BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN AIRWAYS TO RESUME FLIGHTS IN SPRING
(Daily News: January 30, 2004)
British Mediterranean Airways will resume regular London-Tbilisi flights starting March 29, Zurab Chankotadze, head of the administration, told journalists today. The company will make two flights a week.
STATE MINISTER BACKS ITALIAN INVESTOR OF RUSTAVI METALLURGIC PLANT
(Daily News: January 30, 2004)
State Minister Zurab Zhvania met today with representatives of Ares International, the Italian investor of Rustavi Metallurgic Plant, and assured them of his support.
Yesterday the investor made a decision to shut down the plant as the Rustavi city court cancelled an agreement with Ares International.
LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES CALL TO TIGHTEN LAW ON CORRUPT OFFICIALS
(Daily News: January 29, 2004)
National Security Council Secretary Vano Merabishvili, Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili and Prosecutor General Irakli Okruashvili, who took office after the new authorities had come to power, have proposed to simplify investigation procedures.
Merabishvili called for the Parliament today to timely make legislative changes designed to increase efficiency of fighting corrupt officials.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN RUSTAVI METALLURGIC PLANT SUPERVISORY BOARD AND INVESTORS
(Daily News: January 28, 2004)
The supervisory board of the Rustavi Metallurgic Plant has raised today protests against the decision of the management of the enterprise and the Italian investor (company Ares) to sell the part of discarded equipment as scrap.
The members of the board claim that the investor is going to sell the scrap for about 15 million lari at and buy by the sum materials for making pipes.
TBILISI AND BATUMI CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF BUDGET PROBLEMS
(Daily News: January 28, 2004)
Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli today met with Ajar Finance Minister Yasha Chavleishvili for the second time, today in Tbilisi. The sides continued consideration of mutual arguments in the budget sphere.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND DEMOCRATS TO JOIN
(Daily News: January 28, 2004)
Zurab Zhvania, the Democrats leader and current state minister, announced today plans to unite National Movement and United Democrats. Once and for all doubts about the length of the unity of the parties should be dispelled, he stressed at a news conference today.
NEW SUPERVISORY BOARD OF JSC MADNEULI ELECTED
(Daily News: January 27, 2004)
At an irregular meeting today JSC Madneuli’s shareholders, completely altered the composition of the supervisory board. The meeting was held by the initiative of the State Enterprise Regulation Agency.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN JSC MADNEULI SUPERVISORY BOARD AND STATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONTINUES
(Daily News: January 26, 2004)
The supervisory board of the JSC Madneuli has protested against the decision of the Bolnisi district court to call an irregular meeting of shareholders of this ore mining and processing enterprise on January 27. Nonetheless, the State Enterprise Management Agency is going to hold the meeting anyway.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY CANDIDATE NAMED
(Daily News: January 26, 2004)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili confirmed today that Vano Merabishvili, one of active members of National Movement, would be appointed as National Security Council secretary.
Meanwhile, after the new president took the office ministers of the former government filed resignation.
HOW TO RESHAPE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT
(Weekly Press Digest: January 25, 2004)
The legislative changes, or introduction of the cabinet and the bicameral Parliament, have appeared in the agenda of a new political day again, says Khvalindeli Dge.
This question has stirred debate in the political spectrum, the more so that the Georgian public has been long familiar with legislative changes tailored to the interests of political groups, says the paper.
NEW RAILWAY HEAD TAKES OVER
(Daily News: January 23, 2004)
State Minister Zurab Zhvania today introduced to the staff of the LLC Georgian Railway 32-yaer-old Levan Varshalomidze, the newly appointed director general of the LLC. In a month, the management of the railway will introduce a railway development plan.
TBILISI AND BATUMI DISCUSS BUDGET RELATIONS
(Daily News: January 22, 2004)
Georgian Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli met today with Yasha Chagelishvili, the head of the Finance Ministry of Ajar Autonomous Republic, to consider mutual claims in the budget sphere.
Batumi claims from the budget 380 million lari in transfers while Tbilisi demands about 150 million in tax revenues the autonomous republic is to pay to the central budget.
FINANCIAL MINISTRY PLANS TO INCREASE T-BILLS MATURITY AND DECREASE YIELD
(Daily News: January 21, 2004)
By the end of the year it is planned to issue treasury bills with the maturity of up to nine months and one year, Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli said today at a meeting with representatives of the bank sector. He announced his intention to support cutting the interest rate.
WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR HOLDS FIRST MEETINGS IN FINANCE MINISTRY AND NATIONAL BANK
(Daily News: January 21, 2004)
Donna Dowsett-Coirolo, the World Bank Country Director for Georgia, who arrived in Tbilisi yesterday on a four-day visit, considered today assistance strategies to Georgia with Irakli Managadze, the president of the National Bank, and Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli.
Managadze says the reason for the consideration of the question was that the assistance strategy set up in the former government would undergo some changes in the new one.
WB REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO CONSIDER GEORGIA’S ASSISTANCE STRATEGY IN TBILISI
(Daily News: January 20, 2004)
Donna Dowsett-Coirolo, the Bank Country Director for Georgia, arrived in Georgia today on a four-day visit, to consider with the new government of the country directions of the assistance.
Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli is going to devote special attention during the talks to the question of the formation of a credit portfolio of the World Bank this year.
RAILWAY TO BE LED BY SUPERVISORY BOARD
(Daily News: January 16, 2004)
Today State Minister Zurab Zhvania has introduced Levan Varshalomidze’s candidature for the post of director of LLC Georgian Railway, a 100 per cent state owned organization.
The supervisory board will decide on the question at a meeting on January 23, Alexandre Danelia, the chairman of the board, told Sarke.
WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR TO VISIT TBILISI NEXT WEEK
(Daily News: January 16, 2004)
According to a World Bank representative, Donna Dowsett-Coirolo, the Bank Country Director for Georgia, will visit Tbilisi on 20-23 January.
The purpose of her forthcoming visit is to discuss with the government the bank's draft Country Assistance Strategy and areas where the bank could best provide its support in the next few years.
NEW ECONOMICS MINISTER ENTERS OFFICE
(Daily News: January 15, 2004)
Irakli Rekhviashvili, who was confirmed by the Parliament yesterday on the post of Minister of Economics, Industry and Trade, was introduced with the staff of the Ministry today.
Rekhviashvili said the primary task at that stage was the definition of duties of the Ministry and delimitation of terms of reference with other bodies.
CEC CONFIRMS SAAKASHVILI’S VICTORY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
(Daily News: January 15, 2004)
National Movement leader Mikheil Saakashvili received 1,890,256 votes, or 96.27% of the total vote, according to the results of the January 4 presidential election announced today by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
The reminder of the vote was distributed among five presidential candidacies in the following way: 36,398 voters or 1.85% voted for Teimuraz Shashiashvili, 5,154 of voters or 0.26% for Roin Liparteliani, 4,782 of voters or 0.24% for Zaza Sikharulidze; 192 of voters or 0.21% for Kartlos Garibashvili; and 1,901 of voters or 0.10% for Zurab Kelekhsashvili.
ECONOMICS MINISTRY HAS NEW HEAD
(Daily News: January 14, 2004)
The Parliament Today unanimously approved Irakli Rekhviashvili’s appointment as the Economics, Industry and Trade Minister. He will replace Giorgi Gachechiladze on this post.
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