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According to Sakstat’s estimation, average rate of real GDP growth in 9 months of this year made up 5.9%, if compared with the same period of 2013.

At that, the rate of September made up 4.1%, while of the 3^rd quarter – 5.5%.

Finance Ministry reported that at the 7^th plenary session of OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Information Exchange for Tax Purposes, Georgia’s representative was elected to assessment group for 3-year term.

The Ministry explained that this group conducts assessment of tax legislation and its enforcement practices of the Forum’s 123 member countries in terms of information exchange between tax authorities and transparency standards.

Georgian Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure declared that South Korean delegation is going to pay visit in December in order to study priority directions of Georgian government in details. At that, strategy of the two countries’ partnership will be worked out, the Ministry said.

Tbilisi Mayor David Narmania declared that “preparation of investment proposals is underway, aiming attraction of Japanese investors to Georgia in case of interest”.

Narmania said this at today’s meeting with director general of department for East and Central Asia and Caucasus at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and representatives of Japanese companies.

Press service of Ajara government reported that receipts of autonomous republic’s budget amounted in 3 quarters to 111.97 million lari, making up 100.7% of the plan (111.15 million lari).

Plan of revenues for the same period made up 107.33 million lari, while its actual fulfillment amounted to 107.9 million lari, the press service said.

The government amended today projects on preferential agrolending and financing of agricultural enterprises.

In particular, next year’s preferential agrolending program, instead of current 8 components, will include 3 directions: preferential agrolending (two components: preferential funding of fixed and fixed assets), preferential agroleasing and “Produce in Georgia” program.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili declared that “version, proposed by alternative group in connection with so-called wiretapping law, contains risks for the state security”.

The Premier has declared this at the government’s session today and noted that “when the matter concerns holding of so-called “keys” by mobile operators or court, it is directly linked to the state interests and security”.

Oppositional United National Movement declared that “clan” of the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his father-in-low Tamaz Tamazashvili “has established control over freight transportation industry”.

The forming ruling party pointed that by decision of January 6, the government has handed over to LLC Georgian Post a monopoly on serving parcels, incoming through land and sea, and their delivery within the country.

Investigation Service of the Finance Ministry considers that LLC L&K Holding has inflicted damage of 2.3 million lari to the state. The matter concerns land site of 20,000 square m in Batumi, which was acquired for 800,720 lari at the auction in 2008.

Kakheti Winemakers Guild is going to hold first wine festival “Telavino” in Telavi on November 7. Participation in the event will take 22 wine companies from Kakheti, as well as from other regions of Georgia.

The government approved today establishment of 5 new enterprises. As the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has reported, the matter concerns total investment of $8 million within 2 years, which will create up to 400 jobs.