Daily News May 7, 1998	Days:  05 06 07 08 11

politics

THE VISIT OF THE CATHOLICOS-PATRIARCH ILYA II TO US WILL START ON MAY 14

It will be held according to the invitation of the Washington Archbishop, Metropolitan of America and Canada Theodosey, informed in the press service of the Georgian Patriarchy. Ilya II is going to meet as with the religious doers, so with the representatives of the US administration.




THE NEW HEAD OF THE GEORGIAN ARMY’S GENERAL HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED

Today the Defense Minister David Tevzadze conducted the first appointment in the top echelons of the military commanding. To the post of the Head of General Headquarters instead of the General-Lieutenant Zurab Meparishvili was appointed General-Major Jony Pirtskhalaishvili.




THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMOR-TANK SERVICE HAS BEEN ARRESTED

Yesterday the members of the criminal police arrested the Head of the National Guard armor-tank service Vice Colonel Roin Gaganidze. He is accused in murder committed in November of 1992 in Kutaisi.




THE DEFENSE MINISTER RECEIVED THE COMMANDER OF THE RUSSIAN ARMS IN CAUCASIA

Today David Tevzadze received, according to his request, the Commander of the Russian army group in Caucasia General-Lieutenant Vladimir Andreev. The meeting was held behind the closed doors and its details are not known.




DURING THEIR STAY IN ABKHAZIA THE RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS LOST 86 PEOPLE

According to the data from the RF Defense Ministry, for today in Abkhazia died 86 Russian peacekeepers, 80 servicemen were wounded. During the past 10 days against the Russian peacekeepers were conducted about 20 diversion acts, because of which 3 people died and 10 have been wounded.




CAUCASIAN NATIONS CONFEDERATION IS AGAINST NATO

The Chairman of the Caucasian Nations Confederation Yusup Soslanbekov stated yesterday to the Sukhumi’s TV that he will not let any outside force to interfere into the process of the Abkhazian regulation. “With any means, among them military, we will not let that to Caucasus, under different excuses, are moved the forces of NATO.




ABKHAZIAN SPECIAL SERVICES OBTAIN THE INFORMATION ON COMMANDERS OF THE GEORGIAN SPECIAL DIVISIONS

According to the statement of the Head of the Security Service of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia Astamur Tarba, his structure realizes the intelligence operations on the Georgian territory. The main directions of the activity are the fights with the terrorism, search of the military criminals and their chase.




ABKHAZIAN ARMY IS THE MAIN ARTICLE OF THE SEPARATIST BUDGET

According to the Russian sources, last year Abkhazia spent for the defense needs 72% of budget. The special attention is paid to the strengthening of the fortification defenses in Ochamchire region.




IN TBILISI THE FIFTH CONFERENCE OF THE TRACECA WORKING GROUPS HAS BEEN COMPLETED

The Ministers of Transport of the project’s country-members signed the declaration, which emphasizes the necessity of adopting the sole transit transport policy. Should be mentioned that Turkmenian representative stated that he does not have the authority to sign such documents.

economics

AT THE GOVERNMENT SITTING WERE DISCUSSED THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE BUDGET FULFILLMENT FOR JANUARY-APRIL OF 1998

As informed at the yesterday’s sitting Finance Minister Mikhail Tchkuaseli, the budget incomes for this period, including grants, were defined in the size of 23.8%, which makes 244.9 million Lari. The fulfillment of the prognosed showing, according to the Minister, is expected on the level of 27%, or 273 million Lari.




THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY OFFERS THE PROGRAM OF DECREASING THE MEASURES OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY IN GEORGIA

The Minister of Economy Vladimir Papava conducted today the press conference on this topic. As finds Papava, the specialty of the Georgian shadow economy is that its substantial part is a common, by its economical context, entrepreneur activity, however not taken into account.




THE REALIZING OF THE PROJECT OF CREATING IN GEORGIA THE WHOLESALE MARKET IS UNDER THE QUESTION

The project envisages the creation of the wholesale market in Tbilisi, which will become the singular center of the produced in the country agriculture products, and of the 3 regional markets in Gurjaani, Akhaltsikhe and Marneuli, from where the production has to go either to the central wholesale market, or directly to export. The Georgian side violated all terms of ratification of the credit agreement signed with EBRD in the project limits, because of which from April 1 the investor made a decision to close the project.




THE NEW OWNERS OF THE KUTAISI AVIATION-REPAIR FACTORY FROM THE 3^RD QUARTER OF THE CURRENT YEAR WILL START THE REALIZING OF THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

Program, which will be realized by the contest winner on the right of owning the factory shares (with the symbolic initial price of selling), Russian aviation firm Aviaton, is calculated for the period until 2000. The program envisages, in particular, keeping the production of the aviation engines, providing the production of the multiprofile small-gabarite flying apparatus.




GEORGIA PROHIBITED THE EXPORT OF THE STOCK-RAISING PRODUCTS FROM TURKEY

Due to the plague spread in Turkey among the cattle, the Department of the Vet-Service of the Agriculture Ministry today prohibited the export of cattle, fowl and stock-raising products from this country. According to the Department, at the borderline is strengthened the strict control of the exported production, established the Vet-containers and additional stationery quarantine Vet-gates.

business

THE MINISTRY OF THE STATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND METALGASOILINVEST DID NOT AGREE, AS A RESULT THE ZERO AUCTION ON THE CORPORATION RUSTAVI’S METALLURGICAL COMBINE WAS EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 1

As informs the Ministry on the State Property Management, when forming the agreement between the Ministry and the company MetalGasOilInvest, managing corporation, aroused the problems. Managing company preferred the new conditions, in particular, demanded the regulation of issues on wastes, to put off the permission term of exporting the black metals until the end of the year, to amortize the gathered indebtedness to railway of the size 51 million Lari and restructure the tax indebtedness.

society

BECAUSE OF THUNDER GEORGIA DIPPED INTO DARK

Yesterday at 9:40 p.m. stopped the power supply to the whole country. The reason of which was the thunder from the western Georgia, which led to the accident at the high voltage line of the power delivery Imereti.




IN GEORGIA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WERE ELICITED 13 INFECTED WITH AIDS

According to the Healthcare Ministry, last year during the analogous period were elicited 7 infected. During the whole last year were elicited 21 cases of the decease.