Daily News June 5, 2000	Days:  01 02 05 06 07

politics

KIDNAPPERS HAVE RELEASED THE UN OBSERVERS

According to the President’s press service, this happened thanks to the efforts of the President's representatives, sent to the Kodori Canyon. The telephone conversation held on May 3 in the morning between Eduard Shevardnadze and Vladislav Ardzinba has also facilitated to the peaceful settlement of the incident.




HEAD OF THE FEDERAL FRONTIER SERVICE OF RUSSIA ARRIVING IN TBILISI TOMORROW

As it has been informed at the Frontier Department of Georgia, Konstantin Totski is going to consider the questions over the further development of the cooperation between two countries’ Frontier Departments during his meeting with the head of the Department Valeri Chkheidze. The attention will be focused on the situation at the Chechen section of the border.




THE SECOND OSCE PERMANENT MONITORING STATION HAS OPENED ON THE CHECHEN SECTION OF THE RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER

As Sarke has been informed at the Frontier Department, the station opened in the village Omalo on May 3. 2 groups of the OSCE observers with 7 members in each will work on this section.




PRESIDENT SATISFIED WITH THE PROCESS OF CONFIRMATION OF NEW MINISTERS BY THE PARLIAMENT

This is the announcement made by the President Shevardnadze in his radio interview today. According to him, Generally, the government composition by its professional skills, experience and age, meets the tasks facing the country.




PRESIDENT DEMANDED ASSUMING OF “EMERGENCY MEASURES” FOR THE BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

According to the President’s press service, the President made this announcement at the session of the National Security Council held as usual behind the closed doors, on June 2. He gave an extremely negative evaluation to the situation in the sphere, on which the Finance Minister and Minister of Tax Revenues made reports during the session.

economics

BUDGET CRISIS DEEPENING

While analyzing the results of the implementation of the budget revenues and expenditures for January-May 2000, the budgetary office came to the conclusion that even the budget sequester of 150 million Lari, planned for the mid year, might not save Georgia.

According to the office, 114 more million Lari added in January-May 2000 to the 272 million gap of the budget 1999.




WE’LL HAVE TO APPLY DRAGON MEASURES AGAINST SMUGGLING, SHEVARDNADZE SAID

Today, reminding in his radio interview about his intention “to turn economics with 180 degrees”, the President stressed that the radical measures would have to be applied for that and it would be necessary to suppress corruption and smuggling in the first place.

He noted that the legislation tightening had begun, namely the illegal transpiration means and smuggled goods would be subject to confiscation from June.




GEORGIAN INTERNATIONAL GAS CORPORATION HAS PRESENTED GAS-MAIN PROJECTS

The head of the Georgian International Gas Corporation Alexi Gotsiridze conducted the presentation of the Transcaspian and Transcaucasian gas-main projects at the Technical University on June 5. He informed that the WB, OPIC, EBRD, Eximbanks of the USA and Japan have expressed desire to participate in the project of the Transcaspian gas main.

business

ANADARKO REPRESENTATIVES PLANNING TO ARRIVE IN GEORGIA IN LATE JUNE FOR CONCLUDING THE AGREEMENT

The draft agreement with the US company Anadarko on the share distribution of production was considered on June 3 by the Advisory Council on Foreign Investments at the Georgian President. It was presented by the chairman of the JSC Saknavtobi Council of Observers Revaz Tevzadze.

society

3 LOCALS KIDNAPPED IN PANKISI CANYON

According to the Georgian radio, three Kists have been kidnapped. The relations between the local population and some 6,500 Chechen refugees have sharply aggravated recently.




COUNTRY NOT SECURED FROM TERRORIST KILLINGS

The President, while commenting a tragic death of Guram Tevzadze, the brother of the Defense Minister David Tevzadze, said, “the country is not secured from this kind of deadly cases”. He noted that only the investigation was qualified to give the evaluation to the case and it would be wrong to orient oneself on any version.