
    (Daily News: November 9, 1999)

    This morning Pope John Paul II conducted a church service at Tbilisi Sport Palace, accommodating 14,00 people. Beside the congregation of 8 catholic churches functioning in Georgia the President of Georgia, Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania and State Minister Vazha Lortkipanidze attended the service.

19. THE TERRORIST ACT IN ARMENIA AROUSES CLAMOUR AND BLAME, ZURAB ZHVANIA STATES
    (Daily News: October 28, 1999)

    This is the position of the governance of the country, as well as of each clearheaded person – said the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia. In his words “this kind of bold and cruel terrorist act has never been before”.

20. IT HAS BEEN THE 3^RD DAY SINCE THE CITIZENS UNION’S COORDINATOR IN KOBULETI CAN NOT GET TO HIS NATIVE CITY
    (Daily News: October 27, 1999)

    The inhabitants of village Choloki met Zurab Nogaideli close to the administrative border of Ajara autonomy and blocked his passage. The chair of the parliamentary sub-committee of penitentiary system reform Elene Tevdoradze left for the place in order to puzzle out the situation.

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