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Treasury Service of the Finance Ministry reported that the governmental reserve fund made up 144 allocations in 2014 with total volume of 85.25 million lari. At that, factual spending amounted to 82.74 million lari (i.e. mastering of allotted funds made up 97.06%).

Informational-analytical department of the Interior Ministry reported that number of visits to Georgia totaled in 2014 to 5.49 million. If compared with 2013, the number has increased by 2%.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has named Vakhtang Gomelauri as candidate for Interior Minister’s post today. Until now, Gomelauri was First Deputy Minister.

Sakstat published preliminary data of Georgia’s trade for 2014, saying that the country’s import from Ukraine amounted to $546.14 million (6.4% of total volume – the 5^th position). If compared with 2013, the volume has decreased by 9.33%.

Georgian government’s administration announced that Georgia-Lithuania intergovernmental economic commission will hold its first session in near future.

Respective agreement was reached at the enlarged meeting of the two countries’ governmental representatives, held today.

Referring to Sakstat, Association of Young Financiers and Businessmen declared that decrease in Georgian export was fixed in 2014 in cars and alcoholic beverages only, where decline made up respective 27% and 5%.

“Decline happened due to decrease in cars’ re-export, which has its objective reason”, vice-president of the Association Shota Gulbani declared at the news briefing today.

Partnership Fund reported about cooperation memorandum, being signed with Hungarian Exim Bank. The document was signed within frames of the working visit to Hungary of the Fund’s management.

Tbilisi City Hall said that urban supervision service revealed violation of approved design of hotel Budapest (Chavchavadze Ave. 68). “Until correction of the violation, construction works will not resume”, the City Hall declared in the statement spread today.

National Communication Commission reported that income of Rustavi-2 broadcasting company amounted in the 4^th quarter of last year to 17.86 million lari. If compared with the same period of 2013, the income has increased by 17.47%.

Georgian Sock Exchange reported that its index GSX made up 103.42 points as of December 31, 2014. If comparing to the end of 2013, the index has declined by 13.46 points (by 11.52%).

Georgian Sock Exchange reported that total value of deals, concluded in its trading system in the 4^th quarter of 2014, amounted to 464,839 lari. If compared to the same period of 2013, the volume has increased 5.27 times.

Georgian Sock Exchange reported that total value of OTC deals, concluded in the 4^th quarter of 2014, amounted to 36.68 million lari. If compared to the same period of 2013, the volume has increased 12.77 times.