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1. MPS DO NOT LIKE PRESIDENT’S PLANS TO EXTEND RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS’ MANDATE
   (Daily News: January 15, 2002)

   The Parliament made a conclusion on the necessity to withdraw Russian peacekeepers from Abkhazia and appealed to Georgian President to make an appropriate decision as long as ago as October 2001. However, in a traditional radio interview yesterday, President said he was for the extension of the peacekeepers’ mandate.

2. FACTION ALLIANCE FOR NEW GEORGIA DISSATISFIED WITH TAX REVENUES MINISTER
   (Daily News: January 11, 2002)

   Irakli Gogava, the faction leader, said today he had been under the impression after meeting with government yesterday that state had a “strong State Minister” (Avtandil Jorbenadze) and a “week Tax Revenues Minister” (Levan Dzneladze). Gogava said the Minister had been unable to respond questions regarding the possibility of an increase in tax revenues.

3. INDUSTRIALISTS FOCUS ON CREDITS
   (Daily News: January 11, 2002)

   According to one of Industrialists’ leader Zurab Tkemaladze, at a nearest bureau the faction plans to demand from appropriate officials to report on credit spending. Nobody news where received grants and loans go, he told Sarke.

4. CITIZENS’ UNION ASSESSES BUDGET-2002
   (Daily News: January 10, 2002)

   Zurab Zhvania, Parliament’s ex-speaker, stated today at a session of the Citizens’ Union faction (the former ruling party) demands relating to the budget-2002. The faction intends to hold consultations with the executive authorities and threatens not to support the draft unless its claims are satisfied.

5. GUUAM NATIONAL COORDINATORS TO MEET IN TBILISI
   (Daily News: January 4, 2002)

   Coordinators of GUUAM member-states (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) are due to meet in the third decade of January. Zurab Beridze, national coordinator of the country, a representative of the Georgian Foreign Ministry, will be in charge of the Georgian delegation.

6. PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT CONTINUE WORK ON DRAFT BUDGET-2002
   (Daily News: December 28, 2001)

   Today the State Minister, the economic bloc Ministers and the heads of Parliamentary factions and committees had a closed-door discussion of the budget-2002 parameters, the ratification of which the Parliament decided to postpone until next year the day before.

   It was settled, in the days to come the positions of the parties will be summarized and roughly by January 5 the renewed document is to be introduced to the Government.

7. MPS STRIKE THE YEAR BALANCE
   (Daily News: December 28, 2001)

   Parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze, elected to the post in November, after Zurab Zhvania’s resignation, says last year was a very difficult experience. She remarks, she recalls 1995-1996 with nostalgia, as there were “less intrigues in the Parliament”.

8. DRAFT BUDGET-2002 CONSIDERATION POSTPONED TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR
   (Daily News: December 27, 2001)

   Parliament members will consider the draft budget after January 10 at a plenary session of the Parliament. MPs, who attended the consideration of the document in the first hearing today, raised objections because of the introduction of final parameters behind time.

9. VARIOUS VERSIONS OF EXPLOSION IN THERMAL POWER STATION CONSIDERED
   (Daily News: December 26, 2001)

   Due to the explosion at the basic thermal power station of the capital on December 22 two major blocs of AES, the American company, the investor of TELASI, the power distribution company of the capital, have been damaged.

   Today, the Minister of Fuel and Energy David Mirtskhulava and representatives of the law enforcement bodies, which are looking into the matter, have been invited to the parliament by the demand of the Industrialists faction.

10. CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MASS MEDIA IS ALLOWED UNTIL MAY 2003
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    Although the law on advertisement envisaged prohibition of cigarette and alcoholic drinks in the mass media from the coming year, according to the Parliament decision, the start of the prohibition process is postponed until May 2003. Instead, with consideration of the experiences of the western countries, the Parliament promised to develop the bill on the tobacco control.

11. ASSEMBLING INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL AID TO NGOS AND MASS MEDIA UNDER WAY
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    The economic service of the State Office has published a booklet “International community and Georgia: 1992-2000” in association with a number of ministries. The third additional publication, which is also being prepared, will approximately see the light in February.

12. COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF CHAIRMAN TO LEAD CITIZENS’ UNION
    (Daily News: December 24, 2001)

    Against expectations, the fourth session of Citizens Union (CU) on December 22 went without any heated debates and confrontation. Due to changes made to the leadership of the party during the session from now on, the party will be ruled by the main committee under the chairmanship of the ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania instead of the secretary general as earlier.

13. PARLIAMENT SETS TO CONSIDERATION OF LAW ON LICENSING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
    (Daily News: December 21, 2001)

    Adopting the law that would newly regulate the sphere of issuing licensing, which presents the hotbed of corruption at the moment, is the condition set by the World Bank. MPs considered the bill in the fist hearing at a plenary session today.

14. FINANCE MINISTER INTRODUCED DRAFT BUDGET-2002 TO THE GOVERNMENT
    (Daily News: December 19, 2001)

    The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli said at a government session today revenue part of the budget-2002 is determined to be 1.06 billion Lari (originally 1.08 billion was assumed).

    The Minister said parameters of expenditure part, also co-ordinated with the IMF mission, which is visiting Tbilisi, do not actually defer from those already introduced to the Parliament (in the original version – 1.27 billion).

15. COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY CONSIDERS LICENSING BILL
    (Daily News: December 14, 2001)

    The committee considered the bill prepared by the Justice Ministry for several hours. Zurab Tkemaladze, a member of the Industrialists faction strongly argued against it.

16. KFW ALLOCATES 25M DEM FOR GEORGIAN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION
    (Daily News: December 14, 2001)

    Today the Georgian side signed credit and project agreements with KfW, the German bank of reconstruction, on the Electricity Transmission Lines Rehabilitation II program. Zurab Nogaideli, finance minister and Tamaz Tkhelidze, deputy director of the JSC Electrogadatsema signed the agreements from the Georgian side.

17. GEORGIA WILL NOT GET WORLD BANK TRANCHES THIS YEAR
    (Daily News: December 13, 2001)

    In her letter to the Finance Ministry the World Bank regional director on the South Caucasus Judy O’Connor accused the Georgian side of breach of obligation on the ESAC program in part regarding the privatization of regional energy systems, a source at the State Office told Sarke. She means, in particular, the Rustavi power distribution company RELASI, debts of which to Electrodispecherizatsia-2000, according to O’Connor, had been taken over by some company which now is initiating the procedure of bankruptcy.

18. GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT WILL RATIFY BAKU-TBILISI-ERZURUM GAS-MAIN PROJECT NEXT WEEK
    (Daily News: December 13, 2001)

    Gia Chanturia the President of Georgian International Oil Corporation (GIOC) held the presentation of the project in the parliament today. As a result of the project realization 1 million cube me of forest will be saved (used for heating now), according to him.

19. PARLIAMENT CONDUCTS HEARING OF COMMISSION’S CONCLUSION BUT MAKES NO DECISION
    (Daily News: December 7, 2001)

    The conclusion of the Parliamentary commission, investigating legitimacy of a recent increase in a consumer tariff on electricity, was considered at a plenary session today. It was not put to vote, however.

20. FORMER MINISTERS RECEIVE PARLIAMENT’S BACKING
    (Daily News: December 4, 2001)

    Of eight candidates for ministers confirmed by the Parliament at a plenary session today only one (Giorgi Gachechiladze) can be regarded as a new person.

    The posts of state minister, state property management minister (the candidates have not yet been considered) and environment protection minister (Nino Chkhobadze appears to be the only candidate that has been voted down by the parliament) are still vacant.

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