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1. THE US SECRETARY OF STATE IS IMPRESSED BY GEORGIA’S SUCCESS IN BUILDING THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
   (Daily News: January 22, 1999)

   About this declared Madeleine Aulbright today at the meeting with the Georgian Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania. According to the Parliament press-center, Aulbright emphasized short time, during which the country achieved this success (only 3-4 years).

2. THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED THE DRAFT LAW “ON DUES FOR THE LAND’S STATE REGISTRATION”
   (Daily News: January 20, 1999)

   The draft bill discussed during today’s government session invoked to guarantee the necessary intakes into budget and the normal functioning of the land’s state registration system. According to the Land Management State Department Chairman Zurab Gegechkori, the land cadastre and its registration, for which the German government issues a long-term soft loan in the amount of 30 million DM, have to be conducted very fast (according to the experts this large-scale arrangement costs 55 million DM).

3. ON JANUARY 19 THE REGULAR IMF MISSION ARRIVES TO TBILISI
   (Daily News: January 15, 1999)

   According to the permanent IMF representation to Georgia, the tranche issuing in the amounts of $40 million in the frames of the Extended Structural Restructuring Facility program (ESAF) will depend on the mission’s visit results. The mission will discuss the controlling showings of the program realization, whose majority is already accomplished by Georgia.

4. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS LEADERSHIP EXPRESSED SUPPORT TO THE REFORMS CONDUCTED IN GEORGIA AND READINESS FOR COOPERATION
   (Daily News: January 14, 1999)

   About this informed Georgian Parliament’s press-center in connection to Zurab Zhvania’s visit to the US, in the frames of which the Parliament Chairman met WB and IMF representatives. According to the IMF executive managing director Michelle Camdessus, the fund supports national currency liberalization in Georgia.

5. BECAUSE OF THE REGIONAL COURT DECISION, THE NB ORDER ON THE MINIMAL AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF THE COMMERCIAL BANKS IS SUSPENDED
   (Daily News: December 30, 1998)

   Such definition (before receiving the final decision) was sustained by Tbilisi Mtatsminda regional court in connection to the action, introduced by the Georgian Bank Association and its members – the commercial banks Credit, Industriabank and Mercury. Let’s remember, that the NB order provides the stage filling of the authorized capital of the commercial banks to 5 million Lari by the end of 2000.

6. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTRY BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSSED THE WAYS OF OVERCOMING THE BUDGET CRISIS
   (Daily News: December 18, 1998)

   According to Zurab Zhvania, several Georgian businessmen are responsible for this situation, because they are eluding the tax payment. The undertakers noted to the imperfections of the tax legislation and came out with the proposals on its improvement.

7. THE INDEPENDENT SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEMANDS THE GRADING OF THE EVENTS OF 1991-92 BY PARLIAMENT
   (Daily News: December 16, 1998)

   According to the Chairman of this reasonably opposing party David Lominadze, the political evaluation of the events, because of which was overthrown legally elected power of Georgia, will help the society consolidation.

   It’s necessary to note, that earlier this was demanded only by the organizations supporting the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, who was overthrown during the armed opposition in Tbilisi.

8. YESTERDAY THE PARLIAMENT JUDGED THE VANDALISM FACT ON THE JEWISH CEMETERY
   (Daily News: December 9, 1998)

   It’s noted in the declaration that this unprecedented event occurred during the speaker Zurab Zhvania’s visit to Israel. The Parliament thinks that the fact is the regular provocation, aimed against the Georgian people, against democratical values, to which long Georgia.

9. ON THE LAST PLENARY MEETING OF THIS YEAR THE PARLIAMENT WILL DISCUSS ABOUT 50 QUESTIONS
   (Daily News: December 8, 1998)

   Yesterday on the Bureau session, the chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania did not eliminate the possibility of convoking an extraordinary session if it’s not possible to fit in the time (December 8-11) left according to the order. The discussion ofthe draft bills “On the stock market”, “On amendment and addition of the Georgian law about the structure and order of the activity of the executive power”, “On the state purchases”, “On the sea space of Georgia”, legislative package “On budget authorities and normative acts of the local self-government organs”, and others is planned.

10. GEORGIA AND UKRAINE SIGNED THE PACKAGE OF DOCUMENTS
    (Daily News: December 8, 1998)

    Valeri Pustovoitenko, who arrived yesterday, met tete-a-tete with Eduard Shevardnadze, and then with Vazha Lortkipanidze. After the negotiations in the widened membership, the Georgian state minister and the Prime Minister of Ukraine paraphed thenegotiation about the economical cooperation in 1999-2008.

11. YESTERDAY THE PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND DEFENSE AND SECURITY CONVICTED THE VANDALISM ACT ON THE JEWISH CEMETERY
    (Daily News: December 7, 1998)

    In the collective declaration of the committees is stated, that during the 26-century Jewish residence in Georgia, the exertions of anti-Semitism have never occurred. Today the country is enlarging the cooperation with Israel, to which serves the visitof the chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania to this country.

12. THE GEORGIAN DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN REGION ASSEMBLY
    (Daily News: December 3, 1998)

    The representative of the President to Imereti Teimuraz Shashiashvili leads the Georgian delegation. As it’s known, during this session, which is held on December 2-4, the question about admission into the Assembly of 30 regions of Europe, includingImereti (the region in western Georgia).

13. ZURAB ZHVANIA’S VISIT TO ISRAEL IS COMING TO AN END
    (Daily News: December 2, 1998)

    During a 3-day visit, the chairman of the Parliament of Georgia met the President of Israel, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Parliament, and the General Director of the Israel Export Institute. The questions about cooperation expansion, and in particular in the sphere of the interparliament relationships were discussed.

14. CHEZCH AND GEORGIA ARE CONSOLIDATING THE COOPERATION IN THE MILITARY FIELD
    (Daily News: November 25, 1998)

    Today was over the visit of the first deputy defense minister of Chezch Republic Jaromir Novotny. He met the Parliament Speaker Zurab Zhvania, the Foreign Affairs Minister Irakli Menagarishvili and the Defense Minister David Tevzadze.

15. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT RECEIVED THE IMF MISSION HEAD AND THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN GEORGIA
    (Daily News: November 17, 1998)

    At the meeting were discussed the results of the elections for the organs of local self-government, priorities of cooperating in budget formulation for the nest year. As the chairman of Parliament Zurab Zhvania said, they are actively working onperfection of legislative base, formulating a new budget.

16. AT THE END OF NOVEMBER THE VISIT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA TO ISRAEL WILL TAKE PLACE
    (Daily News: November 17, 1998)

    In connection to this, Zurab Zhvania received today the Ambassador of Israel. Ehud Eytan informed that in Knesset they are waiting for this visit with great interest, the meetings with the Prime Minister, President and Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministers are planned.

17. YESTERDAY REPRESENTATIVES OF LAW MACHINERY AND MASS MEDIA MEANS SIGNED DECLARATION ON COOPERATION
    (Daily News: November 13, 1998)

    In declaration, which was signed in Parliament by representatives of law machinery, power structures, NGOs and mass media means, was fixed provision that in a month term will be developed and presented to President concrete document draft reglamenting this cooperation.

    Commenting this fact, Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania stated that signing mutual declaration is the step in direction of building in Georgia civil society.

18. PARLIAMENT WILL EVALUATE MILITARY OPPOSITION IN 1991-92 IN TBILISI
    (Daily News: November 13, 1998)

    As it is known, as a result of 2-week fights in Tbilisi center in winter of 1991-92 was overthrown President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Since then, his followers repeatedly demanded that present authorities gave to these events political and legal evaluation.

19. IN TSKHINVALI WILL BE ESTABLISHED FILIAL OF GEORGIAN POST BANK
    (Daily News: November 10, 1998)

    As was mentioned at the yesterday’s meeting of South Ossetian self-proclaimed republic’s Parliament Chairman Kosta Dzugayev with Georgian Parliament Speaker Zurab Zhvania, this will become the first step to official transfer to using in the region Lari as a payment mean. According to Dzugayev, in the republic positively relate to this perspective and realistically evaluate the situation of affairs due to the Russian financial crisis.

20. TODAY WERE ARRESTED 2 MORE PARTICIPANTS OF ARMED ANTIGOVERNMENT ACTION ON OCTOBER 19
    (Daily News: November 4, 1998)

    As informed to Sarke in Interior Ministry, due to the operation conducted by criminal PD and military Procurator’s Office in Senaki were arrested 2 local inhabitants. They are Commander of Tank Battalion’s 2^nd company Lieutenant Zurab Berulava and Head of 2^nd Motorifle Battalion’s club Chief Lieutenant Temur Lemonjava.

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