Daily News

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Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri declared that VAT-payers’ turnover in January-May has increased by 12.9% year-on-year. As he said, only in May, growth made up 11.6%.

Rule, defining size of bonuses and their payment schedule in public service, was approved at the government’s meeting today.

According to the government, bonus in amount of 100% of monthly salary may be paid once a quarter by decision of public institution’s head.

The government reported that holding of second tour of local administrations’ elections in 8 cities and 13 municipalities will be funded by 5.76 million lari.

Issue of funds’ allotment for Central Elections Commission was considered at the government’s meeting today.

UN Development Program (UNDP) reported that about 200 families in Kaspi (Shida Kartli region) got today seedlings of tomatoes, eggplants and pepper for household farming.

Support to small farmers is part of joint program of UNDP and UN High Commissariat for Refugees (UNHCR), which provides assistance to villages, located along administrative borders with Georgia’s conflict regions.

USAID-funded Economic Prosperity Initiative (EPI) assists compilation of wine tourism guide, development of wine tourism web portal and making of wine tourism video. Works in these directions will complete supposedly in autumn, EPI told Sarke.

The government approved next 3 projects within “Produce in Georgia” program at the meeting today. Two beneficiary enterprises are located in Tbilisi, while the third one – in Gori municipality.

TI Georgia (Georgian branch of Transparency International) declared that “spread belief that foreigners have acquiring land sites in Georgia massively and daily has no ground”. According to Public Registry, land sites, owned by foreigners, total to 1,402 ha (0.01% of total land area), while sites, owned by their companies – to 31,615 ha (0.15% of total land), the organizations says.

State-owned JSC Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation reported net profit of 94.29 million lari for 2013. If compared with 2012, the volume has increased by 16%.

According to National Communication Commission’s annual report for 2013, there were 245,648 users of fiber-optic internet in the reporting year in Georgia.

Out of total number, 80.8% (i.e. 198,000 users) resided in Tbilisi.

National Communication Commission’s annual report for 2013 points that WiFi service was most rapidly growing technology in the reporting year in Georgia. “It develops mainly in regions, where wired internet service is less accessible”, the report says.

According to National Communication Commission’s annual report for 2013, there were 53,002 users of EVDO/HSPA internet and 10,868 ones of WiMAX in the reporting year in Georgia.

Almost all EVDO/HSPA users accounted for MagtiCom operator.

Liberty Bank announced that all its clients became since today members of Liberty Club, which will enable them to earn points from every transaction. These points can be used than to cover utility bills, put money on mobile balance or withdraw cash.