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1. TAX CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL SPHERE ADOPTED BY PARLIAMENT ON THE FIRST HEARING
   (Daily News: June 8, 2001)

   Amendments had been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and introduced for the discussion by the Agrarian Committee of the Parliament. They call for the abolishment of all kinds of taxes on the primary production and introduction of single fixed land-tax.

2. GUUAM SUMMIT IN YALTA ENDED WITH SINGING A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS
   (Daily News: June 8, 2001)

   Heads of GUUAM states, the alliance of Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova, discussed the current situation and prospects of future cooperation. The Charter of GUUAM, the Convention of member-states on rendering assistance in consular issues and closing communique were signed at the end of 2-days meeting in Yalta (Ukraine).

3. OPPOSITION BETWEEN MAJORITY AND MINORITY HAS ONCE MORE LED TO PARLIAMENT MEETING DISRUPTION
   (Daily News: June 7, 2001)

   The Parliament Chairman had to cease the meeting today, due to absence of quorum, caused by opposition’s boycott. The conflict between opposition and majority aroused while discussing parliament rules.

4. MPS ARE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT OBJECTIVENESS OF TENDER CONDUCTED BY FINANCE MINISTRY
   (Daily News: June 6, 2001)

   Today at the plenary meeting, representatives of the fraction Socialists expressed their suspicion on rightfulness of winning a tender by Georgian company T.G Trade. This company gains a right to negotiate with Turkmenistan on behalf of Georgia on clearing operations for repayment of Georgia’s debt.

5. PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER TAX CHANGES OFFERED BY INDUSTRIALS
   (Daily News: June 5, 2001)

   The fraction Industrials’ claim to consider tax changes immediately this week, aroused especially sharp discussion at the Parliament meeting today. MP Zurab Tkemaladze was particularly insisting on including it in the agenda.

6. HEAD OF CONTROL CHAMBER AND FINANCE MINISTER ARE DISSATISFIED WITH EACH OTHER
   (Daily News: June 5, 2001)

   The other day Chairman of the Control Chamber Sulkhan Molashvili expressed dissatisfaction on financing his office, accounting for 14% in 2000. He also stated this might be appraised “as a pressure”.

7. MISUNDERSTANDING CONDITIONS BUDGET PROBLEMS, CONSIDERS FINANCE MINISTER
   (Daily News: June 5, 2001)

   As Zurab Nogaideli stated today at the press conference, Ajara’s failure to deliver funds to budget had been “unexpected”. He noted he had done much to settle this issue.

8. PRESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE ENERGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ANALYZES GLOBAL PROJECTS IN GEORGIA
   (Daily News: June 1, 2001)

   The president of the Cambridge Energy Research Association (CERA) Joseph Stanislav is visiting Tbilisi. He is known as an expert in geopolitics, economic strategy and power markets.

9. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROBLEMS OF 10 INDEPENDENT YEARS OF GEORGIA ARE DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT
   (Daily News: May 31, 2001)

   The forum held in the Parliament today focused on themes of the national security and Georgia’s role in the international system, construction of civil society, culture and intellectual life. The participation in the arrangement, dedicated to the 10^th anniversary of Georgia’s independence, took MPs, experts, political scientists and representatives of the diplomatic corps.

10. GOVERNMENT EXTENDED TERM FOR PREPARING REPORT ON BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
    (Daily News: May 30, 2001)

    At the government session today, the Finance Minister, Zurab Nogaideli proposed to extend the term for preparing the report on the budget implementation by one month. In his opinion, the government is to introduce it to the Parliament not after three but four months by the end of the financial year.

11. BANKS SUGGEST EASING MORTGAGE PROCEDURE
    (Daily News: May 28, 2001)

    In the opinion of representatives of commercial banks, changes should be made to the legal norms, regulating questions concerning mortgage. This is about the mortgage procedure in case of the non-payment of a bank credit.

12. PARTNERS OF GOLD MINING ENTERPRISE, AS IF, HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT
    (Daily News: May 25, 2001)

    As Irakli Gvaladze, Head of the Department of the State Property Management Ministry told Sarke, every process between JSC Madneuli and LLC Quarzite is suspended. According to him, an agreement has been reached yet in February, under what Georgian and Australian sides are to manage the enterprises and realize production jointly.

13. PARLIAMENT HAS ONCE MORE POSTPONED RATIFICATION OF ADVANCE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
    (Daily News: May 25, 2001)

    IDA, within the frameworks of the World Bank project, will allocate an advance on preparation works in the size of $1 million. The project, overall cost of which is $27.4 million, envisages assistance of affectivity increase of electricity supply and management of wholesale market of electricity.

14. ONE OF BATTALIONS OF NATIONAL GUARD OUT OF CONTROL
    (Daily News: May 25, 2001)

    The speaker of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania informed about it while opening the morning session of the Parliament. The mounted battalion of the Defense Ministry’s National Guard, taking part in the training in Norio (about 20 km from Tbilisi), voluntarily abandoned positions and went to Mukhrovani at 7 a.m. Now the rebels are consolidated at the territory of the interior troops’ brigade of Interior Ministry, which joined them.

15. ECONOMIC MINISTER OFFERS TO FORBID TRADING IN STREETS
    (Daily News: May 24, 2001)

    Minister of Economic, Industry and Trade Vano Chkhartishvili considers it necessary to annul the provision on free trade, adopted in 1992 and allowing a street trading. His proposal Minister motivates by the fact, that pitchman’s responsibility is not envisaged in the provision.

16. CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT DOUBTS PROSPECT OF OPPOSITION UNITY
    (Daily News: May 24, 2001)

    As the speaker of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania said today, the union, set up “only on purpose to struggle against someone, will not have long life”. This is how he has commented on the official statement, signed by opposition fractions, on the negative attitude towards draft amendments to the constitution, introduced to the Parliament by the President.

17. ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA PLAN TO IMPLANT REGIONAL AERONAVIGATION SYSTEM
    (Daily News: May 24, 2001)

    An American company Northrop Grumman together with the specialists from 3 countries will get down to the investigatory works in this sphere. The agreement on financing these works was signed during the visit of Georgian delegation in the US on May 13-20, under the heading of Giorgi Nizharadze, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications.

18. SECRETARY GENERAL OF CITIZENS’ UNION CONSIDERS OPPOSITION UNIFICATION AS NON-PROSPECTIVE
    (Daily News: May 22, 2001)

    Edvard Surmanidze, Secretary General of Citizens’ Union appraised today’s official statement of opposition “as a step against a man and one team”. The speak is about Zurab Zhvania Speaker of the Parliament and his team.

19. TERM FOR INTRODUCING MAIN PARAMETERS OF BUDGET-2002 MAY BE POSTPONED
    (Daily News: May 21, 2001)

    The Finance Minister intends to apply to the Parliament to postpone the terms for the introduction of the budget parameters from July 1 to August 1. As the Deputy Finance Minister Zurab Soselia told Sarke, expected constitutional changes that might result in the amendments to the budget-2000 in case they are approved, have served as a reason for that.

20. PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY KEEPS ON DISCUSSING DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
    (Daily News: May 21, 2001)

    The discussion was held behind closed doors today. At the end of the session, the speaker Zurab Zhvania said the majority did not intend to haggle and make deals.

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