fuel prices

High expectations about low prices

By | October 7th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: , , |

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 […]

Fuel prices go up 2 % in Georgia

By | August 8th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Prices for all types of fuel have gone up 5 tetri in Georgia, which is a two percent rise. The Oil Product Import Union explained the price rise with increased burning of fuel in summer, which always increases the prices of oil products internationally. Earlier, the […]

Price fixing in Georgian food and fuel market 

By | August 5th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new survey says that the fuel and food market in Georgia is an oligopoly.  The new study presented by Transparency International Georgia (TI) on August 3 is called ‘Competition Policy in Georgia’ and deals with the fuel and food market segments. […]

Campaign accuses Saakashvili regime of gas price fixing

By | May 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia, rising fuel prices has spurred a new movement that is questioning the cozy connection between the Saakashvili regime and the fuel companies. As people are feeling the impact of high gas prices, the new movement says the reason is price […]

Taxi drivers in Tbilisi hit by rising fuel price

By | April 14th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Givi Maisuradze (41) is one of many independent taxi drivers in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. He works day and night and has been a driver since the 1990s, a period he calls ‘the dark times’, because the whole city was in darkness at night. Today, […]