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1. POPULATION MAY FALL VICTIM TO THE STATE MACHINE AS IT GETS CUT DOWN ON FINANCING
   (Weekly Economic Review: July 8, 2000)

   The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli came up this week with a detailed proposition on budget cutback. In fact, it was a new budget.

2. SITUATION WITH JSC MADNEULI IMPROVING, CLAIMS ITS LEADERSHIP
   (Daily News: July 6, 2000)

   The chairman of board of the JSC Madneuli (mining plant in the Bolnisi region, south of Georgia) Zurab Lobzhanidze noted major, positive changes for the short period he has been in the office, at the press conference today. The enterprise, resuming operation in March after a long recession, has been functioning without cease (output – 6,000 t concentrate a month).

3. GEORGIAN SIDE COMPLAINING ABOUT QUARTZITE LTD AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS
   (Daily News: July 6, 2000)

   The JSC Madneuli leadership accused the Australian investor of illegal activities at the press conference today. We’ll remind to you that this mining plant in Bolnisi region (south of Georgia) owns 50% of Quartzite (conducting gold mining works in this region at the Kazreti field), the investor of which is Bolnisi Mining.

4. FINANCE MINISTER INSISTING STICKING TO ITS PROPOSAL ON BUDGET CUT
   (Daily News: July 6, 2000)

   Today at the enlarged session of the Citizens’ Union Satatbiro (supreme body) Zurab Nogaideli declared that “the government is to appear as a single team” at its tomorrow’s session. We’ll remind to you that the government session tomorrow will consider Nogaideli’s proposal on the budget cut by 300 million Lari, which prompted harsh criticism of a number of Ministers.

5. SUMMER DISCUSSION OF FALL-WINTER ENERGETICS PROBLEMS
   (Daily News: July 5, 2000)

   The Minister of Fuel and Energy David Mirtskhulava at the government session today provided detailed information on the condition of the energetics sector and on preparation works for the fall-winter season of 2000-2001. On the whole, the situation is encouraging though there are some financial difficulties arising, the Minister said.

6. FOREIGN MINISTERS OF GEORGIA AND LATVIA DISCUSSED QUESTIONS ON REGIONAL COOPERATION
   (Daily News: July 5, 2000)

   Irakli Menagarishvili said after negotiations, the sides stated the absolute coincidences of their attitude towards the undergoing international affairs. “Despite differences in the development pace, Latvia’s and Georgia’s ambitions to integrate into the European and other structures coincide with each other”, said he.

7. BUDGET-2000 SPENDINGS GOING TO BE REDUCED BY 300M LARI
   (Daily News: July 4, 2000)

   This is the announcement made by the Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli at the press conference today, stressing that it was time to learn “to pay one’s pay”. He noted that four priority spheres were considered while reducing budget this yrefugees, even increasing by 5.3%, pensionery security, education and public health.

8. ZURAB ABASHIDZE CONFIRMED AS GEORGIA’S AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA
   (Daily News: June 30, 2000)

   166 deputies voted pro and 3 against at the parliamentary session today for the candidature of the former ambassador in the Benelux states and NATO nominated by the President. Zurab Abashidze, the brother of Vakhtang Abashidze (the former press secretary of Eduard Shevardnadze), was born in Tbilisi in 1951.

9. FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT SHARING PARLIAMENT DELEGATION’S POSITION ON RUSSIA IN STRASBOURG
   (Daily News: June 30, 2000)

   As it is known, Georgia has repeatedly stated its adverse attitude towards the anti Russian sanctions in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). However, at the last Strasbourg session the Georgian delegation, headed by the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania unanimously backed the PACE decision on starting the procedure for Russia’s exclusion from the Council of Europe because of its activities in Chechnya.

10. LATVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITING GEORGIA ON JULY 4-7
    (Daily News: June 30, 2000)

    Indulis Berzinsh will meet the President Eduard Shevardnadze, Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania, State Minister Giorgi Arsenishvili and Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili in the framework of the visit. According to the Foreign Ministry of Georgia, the sides will consider the questions on the regional cooperation and the bilateral cooperation in the fields of politics, economics and culture.

11. DISCUSSION OF THE ABKHAZ PROBLEM BY THE PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
    (Daily News: June 26, 2000)

    Zurab Zhvania advanced the proposal on postponing the discussion, scheduled for the June 29, at the session of the parliamentary bureau today. The Chairman of the Parliament explained this by the necessity to prepare seriously for the question.

12. ZURAB ZHVANIA LEFT FOR STRASBOURG
    (Daily News: June 26, 2000)

    The Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania will participate in the consideration of the question on admitting Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe, by the official invitation of the PACE Secretary General Lord Russell Johnston. In his letter, Russell Johnston noted the work, conducted by Zhvania in the trilateral meeting of the South Caucasian states held in the framework of the CE in 1999.

13. FINANCE MINISTER OF GEORGIA NOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT GEORGIA’S FUTURE RELATIONS WITH IMF
    (Daily News: June 23, 2000)

    While evaluating results of the IMF mission which has recently finished its visit in Georgia, the Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli declared in the Georgian TV that it was even possible to consider successful the work of the economic team with Fund experts.

    According to him, it was not in the agenda to deliver assistance to Georgia right after the visit of the mission.

14. GEORGIA WILL GET THE GRANT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF 9M EUR
    (Daily News: June 21, 2000)

    This is envisaged by the memorandum on the mutual understanding, signed on June 20 by the representatives of the European commission, Finance Ministry and the NB of Georgia. The grant will enable to cover the part of Georgia’s debt towards EU, amounting to 100 million EUR.

15. BUDGET SPENDING COULD BE LIMITED; CORRUPTION IS INERADICABLE SO FAR
    (Weekly Economic Review: June 17, 2000)

    “My decree about sequestration of contraband carrying transport is not being followed. Aren’t goods smuggled anymore? If so, let me know”, said President Shevardnadze at the government session this week.

16. AUTOMOBILE PARK, SERVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WILL BE REDUCED
    (Daily News: June 14, 2000)

    The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli proposed to reduce automobile park at the government session today. According to him, this will enable to save 2.5 million Lari till the end of the year and 4-5 million annually in the future.

17. VETERANS OF POLICE AND ARMY HAVE HELD THE ACTION IN FRONT OF THE PARLIAMENT
    (Daily News: June 12, 2000)

    Veterans blocked the Rustaveli Avenue and demanded meeting with the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania. The reason for holding action was not delivering pensions for several months.

18. THE MINISTER OF TAX REVENUES DOES NEED A FREE-LANCE ADVISOR
    (Weekly Economic Review: June 10, 2000)

    In December 1999, as Mikhail Machavariani was appointed the head of the newly established Ministry of Tax Revenues, President Shevardnadze said he would agree to be the minister’s free-lance advisor to see the budget problem solved. At the last sitting of the government on 8 June, the President repeated the very same phrase.

19. BUDGET SPENDING CUT WILL NOT HAVE MECHANICAL CHARACTER, FINANCE MINISTER SAID
    (Daily News: June 9, 2000)

    The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli, stressed at the session of the National Security Council, held on June 8 that the planned cuts in spending by 150-160 million Lari would not touch the state indebtedness on salaries, pensions and other protected articles. According to him, its is necessary to elaborate a new budget actually and in this connection the Finance Ministry is being transmitted on emergency working regime.

20. GEORGIAN PATRIARCHY PLUMPS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COLUMN “NATIONALITY” IN THE CITIZENS’ IDS
    (Daily News: June 8, 2000)

    This is the information delivered at the press conference by the representative of the Patriarchy Zurab Tskhovrebadze, noting that this position is stated in the letter of the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II addressed to the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania. Moreover, Tskhovrebadze flatly denied speculations that Georgian church differentiates its congregation by nationality.

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