Economic Press Monitor
April 21, 2017
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BY DRAFT CONSTITUTION, ACCESS TO INTERNET IS RECOGNIZED AS CIVIL RIGHT
Economic & Politics
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According to draft constitution, “Everyone has right to have access to internet and use it freely”. Legislation recognizes access to interest as the right, for instance, in Finland, where internet speed is also regulated by law, Tabula points, noting that “we see no notation regarding interest speed in case of Georgia”.
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INTERIOR MINISTRY: COMPARED WITH 2014, NUMBER OF CARS IN THE COUNTRY HAS INCREASED BY 16.8%
Transport & Communications
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Interior Ministry reported that rate of vehicle fleet growth in Georgia made up 8% in 2016. In comparison with 2014, number of vehicles has increased by 16.8%.
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PROFIT TAX DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE, AS WE HAVE TAX ON EXPENDITURE, IN FACT
Economic & Politics
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Auditor Irakli Shavishvili estimates that exemption of reinvested profit from tax “is good initiative”. At the same time, “The government announced that it reduces profit tax by half a billion, but in fact, reduction makes up 300 million and in exchange, excise has been increased by 600 million, while income tax has increased by almost half a billion”, Shavishvili points.
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ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM OF LAW ON SMOKING
Economic & Politics
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According to the current law on smoking, tobacco smoking is banned in administrative facilities, except special smoking areas, but this ban is not observed, the newspaper says. For instance, “There are several such areas in the Parliament building in Kutaisi, but MPs arrange such places near the assembly hall by their own, and if they are shoot during process of smoking, they express discontent”, the article points.
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