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1. DAMAGED WITH DROUGHT REGIONS WILL NOT BE EXEMPT FROM LAND TAXES
   (Daily News: August 3, 2000)

   State Minister Giorgi Arsenishvili, visiting Gori today, said this. He and his escort, the Minister of Finance Zurab Nogaideli, Minister of Refugees Affairs and Settlement Valeri Vashakidze and the head of the Region Policy Service in State Office Badri Khatidze saw the damaged agricultural lands of Shida Kartli region and met with local population.

2. CHIEF COMMANDER OF BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN GEORGIA
   (Daily News: August 3, 2000)

   Charles Gart, who arrived on August 2 with the official 2-days visit, today met with the Defense Minister David Tevzadze and general headquarters commander Joni Pirtskhalaishvili. They considered the prospects of military cooperation, rendering UK assistance for building Georgian army.

3. FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF CHEVRON WILL BECOME A STRATEGIC ADVISER OF GEORGIA’S PRESIDENT OVER PIPELINES AND ENERGY
   (Daily News: August 2, 2000)

   Edward Chow arrived in Tbilisi on August 1 night and is still avoiding communication with press. His first visit, which carries introducing character, will last till August 11.

4. RESHUFFLING IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY IS BEING HELD
   (Daily News: July 31, 2000)

   Jimi Mikeladze left his post of the first deputy minister and was appointed on the post of the chairman of State Department on Material-Technical Reserves. MP Zurab Chkhaidze, the former head of the crime police service, is replaced Mikeladze on his post.

5. THIRD ROUND OF GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS ON MILITARY ISSUES WILL START IN MOSCOW ON JULY 29
   (Daily News: July 28, 2000)

   Irakli Menagarishvili will be in charge of the Georgia delegations. As the Director of the Public Relations Department at the Foreign Ministry of Georgia Avtandil Napetvaridze declared during the traditional briefing, the sides are going to accord the schedule for the withdrawal of the Russian military equipment.

6. GOVERNMENT HAS DISCUSSED THE BUDGET PARAMETERS FOR 2001
   (Daily News: July 26, 2000)

   The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli said today, during the meeting, held with the President of the country on July 25, the government discussed the parameters of the budget-2001. The government expects tax revenues to grow by 20% as well as to receive grants of 450 million Lari.

7. SAAKASHVILI AND BARAMIDZE SEEK TO INITIATE A CASE AGAINST MANANA ARCHVADZE-GAMSAKHURDIA
   (Daily News: July 25, 2000)

   The statement of the ex-president’s widow occasioned this. She declared that the authorities are assisting to the loss of Georgian territory, in particular, at present according to Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, they are preparing the abruption of Akhalkalaki region (the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti), populated mostly by ethnic Armenians.

8. NEXT CONFLICT BETWEEN QUARTZITE GEORGIAN AND AUSTRALIAN PARTNERS
   (Daily News: July 25, 2000)

   The Chairman of the LLC Quartzite board Zurab Lobzhanidze said that today he protested against the decision of the regional court of the capital in the district court. The district court has partially sustained a claim of the representative of the Australian partners against him.

9. QUESTION OVER RESTRUCTURING FOREIGN DEBTS WILL NOT DEPEND ON ELECTION RESULTS IN THE US
   (Daily News: July 25, 2000)

   As Khatuna Gogorishvili, the head of staff in the Georgian Parliament, told Sarke, this is a preliminary result of the visit to the US, made by Zurab Zhvania the Chairman of the Parliament. According to her, the question over receiving appropriate guarantees was the key issue during this visit.

10. ZURAB ZHVANIA’S VISIT TO THE US CONTINUING
    (Daily News: July 24, 2000)

    The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament has met the World Bank vice president, who declared about the readiness of the bank to implement new large-scale projects in Georgia.

    The adviser of the US President and the Secretary of State William Tailor stressed during his meeting with Zhvania that the President Clinton and the State Department welcomed Eduard Shevardnadze’s initiative on elaborating anti-corruption program as well as strong-willed steps of a new Georgian government on overcoming the budget crisis.

11. US GAVE GEORGIA 35,000 T OF GRAIN
    (Daily News: July 21, 2000)

    The ambassador Kenneth Yalowitz from the American side and Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli, Minister of Agriculture and Food David Kirvalidze from the Georgian side signed this agreement at the US embassy in Georgia today.

    As it has been noted, the refugees will get 5,000 t flour in the framework of this aid, the rest of 30,000 t will be sold.

12. IMF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HOPES FOR THE INTENSIVE COOPERATION WITH GEORGIA
    (Daily News: July 20, 2000)

    The press service of the Georgian Parliament said the IMF executive director Horst Keller made this announcement during his meeting with the Chairman of the Georgian Parliament Zurab Zhvania held in Washington, DC on July 19. Keller positively evaluated the efforts, taken by the Georgian government for overcoming the budget crisis and assured the Georgian side in the full support.

13. CONFLICT BETWEEN QUARTZITE AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS AND THEIR GEORGIAN PARTNERS CONTINUING
    (Daily News: July 19, 2000)

    The Bolnisi Mining Operation (Australian investor) lawyer Kakha Lobzhanidze applied to the Prosecutor General Jamlet Babilashvili, Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze, Secretary of the National Security Council Nugzar Sajaia to file a suit against the chairman of the LLC Quartzite board Zurab Lobzhanidze. He accused Lobzhanidze of violating several articles of the Criminal Code, including jobbery, excess of power, use of forged documents etc.

14. SPECIAL COMMISSION OF THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE WILL LOOK INTO ALL VIOLATIONS IN THE ENERGETICS SPHERE SINCE 1995
    (Daily News: July 18, 2000)

    The special commission, created by the decision of the General Prosecutor’s Office, will consist of 12 people. This decision followed the complaints, expressed by the new head of the Chamber of Control Sulkhan Molashvili, which were addressed to the General Prosecutor’s Office.

15. INDUSTRIALISTS AND TRADITIONALISTS WILL FILE A SUIT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
    (Daily News: July 14, 2000)

    The representatives of the fractions made this announcement at the joint press conference today. Their discontent is caused by the Parliament’s decision to postpone the discussion of the drafts on amendments to the Tax Code, presented by them, till September and confirmation of a number of positions of the President’s project by the Parliament on July 13.

16. “CORRUPTION IS SERIOUS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEM FOR GEORGIA”, SAID STEPHEN SESTANOVICH
    (Daily News: July 14, 2000)

    The special adviser of the US Secretary of State on NIS (New Independent States) told journalists this after the meeting with the President Shevardnadze. He said that Eduard Shevardnadze thoroughly informed him about the results of the works conducted by the anti-corruption commission, on the economic crisis in the state and the measures for overcoming it.

17. UKRAINIAN PRIME-MINISTER VISITING GEORGIA ON JULY 21-22
    (Daily News: July 14, 2000)

    Victor Yushchenko will meet the President Eduard Shevardnadze, Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania and State Minister Giorgi Arsenishvili in the framework of his official visit. The Foreign Ministry of Georgia said the sides would focus on the economic cooperation during the negotiations on the issues, topical for both states.

18. ADVANCE AGREEMENT OVER WB CREDIT ON FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT RATIFIED
    (Daily News: July 13, 2000)

    The Parliament ratified the agreement today on allocating advance of 950,000 Lari in the framework of the WB credit of $20 million (140 deputies voted pro, 2 – against). These sums will be used for conducting preparatory works, namely, elaborating the forest policy and standards as well as for the economic assessment of a forest.

19. GEORGIA AND LITHUANIA SIGNED THE PROTOCOL ON COOPERATION ON THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTRIES
    (Daily News: July 11, 2000)

    The Foreign Minister of Georgia Irakli Menagarishvili and Lithuania Algirdas Saudargas signed the protocol on deepening the cooperation between Foreign Ministries of the two countries. Menagarishvili declared during the briefing, held after signing the protocol, that the contractual-legal base, calling for the regulation of cooperation in political and economic spheres and security sphere, is begin created.

20. JOHN WOOLF VISITING GEORGIA ON JULY 12, STEPHEN SESTANOVICH – JULY 14
    (Daily News: July 11, 2000)

    Foreign Ministry of Georgia said the Special Adviser of the US President and the Secretary of State on Caspian power resources John Woolf is going to meet the President Eduard Shevardnadze, State Minister Giorgi Arsenishvili, Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili as well as representatives of business circles of Georgia. During the meeting, the sides will consider the questions concerning the development of the transportation of Caspian power resources.

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