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1. LAW, REGULATING LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING VETERANS, WILL BE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER
   (Daily News: March 21, 2000)

   This is the information, delivered by the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania, during his meeting with the Tbilisi veterans today. He reported on the WB intention to implement a program on poverty irradiation in Georgia, noting that, this was the program, which would be carried out for the first time in the world.

2. IMF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUPERVISING NETHERLANDS’ GROUP SUPPORTING POLICY CONDUCTED BY GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES
   (Daily News: March 17, 2000)

   This is the announcement made by IMF Executive Director Biaufot Veincholz during his meeting with the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania. The talks touched upon the monetary policy and structural reforms, namely in the privatization sphere, carried out in the Ministry of Tax Revenues.

3. WB IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR THE POPULATION IN NEED
   (Daily News: March 16, 2000)

   This is the information delivered by the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania during his meeting with the electorate of one of the Tbilisi districts. In his words, Georgia will become the first country in the world, where WB implements such kind of program.

4. EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE’S PRE ELECTION PROGRAM PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD SOON
   (Daily News: March 15, 2000)

   This is the information delivered by the Chairman of the Parliament Zurab Zhvania at his meeting with the Citizens’ Union Tbilisi militants, dedicated to the upcoming presidential elections. He declared that the key task facing Union was receiving of such mandate by Eduard Shevardnadze, which would enable him to continue building of democratic, independent and economically strong state.

5. PARLIAMENT POSTPONED CONSIDERING OF LAW “ON ELECTIONS” FOR TOMORROW
   (Daily News: March 9, 2000)

   This is the decision of the Parliament, considering the draft amendments to the law “On Elections” this morning. The Parliamentarians have failed again to reach consensus on the most questions of principles, namely, on marking the voters, suggested by the opposition.

6. PARLIAMENT’S CHAIRMAN REFUTED INFORMATION ON STARTING ADJUDICATION OF LABOR PARTY’S 2 CLAIMS BY EUROPEAN COURT
   (Daily News: February 25, 2000)

   Zurab Zhvania declared at the plenary session today that these suits, concerning to a number of violations, allegedly taking place in the October Parliamentary elections, had not been accepted by the court. He referred to the information of the Georgia’s representation at the Council of Europe.

7. GEORGIAN DELEGATION WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SESSION OF CIS PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
   (Daily News: February 25, 2000)

   The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the International Affairs Nino Burjanadze said today, Zurab Zhvania would head the delegation. She noted that during this session, going to be held in Sankt-Peterbourg on March 3-4, Georgian deputies would have opportunity to get acquainted with their new colleagues, members of the CIS country’s new parliaments.

8. EUROPARLIAMENT DELEGATION ARRIVED IN GEORGIA
   (Daily News: February 25, 2000)

   The delegation members are going to meet with the Chairman of the Georgian Parliament Zurab Zhvania and the leaders of a number of political parties. According to the representation of the Council of Europe, the visit of the delegation, intending to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan as well, aims at preparing similar kind of report on the condition of the South Caucasian countries’ relations with the Council of Europe.

9. PARLIAMENT CONSIDERED AND ADOPTED THE DRAFT STATE BUDGET-2000 WITH FIRST HEARING
   (Daily News: February 22, 2000)

   The draft state budget, introduced by the Finance Ministry David Onoprishvili, has prompted strong reactions from a number of deputies, caused by the reduction of financing of different programs, by the depts, accumulated for the previous years. The draft budget was adopted with one hearing.

10. MANY NOT SATISFIED WITH BUDGET-2000
    (Daily News: February 18, 2000)

    The fraction Agordzineba expresses its dissatisfaction because of the reduction of privileges for the Autonomous Republic of Ajara. As for the leader of the parliamentary minority’s another fraction, Socialists, Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, he called this kind of measures “political lynching”.

11. BLOC AGORDZINEBA ADVANCED ASLAN ABASHIDZE’S CANDIDATURE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
    (Daily News: February 17, 2000)

    This morning the adequate documents were introduced to the Central Electoral Commission. After their sanctioning by the CEC Chairman Jumber Lominadze, the documents were sent to the Interior Ministry for formal checking, whether the candidate had lived in Georgia for the past two years.

12. PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT ON THE FREE TRADE WITH RUSSIA
    (Daily News: February 11, 2000)

    According to the Foreign Minster Merab Antadze, who presented the document to the deputies, intergovernmental agreement, signed in Tbilisi on February 3, 1994, came into force on May 10, 1994 after exchanging notes. He noted that the ratification of the agreement would enable “to adjust the Georgia’s legislation in accordance with those international liabilities, taken by the country, in connection of this document”.

13. DEFENSE MINISTER LEFT FOR BUCHAREST ON FEBRUARY 1
    (Daily News: February 2, 2000)

    David Tevzadze’s 2-day visit aims at further development and strengthening of the military cooperation between Georgia and Romania.

    The day before the Deputy Minister Grigol Katamadze left for Kiev, where the questions concerning the military cooperation will be also considered during 4 days.

14. CONSULTATIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN OMBUDSMEN WILL START IN THE PARLIAMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE
    (Daily News: February 1, 2000)

    As Zurab Zhvania declared at the session of the parliamentary bureau on January 31, these consolations would promote the solution of this question in a brief period. At the same time, the chairman of the committee on the human rights protection, citizens’ petitions and building of the civil society Elene Tevdoradze thinks that the Parliament was to set about the solution of this question right after its election.

15. APPLICATIONS OF 5 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PRESENTED TO THE CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
    (Daily News: February 1, 2000)

    According to the CEC press-service, these 5 candidates are Eduard Shevardnadze (from the Citizens’ Union), Avtandil Jibladze (from the political association Mdzleveli), Vazha Zhgenti (from Progressists’ Party), Zurab Gagnidze (from the Party of the National Ideology), Roin Liparteliani (from the David Agmashenebeli Society).

    Besides, the initiative group introduced the documents for the registration of Guram Absandze as the presidential candidate – the finance ministry in Zviad Gamsakhurdia’s government, who is under investigation at present, on charges of the participation in the Eduard Shevardnadze’s assassination attempt on February 9, 1998.

16. FINAL ROUND OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PROJECT HAS STARTED IN ANKARA
    (Daily News: January 21, 2000)

    The delegations of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the US experts participate in the negotiations, which have started today. The Georgian delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister of Georgia Irakli Menagarishvili, left for Turkey yesterday.

17. BATUMI HAS NOT PRESENTED ITS PROPOSITIONS ON THE ALTERNATIVE LAW ON THE ELECTIONS
    (Daily News: January 18, 2000)

    The bloc Agordzineba’s propositions were to be presented to the juridical committee of the Parliament yesterday. The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Aslan Abashidze declared that the propositions aim at the democratic elections, impossible to be held under the acting law.

18. AJARIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM THAT THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT OF SELLING ARMS AT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN BATUMI
    (Daily News: January 12, 2000)

    The first Deputy State Security Minster of the Autonomous Republic Gogi Kupreishvili declared that completely eliminated the possibility of arms transportation out of Ajara. In his words, any military transportation means are thoroughly checked at the administrative border of the Autonomous Republic as well as the military cargo transported by the sea.

19. CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT HAS HEADED THE ELECTORAL STAFF OF EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE
    (Daily News: January 11, 2000)

    Zurab Zhvania declared at the press conference today that Eduard Shevardnadze’s main political vector was the creation of independent state and Georgia’s introduction into a global security system. In case Shevardnadze is elected again and this course is proceeded, he thinks, Georgia will be lost for Russia as a satellite and vassal country forever.

20. ZURAB ZHVANIA IS SURE THAT EDUARD SURMANIDZE WILL BE APPOINTED AS THE CITIZENS’ UNION SECRETARY GENERAL
    (Daily News: January 5, 2000)

    The Chairman of the Parliament declared he did not have any doubts that this candidature would be approved by the session of the ruling party, going to be held in March. In his opinion, Surmanidze, under the decision of the political council of the Citizens’ Union, acting as a secretary general of the party since January 4, is the “excellent candidature, which is acceptable for everybody”.

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