Daily News February 9, 1998	Days:  05 06 09 10 11

politics

SHEVARDNADZE CALLS TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING INCORRECT COMMENTS ABOUT THE EVENTS IN ARMENIA

Commenting the resignation of President of Armenia, in his today’s interview to National Radio President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze welcomed the peaceful settlement of the problem and announced, that whoever is elected on the post of President of Armenia, it will not influence the traditional relations between Georgians and Armenians. President called to refrain from making unskilled and incorrect comments about the events in Armenia.




PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA APPROVES THE NOMINEE OF GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

Parliament of Georgia gave its consent on appointing Nikoloz Nikolozishvili on the post of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Georgia to Armenia. Mr. Nikolozishvili was born in 1965, graduated from the Tbilisi State University, philological faculty, worked at the university, was editor-in-chief of a newspaper Iveria-Express, since 1995 he is chairman of state department on the youth of Georgia.




GEORGIAN MPS DEMAND TO RETURN FORMER HEAD OF THE RED CROSS MISSION TO THE COUNTRY

Last July 13 65 years old Alexander Marinov met with an accident, as a result of which 2 persons died. At present Mr. Marinov is in Switzerland, though according to the agreement of FM of Georgia and the Red Cross he would have stayed in Georgia till the settlement of the question of withdrawal of his diplomatic immunity.




THE POSITIONS OF ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT

In his today’s radiointerview President of Georgia stated his attitude towards this question once again. According to him, the question of presence of peacekeepers in Abkhazia should be solved in the middle of March.




LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC UNION OF GEORGIA CATEGORICALLY OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN PEACE KEEPERS FROM THE CONFLICT ZONE OF ABKHAZIA

Mr. Avtandil Margiani considers that peacekeepers are brilliantly performing their functions, thus maintaining the stability in the region. The only task of the politicians is to attach police functions to them.




MILITARY PROCURATOR’S OFFICE OF GEORGIA ESTABLISHES PROCURATOR’S SUPERVISION AT 11^TH MOTORIFLE BRIGADE

Badri Bitsadze, the chief military procurator of the country, has announced about it at the session of the board of Defense Ministry of Georgia. He explains the necessity of establishing the procurator’s supervision by the facts of desertion there, which became too often recently.




A BOARDING-SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED AT FRONTIER DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA FOR PREPARATION OF FRONTIER TROOPS OFFICERS

Valeri Chkheidze, chairman of the department for state frontier guard, has announced to the journalists about it. Alongside with the comprehensive subjects the pupils will study the history of armed forces of Georgia, management of motor and heavy techniques, science of hand-to-hand fighting, fencing, as well as ball dances.




NETHERLANDS IS GOING TO REALIZE SEVERAL PROGRAMS ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR DEVELOPMENT

The minister for development and cooperation of Netherlands Ian Pronck announced to the journalists about it on the day of his departure. The programs will concern political and legal spheres, as well as protection of environment, he said.

economics

1,850 TONS OF MANDARINS WERE EXPORTED FROM ABKHAZIA TO RUSSIA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HARVEST

The separatist mass media informs about it. According to their data, a part of the freight was exported through the frontier post on the Psou River by the enterprises cooperating with the Congress of Russian Communities in Abkhazia.




LAST WEEK WAS VERY IMPORTANT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ATTRACTION OF INVESTMENTS

President of Georgia announced about it in his today’s radiointerview. The questions of improvement of the financial situation in power sector, speeding up of the privatization and reforms were discussed with the representatives of EBRD.




ONE OF THE PRIOR DIRECTIONS OF GEORGIAN ECONOMY IS REVIVAL OF TOURISM

President of the country marked in his today’s radiointerview, that the question of development of tourism became actual simultaneously with creation of guarantees of stability in Georgia. The first signs of revival of this sphere were marked last year, when, according to the official data, 100,000-120,000 tourists visited the country.




THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA IS GOING TO RENEW ASSISTANCE TO THE ALPINE REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY

As Mr. Shevardnadze marked in his today’s radiointerview, a great work was done in its time on adjusting communication with these regions (Tusheti, Khevsureti), which are torn off from the center. According to him, at present the government is able to renew the aid to the population of the alpine regions.

business

THE LICENSES ON REALIZING BANKING OPERATIONS ARE WITHDRAWN FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS AISI AND DARIALI

Thus, number of commercial banks of Georgia, which made 53 at the beginning of this year, decreased by 2. According to the information from NB, the both banks were deprived of licenses for violation of the banking legislation and failure to comply the normatives, fixed by NB.

society

ONE OF THE REASONS OF EMIGRATION OF GEORGIANS FROM SOUTH OSSETIA IS ABSENCE OF BUILDINGS OF GEORGIAN SCHOOLS THERE

In a number of Georgian villages Georgian schools are located either in carriages or in amortized buildings. Meanwhile, the buildings of Ossetian schools are being built nearby.




TBILISI UNIVERSITY HAS A SPECIAL STATUS AMONG OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND AS A WHOLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY

Speaking about preparation for the 80-years anniversary of Tbilisi University, President of the country noted in his radiointerview, that celebration of this date would not be only a formal measure. This is the possibility for evaluation of the achieved successes and definition of the further plans.




THE MOST PART OF THE POPULATION OF GEORGIA SUPPORTS AN IDEA ABOUT CREATION OF A COMMISSION ON STRUGGLE WITH CORRUPTION

President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze announced about it in his today’s interview to National Radio. He once again marked the necessity of struggle with corruption in the country.