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1. ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION OF PARLIAMENT TO END STUDY GEORGIAN DEBT TO RAIFFAISEN
   (Daily News: May 14, 2003)

   Anti-Corruption Commission of Parliament has declared today that in about two weeks it will finish preparation of a conclusion on the debt of Georgia to the Austrian Raiffaisen bank.

   The debt of $46 million arose because the credit, taken from Raiffaisen by LLC Angloil in order to supply Georgia with fuel in 1998, was not covered.

2. NEW RIGHTS, NATIONALS, DEMOCRATS AND LABORISTS UNITE EFFORTS AGAINST THE FALSIFICATION OF ELECTIONS
   (Daily News: May 13, 2003)

   Today New Rights signed a political agreement with National Movement, United Democrats and Laborists, which calls for a united action in the process of Parliamentary elections.

   In particular, the agreement calls for the coordination of efforts not to allow delay of the date of election or disruption of electoral process, the support for holding elections under the aegis of OSCE.

3. LEADER OF UNITED DEMOCRATS CRITICIZES THE PRESIDENT AGAIN
   (Daily News: May 12, 2003)

   As the leader of the United Democrats Zurab Zhvania declared on today’s briefing, the President of the country “practically approved, that he is the head of dirty campaign against the opposition”. Zhvania made such conclusion after today’s traditional radio interview of the President Eduard Shevardnadze.

4. THE NEXT FIGHTING IN THE PARLIAMENT
   (Daily News: May 5, 2003)

   Today in the Parliament the members of United Democrats fraction beat the leader of the Socialists Vakhtang Rcheulishvili.

   Among the MPs were Mikheil Machavariani, Zurab Tskitishvili, Vasil Maglaperidze, Gia Sherazadashvili, who demanded from Rcheulishvili apologizes in connection with his previous day incorrect utterances on the national belonging and sexual orientation of United Democrats’ members.

5. PARLIAMENT WILL REVIEW THE BILL ON TOUGHENING PUNISHMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
   (Daily News: May 2, 2003)

   The joint sitting of three parliamentary committees (of Public Health, of Human Rights and of Legal Issues) discussed the document considering adequate changes and supplements to the Criminal Code. The committees altogether agreed to submit the bill, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, to the Parliament's plenary meeting in the near future.

6. FINANCE MINISTRY AIMS TO HARDEN THE RULES FOR GAMBLING BUSINESS
   (Daily News: April 30, 2003)

   Adequate amendments and supplements to the law “On Organizing Lotteries, Gambling and Other Profit Games” were considered and approved at today’s governmental session.

   As the project introducer, Deputy Finance Minister Zurab Soselia said, the document is determining the legal ground for this sphere and the questions of state regulation.

7. BILL OF PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDER DISCUSSION
   (Daily News: April 30, 2003)

   Today representatives of NGOs and farmers have participated in the discussion concerning the bill “On Additional Privatization of State-Owned Agricultural Lands” in the Agrarian Committee of Parliament.

   The bill prepared by the State Land Management Department is assumed to be presented to Parliament in May, though the government has not discussed the document yet.

8. THE PARLIAMENT WORKS ON THE NEW TAX CODE
   (Daily News: April 29, 2003)

   The Tax Code presented by Industrialists was adopted in the first reading in March. It is assumed that in the second reading, the document will be introduced to the Parliament for approval in the beginning of May.

9. PARLIAMENT FINISHES CONSIDERATION OF SEZ BILL
   (Daily News: April 23, 2003)

   Parliament today continued consideration of the bill on the creation of special economic zones (SEZ), which has been launched by the Ajara Autonomous Republic and introduced by the Agordzineba faction.

   After the executive authorities and Parliamentary factions stated their position towards the bill its consideration finished today but the voting will take place on 24 April.

10. PEOPLES’ BANK PLANS TO INCREASE ITS CAPITAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR
    (Daily News: April 18, 2003)

    Peoples’ Bank plans to rise it share capital from the current “10 million Lari to 15-20 million”, Andro Devdariani, the director, told Sarke. Currently Peoples’ Bank (former Agroprombank) is the 8^th among 26 Georgian banks in terms of share capital.

11. LEADER OF UNITED DEMOCRATS CALLS FOR UNIFICATION OF THE OPPOSITION
    (Daily News: April 18, 2003)

    Zurab Zhvania, the leader of United Democrats, told a news conference today the party had been in talks with opposition leaders, who “understand well the historical importance of the unification”. According to Zhvania they have so far failed to reach any agreement and feared, their failure to do so would mean the realization of the President’s plan of breaking up the opposition.

12. TALKS WITH BRITISH AND TURKISH AIR COMPANIES PROVE UNSUCCESSFUL
    (Daily News: April 14, 2003)

    As you know, representatives of British Mediterranean Airways and Turkish Airlines have recently visited Georgia to negotiate terms for resuming regular flights.

    However, Zviad Mukbaniani, head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Parliament, said talks “so far, have not yielded any results”.

13. FINANCE MINISTRY WANTS TO SIMPLIFY TAX CODE AND MAINTAIN CURRENT REVENUES
    (Daily News: April 11, 2003)

    The Finance Ministry has drawn up a new draft tax code and submitted it to the government, Zurab Anteladze, head of the financial policy department, told Sarke.

    The draft is not ruled out to be combined with that of introduced by the Industrialists faction (which Parliament has confirmed it in the first reading).

14. TBILISI SEEKS TO RESUME TALKS WITH SUKHUMI
    (Daily News: April 11, 2003)

    Deputy Foreign Minister Kakha Sikharulidze told today’s news briefing the Georgian side had been “particularly active” today and sought to resume talks with Abkhazia. “All other roads lead to a deadlock”, he added.

15. PRE-ELECTION RUSH
    (Weekly Press Digest: April 6, 2003)

    According to Rezonansi, “the closer November comes the more active politicians and businessmen become”.The newspaper, commenting on the meeting of businessmen, held in the Taxpayers’ Union, writes: “The businessmen’s rising activity seems to be directly linked with the upcoming Parliamentary election”. What is more, Niko Lekishvili and Vano Chkhartishvili, leaders of the union, “aren’t concealing that they aim at getting into Parliament” as majority deputies.

16. OFFICE-HOLDERS’ IMMUNITY STILL IN CONSIDERATION
    (Daily News: April 2, 2003)

    Deputy Justice Minister Zurab Ezugbaia today introduced to the government amendments and supplements to a number of laws that limit immunity for the officials free from criminal liability.

    According to the Deputy Minister, under the draft amendments, immunity of chief investigators, prosecutors and candidates for MPs will be cancelled, while immunity of the chairman of the Chamber of Control, the ombudsman, and the leadership of the General Prosecutor’s Office will be restricted.

17. JSC TBILGHVINO PRODUCES 21 BRANDS OF WINE
    (Daily News: April 1, 2003)

    JSC Tbilghvino (Tbilisi Wine) produces 21 brands of wine and exports them mainly to Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Sweden, the US and Canada, Zurab Margvelashvili, commercial director, told Sarke, adding the key problem the company had faced was adulteration.

    As for financial performance of Tbilghvino, Margvelashvili denied to comment, noting only that in 2002 the JSC transferred to the budget 347,480 Lari.

18. CONFUSION ON THE AIR MARKET
    (Weekly Press Digest: March 30, 2003)

    Foreign air companies’ activities in Georgia have given rise to disputes, writes Dilis Gazeti. The British Airways’ license on flights to London is due on March 29, but the Georgian civil aviation administration is not going to extend the license, while the tax department of the country accuses the company of not paying taxes.

19. A TRAINING CENTER FOR BANKERS TO BE SET UP IN TBILISI
    (Daily News: March 27, 2003)

    Georgia had reached an agreement with the German government and funds of German savings banks on the implementation of the program that aims at raising skills of Georgian, Armenian and Azeri bankers, Zurab Gvasalia, the president of the Association of Georgian Commercial Banks, told Sarke.

    According to Gvasalia, the two-year program that costs 1.2 million EUR calls for setting up a special training center.

20. PROBLEMS OF THE BRITISH AND TURKISH AIR COMPANIES STAY UNSOLVED
    (Daily News: March 27, 2003)

    State Minister Avtandil Jorbenadze and head of the Air Administration of the Transport and Communications Ministry Zurab Chankotadze considered in the State Office today problems regarding the British Mediterranean and Turkish Airlines, which work on the Georgian market and are facing the danger not to get licenses. However, Chankotadze said, they had not made any decision.

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