Sunday, August 17, 2025

Budget gridlock finally solved in Tbilisi

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Irakli Shikhiashvili, head of Tbilisi City Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council decided to write the 2014 budget themselves, after refusing twice to pass drafts proposed by City Hall.

The capital’s executive government is staffed by people from Saakashvili’s National Movement, but the city council is dominated

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Tbilisi's 2014 budget rejected a second time

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Sevdia Ugrekhelidze, Acting Mayor of Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The city of Tbilisi’s elected representatives have again failed to approve a new budget for 2014. 17 assembly members supported the new draft prepared by City Hall, 22 voted against. 24 votes were required for the budget to pass.

December 29, the

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Tbilisi's TV tower goes dark due to budget gridlock

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The Tbilisi TV tower has gone dark at night because of a budget gridlock in the city. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi’s most visible landmark, the Mtatsminda TV tower, has gone dark at night, because of the the city’s failure to pass a budget for this year.

City Hall decided to switch off the light show on the tower because of the City Council’s

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Tbilisi still without a budget, City Hall warns of problems

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Acting Mayor of Tbilisi, Sevdia Ugrekhelidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Hall asks the City Council to solve the problem of approving the 2014 city budget.

The Council failed to approve the budget on December 29, which means that City Hall is only allowed to spend up to one twelfth of the size of last year’s

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