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1. FORMER CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL WINE AGENCY PRESENTED NEW CHIEF
   (Daily News: November 21, 2014)

   At the meeting with representatives of winemaking industry, Deputy Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili presented new chairman of National Wine Agency Giorgi Samanishvili today.

   To remind, Davitashvili had heading the Agency since December 2012 until appointment as Deputy Agriculture Minister by order of the Prime Minister in this month.

2. Netgazeti.Ge: “DOES ORGANIZED PURCHASE OF THE NEWSPAPER’S WHOLE ISSUE IS LINKED WITH DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER?”
   (Economic Press Monitor: November 20, 2014)

   TI Georgia, Georgian branch of Transparency International, reports that unknown person (or persons) has simultaneously bought in an organized manner the whole issue of newspaper Kronika+ of November 18 from distributors. The organization links this action to the published materials.

3. ECONOMY MINISTER DISCUSSED COOPERATION PROSPECTS IN AUSTRIA
   (Daily News: November 19, 2014)

   During visit to Austria, Georgia’s Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili held working meetings in the country’s Parliament and Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy.

   According to Georgian Ministry, the discussion scoped existing trade-economic relations between Georgia and Austria and prospects of future cooperation.

4. Liberali: “SHALE RESOURCES IN GEORGIA – PLANS, RISKS, DANGERS”
   (Economic Press Monitor: November 17, 2014)

   The article reports that American company Frontera Resources, which extracts natural gas in Georgia since 1997, plans to explore shale gas in future also.

   However, Georgian legislation does not regulate activities linked to shale resources yet, the magazine notes.

5. GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT EMPHASIZES THE CHOICE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
   (Daily News: November 14, 2014)

   Today, Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili addressed the Parliament, while Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili released a special statement. In both cases, Georgia’s course of European integration is emphasized.

6. KAKHA BENDUKIDZE HAS DIED
   (Daily News: November 14, 2014)

   Last night, it became known about death of author of Georgian economic reforms Kakha Bendukidze. He died at the age of 58 in London, supposedly because of cardiac insufficiency.

7. Netgazeti.Ge: “WHO WILL BECOME CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL TOURISM ADMINISTRATION?”
   (Economic Press Monitor: November 14, 2014)

   Position of National Tourism Administration’s chairman is vacant since August 4, while the contest commission’s deadline for interviews with candidates for this position is November 24.

   According to the newspaper, Shalva Alaverdashvili, Rusudan Mamatsashvili, Marina Metreveli and Giorgi Baramidze are short-listed for the final interview.

8. GEORGIAN DELEGATION HELD WORKING MEETINGS IN KAZAKHSTAN
   (Daily News: November 12, 2014)

   Georgian delegation, led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, started official visit to Kazakhstan today.

   As the Prime Minister’s press-office reported, at the meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Garibashvili discussed prospects of deepening relations between the two countries, tourism and investment potential of Georgia.

9. FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2015, PENSION TO BE INCREASED FOR ALL PENSIONERS
   (Daily News: November 11, 2014)

   The Finance Ministry declared that in 2015, retired pension will not increase according to social categories and from September 1, it will be increased for all pensioners simultaneously.

   As the Ministry noted, such decision was announced on today’s meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with the parliamentary majority members.

10. PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: BUDGETARY OFFICE SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM POLITICAL JUNCTURE
    (Daily News: November 10, 2014)

    Speaker of the Parliament David Usupashvili declared that the Parliament’s Budget Office should be maximally protected from political juncture.

    “There must exist such units and structures in the country, which will not be responsible for mistakes of the current government”, the speaker has said at the joint presentation, held by the Office and German International Cooperation Society (GIZ) in the Parliament today.

11. NEW HEAD OF EU DELEGATION REVIEWED EU-GEORGIA RELATIONS WITH GEORGIAN SIDE
    (Daily News: November 10, 2014)

    Today, Georgia’s Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Giorgi Kvirkikashvili held a meeting with new head of EU representation in Georgia Janos Herman.

    As Economy and Sustainable Development Ministry has reported, the sides discussed Georgia-EU relations and ongoing reforms in Georgia, paying a special attention to measures on DCFTA (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement) implementation.

12. ECONOMY MINISTER: HUNGARIAN “EXIMBANK” ALLOTTED $500M FOR INVESTMENTS IN GEORGIA
    (Daily News: November 7, 2014)

    Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared that Hungarian Eximbank has allotted $500 million, intending allocation for investments in Georgia.

    “We agreed to establish joint Hungary-Georgian fund, which will implement the mentioned investments”, Kvirikashvili said.

13. Rezonansi: ““AEROFLOT” ESTABLISHES DUMPING PRICES ON GEORGIAN MARKET”
    (Economic Press Monitor: November 6, 2014)

    Iase Zautashvili, director general of Georgian Airways (AirZena), claims that Russian Aeroflot started selling tickets for Moscow-Tbilisi route with prices below the primary cost.

    Aeroflot “has entered to master Georgian market through establishment of dumping prices, which will cause close of flights by Georgian air companies”, Zautashvili declares.

14. THE PRESIDENT VETOED DRAFT BILL, RELATED TO SO-CALLED KEY TO WIRETAPPING
    (Daily News: October 31, 2014)

    President Giorgi Margvelashvili vetoed today draft bill, related to so-called key to wiretapping. The matter concerns the draft amendments to law “On Electronic Communications”, which the Parliament has adopted yesterday.

15. GEORGIA MARKS SAVING DAY FOR THE 3^RD TIME
    (Daily News: October 31, 2014)

    Giorgi Melashvili, executive director of National Bank of Georgia (NBG), pointed that NBG “always supports such initiatives, which serve to rise of financial education level in the country”.

    “Saving Day is exactly the reminder to all of us that we should learn better proper distribution of our income and expenditure”, Melashvili declared at the press conference today.

16. Netgazeti.Ge: “BUSINESS INTERESTS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION ON SHIPPING MARKET”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 31, 2014)

    Express mail companies DHL and TNT, which regard that bill “On Postal Service” creates monopoly on the market, held a protest action against it on October 30.

    Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, responded to the forwarders’ one-day strike and the draft bill, noting: “Striking is rather strange for me, as we have not finished working on this issue yet”.

17. “UNITED NATIONAL MOVEMENT”: THE PRIME MINISTER’S CLAN ESTABLISHED CONTROL OVER FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
    (Daily News: October 30, 2014)

    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.

18. GEORGIA AND SOUTH KOREA TO WORK OUT PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
    (Daily News: October 30, 2014)

    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.

19. Tabula: “IN “DOING BUSINESS” RANKING, GEORGIA WENT DOWN BY ONE POSITION”
    (Economic Press Monitor: October 30, 2014)

    According to the World Bank’s Doing Business report of 2015, Georgia went to the 15^th place in terms of ease of doing business from the 14^th, occupied in the previous report.

    Since last year, Georgia’s position has worsened in several components, including the biggest decline in tax sector, which makes up 16 points compared to the last year, the article says.

20. TBILISI HOSTS INVESTMENT FORUM
    (Daily News: October 29, 2014)

    Tbilisi hosts international investment forum “Georgia – Regional Hub and Asia’s Gateway to Europe”, organized by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and Asian Development Bank. The event, being attended by more than 100 participants from different countries, will last until October 30.

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