Daily News April 9, 1999	Days:  07 08 09 13 14

politics

ASLAN ABASHIDZE THINKS THAT TBILISI’S SUPPORT TO NATO’S ACTIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA IS UNREASONABLE

According to the Chairman of the Ajarian Supreme Council, this violated the openly announced balanced foreign political course of Georgia and damaged the declared strategic partnership with Russia. According to Abashidze, Georgia has to be more careful on the basis of its geopolitical location.




BATUMI WILL NOT BE AGAINST TAKING OUT THE RUSSIAN TROOPS, DISLOCATED IN AJARA

About this declared the head of the machine of the Ajarian Autonomy’s representation at the central power Hamlet Chipashvili. He quoted the words of the Chairman of this autonomy’s Supreme Council Aslan Abashidze, that Ajara is the part of Georgia and its leadership has no right not to obey political decisions of the country’s President and Parliament, if it is made.




RUSSIA IS NEGOTIATING ON TRANSFERRING ITS MILITARY OBJECTS TO GEORGIA

This concerns the objects in Georgia, which are not used by the Russian militaries. Their list, proposed by the Georgian Defense Ministry, was approved by the Russian Prime Minister.




THE QUESTION ON EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF THE RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN ABKHAZIA REMAINS OPEN

About this declared the commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces Sergei Korobko. According to him, during a month the conflict’s sides have to sign 2 agreements: on not renewing military actions and on returning the refugees.




NADAREISHVILI PROTESTS AGAINST THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN COMMANDOS IN ABKHAZIA

According to the sources in the Russian Defense Ministry, on April 9-23 in Abkhazia will be conducted the scheduled replacement of the subdivisions of 345^th parachute troop, which has been fulfilling the peace support missions. More than 800 peacekeepers will be replaced by the military of the 31^st air-born brigade and 76^th air-born division.




YESTERDAY WAS HELD THE REGULAR QUADRILATERAL MEETING IN GALI REGION

During it, the Georgian side demanded to release 10 fishermen, captured by the Abkhazians. The Abkhazian side demanded to release 4 Abkhazian boyeviks, which supposedly are captured by the Georgians.




HAS BEEN FOUNDED ONE MORE MOVEMENT, WHICH PROTECTS THE INTERESTS OF BUSINESSMEN

The leader of Businessmen Union is Beso Jugeli, the member of the National-Democratic Party. Let us remember that recently he declared about resigning from the MP’s position.




IT’S PLANNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES AT AES TELASI BY 75%

According to the AES TELASI, 500-600 employees are enough for guarantying work in the organization according to the new owners’ demands. Today the staff includes 2,000 people.

business

THE CIGARETTE IMPORTERS DEMAND TO EXTEND THE EFFECT OF THE FIXED TAX

Yesterday the President Shevardnadze received the leaders of the Georgian-Turkish joint venture Strike Otar Kishmereishvili and Ahmed Yunes. They declared that they are planning to import a big installment of cigarettes, which will liquidate the crisis, originated after the introduction of obligatory excise stamps on tobacco products at the end of the last month.

society

TODAY IS COMMEMORATED THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TBILISI EVENTS OF 1989

Then the divisions of the Soviet Army repressed the peaceful meeting, the participants of which demanded to restore Georgia’s independence. As a result of unprovoked military actions more than 20 people died, mostly women.




THE DRIVERS OF TBILISI MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT DECLARED HUNGER STRIKE

These people have signed agreements with the leadership of the Georgian SSR and after being extracted from their residence places, they began to work as bus and trolley bus drivers in Tbilisi. After 6-month contract was over, they were supposed to receive accommodation in Tbilisi.




DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1999 WERE REVEALED 293 CRIMES IN THE ECONOMICAL SPHERE

According to the Interior Ministry, this mark exceeds the data of the last year’s analogous period by 25 units. Among them were revealed 14 facts of bribery, 20 – contraband, 94 – property embezzlement, 14 – hiding the income, 39 – jobbery, 12 – false money realization, 17 – violation of the currency transactions rules, 16 – production of false documents, 42 – falsification.