NBG PURCHASED $10M
National Bank of Georgia (NBG) declared about purchase of $10 million at the currency auction today. The average weighted rate made up 2.7220 GEL/USD.
AFD ALLOCATES 35M EUR TO GEORGIA
Today, Georgia and French Development Agency (AFD) signed in Tbilisi an agreement on allocation of 35 million EUR.
As Georgian Finance Ministry said, the resource is allocated in support of reforms, planned by the government of Georgia in the direction of social wellbeing.
PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY: THE GOVERNMENT TALKS FOR YEARS ABOUT POLICY OF BELT-TIGHTENING, BUT EXPENDITURE OF CONSOLIDATED BUDGET GROWS IN 2019 TOO
The government talks for years about policy of belt-tightening, but expenditure of the consolidated budget increases in 2019 by 607 million lari, while of the state budget – by 270 million lari, parliamentary minority declared.
The minority indicated that according to the plan of the state budget-2019, the government will employ 1,513 less people, but remuneration article increases by 50 million lari, and in total, remuneration spending amounts to 1.47 billion lari.
TECHNICAL REGULATIONS ON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ARE APPROVED
Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported that the government approved technical regulations on alcoholic drinks.
According to the Ministry, the regulations define requirements for alcoholic drinks’ name, description, representation and labeling and streamline conditions of production, market placement and positioning of alcoholic drinks by business operators.
DEPUTY ECONOMY MINISTER: PROCESS OF TOTAL GAS INSTALLATION IN SAMEGRELO WILL BE FINISHED IN 2 YEARS
Natia Turnava, Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, declared that process of total gas installation in Samegrelo region of the country will be finished in 2 years. At this stage, the state and private companies, including SOCAR, installed gas to about 70,000 families in 4 municipalities of the region, she noted.
BESIDES NATIONAL DIPLOMA, GRADUATES OF TRAINING CENTER AT BATUMI MARINE ACADEMY TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA OF BTEC
Besides national diploma, graduates of training center at Batumi State Marine Academy will receive international diploma of Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC), Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development declared.
The Ministry specified that this became possible after implementation of GWAVES project (Georgia Workforce Assistance and Vocational Education Strategy) in the Academy.
AT INTERNATIONAL IMPORT EXHIBITION IN SHANGHAI, NEW GEORGIAN PAVILION OPENED
Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported that at China International Import Expo – CIIE, which is held in Shanghai, another Georgian pavilion opened.
The pavilion is handed over to the country for 3 years within cooperation between Georgian Foreign Trade Association (GFTA) and Chinese Greenland Holding Group.
GERMAN AND GEORGIAN EXPERTS STARTED STUDY OF SITUATION IN TKIBULI MINE
Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reported that experts of German DMT Group started study of situation in Tkibuli mine. The experts have to present final conclusion in 5 weeks, while interim reports will be presented until that, the Ministry said.
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