Rusiko Machaidze TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s State Minister for Reintegration Issues says that the government should support restoring overland transportation with Russia through breakaway Abkhazia.
Minister Paata Zakareishvili said this in an interview with the newspaper
TBILISI, DFWatch — The president of the Georgian Bank Association says the interest rate on loans will go down.
Zurab Gvasalia said there is already a trend of falling interest rates on loans, but he thinks it is impossible to decrease the rates immediately.
In
TBILISI, DFWatch — New candidates have been unveiled for deputy ministers in the new government.
Despite an offer from Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to previous deputy ministers that they may remain in their positions, only a few of them have stayed.
Those
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new government plans to give thousands of prisoner amnesty, but has not yet specific what categories of prisoners will be released.
The most recent figures, from July 1, 2012, show that there were 23 406 prisoners in Georgia at the
Georgia’s Central Election commission Friday approved the protocol of the October 1, 2012, parliamentary election. The first session of the new parliament will be held on Sunday.
Recently, the constitution was changed, so parliament sessions can only be held in Kutaisi
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Dream on Tuesday named the rest of its candidates for new government ministers.
Bidzina Ivanishivli, Georgian Dream coalition leader, said the Ministry of Economy will be given certain new functions because of upcoming reforms. New economy
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili promises Bidzina Ivanishvili to help in keeping the new government safe and to retain the direction of Georgia’s foreign policy.
This was made clear by Giga Bokeria, Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council, after
TBILISI, DFWatch — Property seized in the heat of the election campaign is to be returned, even though the new government is not yet in place.
New stricter legislation was used by authorities in spring to fine tens of individuals, including election winner Bidzina Ivansivhili,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s state accounts by are by September 2012 at one of the highest levels during the past few years at more than two billion, nearly USD 1.22 billion.
The state budget for 2013 is 9 billion lari, USD 5.5 billion, which is more than half a billion
TBILISI, DFWatch — One of the largest petrol companies reduced the price of petrol by 8 tetris. A spokesman for the new government believes it is possible to decrease the price by 20 tetris, or about USD 0.13.
This comes soon after the leader of a coalition which won the