TBILISI, DFWatch–The level of inflation did not significantly change in February, 2013, compared to the preceding month.
According to Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat, the national currency is up by 0.3 percent.
Price changes in the following
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s economy has shifted toward processing industry, after many years of basing its exports on used cars and scrap metal, according to an economy expert.
New figures show that the country’s economy is growing; and now, the export is no longer
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili is concerned that Russian banks lately have bought two Georgian banks and plan to make more deals with other banks in Georgia.
The Georgian banks in question deny the content of what the president said. Also the banks in
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six Russian experts yesterday landed in Georgia to inspect the production process of wine with an eye to returning the beverage back onto Russian dinner tables.
They are sent here by the Russian consumer protection agency CPS to inspect companies
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than USD 94 million was transferred to Georgia from abroad in January, 2013. This is more than USD 10 million more than the same period in 2012.
The total amount of money transfers in January was USD 94.1 million, which is 11.5 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s finance minister Nodar Khaduri says the government expects 6 % growth in 2013, low inflation and reduced state debts.
He also notes that 6 percent growth is the minimum estimate on which the Georgian government is working.
The finance
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s foreign trade turnover experienced a sharp downward trend at the end of 2012, according to precise data from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
Although it is mostly the month of December which shows an alarming tendency,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is invited to a Russian breakfast on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
But Ivanishvili insists that Russian officials won’t attend and that he will only be meeting with Russian businessmen.
TBILISI, DFWatch — The party of President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a campaign to gather signatures in support of his initiatives about tax amnesty and decriminalization of financial crime.
The president presented his new initiatives to the government a few days
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s foreign trade turnover increased by 11 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year.
Georgia’s National Statistics Department on Friday published a report which showed that the country’s foreign trade turnover of goods was USD 10 220