MPS POINT TO SHORTCOMINGS OF THE NEW CUSTOMS CODE
(Daily News: November 29, 2005)
The Sectoral Economy Committee of Parliament has considered a new Customs Code and expressed remarks on a number of issues at a meeting today.
Jemal Manjgaladze, a representative of the office of the committee, has doubted the code meets international standards.
KAKHETI ENERGY COMPANY PLANS TO COMPLETE COMMUNAL METER INSTALLATION BY NEXT MAY
(Daily News: November 28, 2005)
According to the Kakheti Energy Company, communal electricity meters have already been installed in the Gurjaani district, while the work in the Sagarejo and Telavi districts is planned to be completed by early December. The company plans to finish off the meter installation in the rest of the Kakheti region by next May.
COLORS AND SHADOWS
(Weekly Press Digest: November 27, 2005)
Georgia has met the second anniversary of the Rose Revolution with celebrations and critical evaluations by the opposition forces. Moreover, the Russian capital hosted discussions over natural gas supply to the country next year, the vital issue for Georgia.
GEORGIA AND RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENTS OVER GAS SUPPLIES
(Daily News: November 25, 2005)
Alexei Miller, the chairman of the management board of Russian Gazprom, and Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli met in the head office of the company in Moscow yesterday.
Miller and Nogaideli reached agreements on arranging gas supplies and transit in 2006 “on conditions meeting generally accepted international norms”, reads Gazprom’s press release.
GEORGIAN DELEGATION CONSIDERING FUEL PRICES IN MOSCOW
(Daily News: November 22, 2005)
The Energy Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri has left for Moscow today to hold four-day negotiations with the management of Russian Gazprom on issues regarding gas supplies to Georgia. Late in the week, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli will also visit Moscow.
306,296 LARI DISBURSED FOR CELEBRATIONS OF TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ROSE REVOLUTION
(Daily News: November 21, 2005)
The government has disbursed 306,296 lari for celebrations to mark the second anniversary of the Rose Revolution, Finance Minister Alexi Alexishvili told journalists after the government meeting today. The funds will be disbursed from the government’s reserve fund.
FRIENDS AND FOES
(Weekly Press Digest: November 20, 2005)
Tbilisi’s peaceful initiatives have been rejected by both Tskhinvali and Sukhumi. Meanwhile, the tension in the Gali region has escalated.
GEORGIA AND KAZAKHSTAN DISCUSSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
(Daily News: November 18, 2005)
Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli has left for a 2-day business trip to Kazakhstan today. Nogaideli will meet with his Kazakh colleague Daniel Akhmatov today, while on November 19 with the President of the country Nursultan Nazarbayev, the press service of the Prime Minister reports.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(Weekly Press Digest: November 13, 2005)
The visit of Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and the monitoring group of the CE Parliamentary Assembly, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili’s report to Parliament and local governance issues have been in the limelight this week. MPs were looking forward to the report of Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili following the Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili’s address to Parliament two weeks earlier.
INVEST IN GEORGIA SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS CONSIDER GEORGIA’S INVESTMENT CLIMATE
(Daily News: November 10, 2005)
Invest in Georgia, a two-day international forum, has opened in Georgia today. Representatives of business establishments and international institutions from 18 states are taking part in the forum.
GEORGIA WILLING TO HOST BANKING & FINANCE SUMMIT
(Daily News: November 7, 2005)
Istanbul will host on November 9-10 the third Banking & Finance Summit 2005 of Caspian, Asian and CIS states. Georgia will also be among participants of the meeting.
INVESTMENT FORUM TO BE HELD IN TBILISI THIS WEEK
(Daily News: November 7, 2005)
International forum Invest in Georgia will be held in Tbilisi on November 10-11, reports the National Investment and Export Promotion Agency. Representatives of the business establishments and financial institutions from over 15 states, including the EU, the US and Russia, will take part in the summit.
YOU MEAN THE PEOPLE?!
(Weekly Press Digest: November 6, 2005)
Next government reshuffles have came to the fore again this week. The move was actually initiated by the President, who called for closeness with the people at a government meeting.
Khvalindeli Dge: “ALTERNATIVE COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY APPEALS TO PROSECUTORS OFFICE”
(Economic Press Monitor: November 3, 2005)
The alternative academy council of Tbilisi State University demands the Prosecutors’ Office to investigate the materials, introduced by Zurab Vashakidze, the former head of audit service, and to raise the criminal case against the administration of the University. The part of the lecturers expresses no confidence in acting rector Rusudan Lortkipanidze.
24 Saati: “MADNEULI IS SOLD”
(Economic Press Monitor: November 2, 2005)
According to the exclusive interview with Oleg Rumyantsev, official representative of Industrial Investors group, the real owner of JSC Madneuli (the ore mining and processing enterprise) became the Industrial Investors and not its subsidiary Stanton Equities Corp. It is inconvenient, when such a big business-group, like Industrial Investors, strikes the bargain, Rumyantsev declares and stresses: “we are not buying, we are managing”.
STATE MINISTER KAKHA BENDUKIDZE TO COORDINATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT REFORMS IN GEORGIA
(Daily News: October 31, 2005)
Under the order of the Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli, the State Minister on Reform Coordination Kakha Bendukidze has been appointed a coordinator of the USAID-funded “Georgian Business Environment Reforms” project. The composition of the coordinating group has been approved today either.
ABOUT PEACEFUL PLANS AND THE MILITARY
(Weekly Press Digest: October 30, 2005)
Amid complicated processes, taking place in the Defense Ministry of Georgia, Tbilisi has again called for peaceful initiatives regarding Tskhinvali supported by all OSCE members except for Russia.
Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli voiced Tbilisi’s peaceful initiatives at a meeting of the OSCE standing council held in Vienna on October 27.
ENERGY&INDUSTRY COMPLEX READY TO PAY $60M FOR JSC MADNEULI
(Daily News: October 28, 2005)
Energy&Industry Complex is ready to pay over $60 million for a 97.25% share in JSC Madneuli (the ore mining and processing enterprise) and for the privatization of state-owned 50% of LLC Trans Georgia Resources, the company’s press service reports.
Energy&Industry Complex planned to pay $50 million, of which $36.0 million was the price of entity and the reminder was to cover the debt of Madneuli.
ALL BIDDERS TO ENJOY EQUAL TERMS AT AUCTIONS FOR USING ORE
(Daily News: October 28, 2005)
Parliament has considered and approved in the first reading amendments to the law “On Using Ore” at a plenary meeting today. MPs are considering, in particular, taking out from the law a provision on granting privileges at auctions to those people or companies that already hold licenses on the ore use.
24 Saati: “AMERICAN STATEMENTS OF ZURAB NOGAIDELI”
(Economic Press Monitor: October 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli after the meeting with IMF executive director Takatoshi Kato declared that Georgia does not have the open commitments toward IMF in economical point of view. The considerable financial resources received during the new government are spent so not to stimulate the inflation, he stressed.
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