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1. BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION FOR 5 MONTHS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
   (Daily News: June 8, 2000)

   This is the evaluation given to the budget implementation by the extraordinary session of National Security Council of Georgia today. This question was the only one in the agenda.

2. COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS IS GOING TO VISIT GALI REGION
   (Daily News: June 7, 2000)

   As Alvaro Hil-Roblez declared during his meeting with the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania on June 6, his visit mainly aimed at studying the situation with refugees in Georgia. He has already visited Pankisi Canyon for that purpose, where some 6,500 refugees from Chechnya have found shelter.

3. ACTIVE WORKS ON THE LAW “ON STATE TREASURY” UNDER WAY
   (Daily News: June 7, 2000)

   This is the information delivered by the Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli at the government session today. He informed as well that the amendments to be made to the Tax Code had been already prepared.

4. REALISTIC BUDGET TAKES LONG TO BECOME REALITY
   (Weekly Economic Review: June 3, 2000)

   Zurab Nogaideli, the new Finance Minister, had appealed to the parliament to have the submission of the budget-2001 major directions postponed two months further. The minister holds that the budget must be practical which is why planning and draftwork require a lot of time.

5. DOCTORS FOR THE LIBERAL LAW “ON ARTIFICIAL INTERRUPTION OF PREGNANCY”, CHURCH AGAINST IT
   (Daily News: May 31, 2000)

   The bill, envisaging the liberalization of present acting rules (descending from the Soviet period), is to be considered by the Parliament of the country after 3 months. Its authors, with reference to international statistics, note that the tightening of the law on the artificial abortion will not lead to its reduction.

6. GEORGIAN GUERILLAS GOING TO PROCEED TO ACTIVE MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ABKHAZIA
   (Daily News: May 30, 2000)

   This is the announcement made by Tetri Legioni (White Legion) commander Zurab Samushia, while informing about this decision adopted by the Main Council of the Interim Committee on Abkhazia’s Liberation. Samushia thinks that the leadership of the country is to give evaluation to the activities of Ardzinba’s regime in Abkhazia at last.

7. TAMAZ NADAREISHVILI ABDICATED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ABKHAZ AUTONOMY
   (Daily News: May 25, 2000)

   Nadareishvili explained his today’s decision by the unsatisfactory pace of Abkhaz conflict settlement process. Besides, non-acknowledgement by the Georgian Parliament of the Georgian population genocide, conducted by separatists in Abkhazia, has prompted Nadareishvili’s protest.

8. PRESIDENT’S ECONOMIC POLICY: FOLDED IN MIST AGAIN?
   (Weekly Economic Review: May 20, 2000)

   After the old, new president took the office the old government resigned (according to the constitution). Thereafter the President offered a number of structural reorganizations of government and its new composition to the Parliament.

9. CANDIDATURES OF NUMBER OF MINISTERS CONFIRMED
   (Daily News: May 19, 2000)

   The Parliament confirmed Sesili Gogiberidze as the Minister of Culture, Mikheil Machavariani – Tax Revenues Minister, Zurab Nogaideli – Finance Minister (138 deputies voted pro, 8-against), Vano Chkhartishvili – Minister of Economics, Industry and Trade.

   The candidatures on the post of Interior Minister (Kakha Targamadze), State Security Minister (Vakhtang Kutateladze), Defense Minister (David Tevzadze) and Foreign Minister (Irakli Menagarishvili) are yet to be confirmed at this moment.

10. ZURAB ZHVANIA INTENDING TO START CONSULTATIONS ON THE CABINET INSTITUTION WITH AKAKI ASATIANI
    (Daily News: May 17, 2000)

    As it is known, the Chairman of the Parliament declared before, that the question would not be considered. The President did not like the idea either.

11. ABKHAZ SEPARATISTS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT PLAN OFFERED BY UN
    (Daily News: May 17, 2000)

    According to Astamur Tania, the aid of the President of the self-proclaimed Republic, Sukhumi is not going to discuss the plan for the division of organic powers with Tbilisi. He stressed that the UN does not have right to dictate the political settlement model to Abkhazia, to the independent state.

12. NEW COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED BY THE PRESIDENT – NO SURPRISE TO ZURAB ZHVANIA
    (Daily News: May 15, 2000)

    The Chairman of the Parliament made this announcement after the official introduction of the candidates on the post of the ministers. He said that he had held daily consultations on this issue with the President Eduard Shevardnadze, who has strong argumentations while presenting each candidate.

13. NEW COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED TO THE PARLIAMENT
    (Daily News: May 15, 2000)

    Eduard Shevardnadze introduced new composition of the government to the Parliament yesterday. There are only 4 new personalities out of 18 candidates.

14. PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT, STATE MINISTER AND DREAMS ABOUT PRIME-MINISTER
    (Weekly Press Digest: May 14, 2000)

    President’s representative in Kakheti region Giorgi Arsenishvili has been appointed on the post of the State Minister, out of the nominees – Tbilisi Mayor Vano Zodelava, President’s representative in Imereti region Temur Shashiashvili, GIOC president Giorgi Chanturia. As 7 Dge puts it, this appointment is the President’s one more surprise, inquiring whether it is reasonable to appoint such “not-political” figure, on this post amidst the accretion of power of the stateminister.

15. DISCUSSION ON THE 1999 BUDGET REPORT WILL HAVE A PRINCIPLED CHARACTER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT SAID
    (Daily News: May 12, 2000)

    The Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania declared that the Parliament would necessarily consider the report on the 1999 budget implementation. He stressed that this consideration would bear a principled character and refused the information that allegedly there was some contradiction in the parliamentary minority upon this issue.

16. TRADITIONALISTS MIGHT LEAVE BATUMI ALLIANCE
    (Daily News: May 10, 2000)

    The Parliamentary fraction of the party Traditionalists’ Union declared about its intention to leave Batumi alliance in case Agordzineba participates in the formation of a new government of Georgia.

    It should be noted that the traditionalists’ leader Akaki Asatiani has collected more than 100 signatures of deputies supporting the demand to create the institute of Cabinet in the country (118 signatures are needed for submitting the question to the parliament).

17. AT LEAST 2 CHAIRMEN OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES WILL BE CHANGED
    (Daily News: May 9, 2000)

    As it has become known to Sarke, 2 out of 8 chairmen resigned yesterday did not attend today’s meeting with the Chairman of the Parliament. Yesterday, the President estimated the action of the chairmen, signing together with 120 deputies the declaration on the necessity to create the commission for the investigation of the government’s accountability in the economic crisis, as extremely untimely and indelicate.

18. DELEGATION OF CANADIAN PARLIAMENT WILL ARRIVE IN TBILISI
    (Daily News: May 9, 2000)

    The delegation is headed by the Chairman of the Foreign Relations and International Trade Committee Ben Graham. As Sarke was informed at the Public Information Department of the Foreign Ministry of Georgia, it is planned to hold meetings with the President Eduard Shevardnadze, Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania, acting State Minister Vazha Lortkipanidze and Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili during the visit, lasting from May 11 through 14.

19. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL ON REFUGEES ARRIVED IN GEORGIA
    (Daily News: May 9, 2000)

    Francis Deng is going to participate in the regional workshop on refugees and displaced people to be conducted in Tbilisi. The representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will take part in the conference conducted with the participation of the UN High Commissariat of Refugees (UNHCR) by the OSCE support.

20. NEW TAX CORRUPTION INDEX ELABORATED IN GEORGIA
    (Daily News: May 8, 2000)

    The Economics Minister Vladimir Papava has elaborated indexes, enabling to estimate the corruption level in the tax system, on the ground of common index theories. According to the proposal of the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania they are entitled as Papava’s indexes.

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