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1. Netgazeti.Ge: “WHY “TESLA” WILL NOT BUILD GIGAFACTORY IN GEORGIA – OPINION OF GIORGI MAMALADZE”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 30, 2016)

   Georgian internet-users got up a petition, in which they are applying to co-founder and head of Tesla Motors Elon Musk with suggestion to build Tesla’s gigafactory in Georgia. The petition has been signed by more than 6,000 people.

2. THE PRIME MINISTER: MORE THAN 115,000 T OF GRAPE WAS PROCESSED IN 2016, RESULTING IN POPULATION’S INCOME OF OVER 100M LARI
   (Daily News: December 29, 2016)

   Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared that more than 115,000 t of grape was processed in 2016, resulting in population’s income of more than 100 million lari. These data refer to Kakheti and Racha-Lechkhumi regions only, he said, pointing that wine export has increased also, to both the EU and the US and other traditional markets.

3. THE PREMIER: WE WILL CONTINUE HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS IN 2017, BUT HEALTHCARE WILL FOCUS EVEN MORE ON NECESSITIES AND QUALITY
   (Daily News: December 29, 2016)

   Healthcare programs will be continued in 2017, but “healthcare will become even more oriented on necessities and quality”, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared at the government meeting today.

   “Exactly due to the mentioned reason, the second – new stage of reforms has been worked out, which ensures, based on study of situation in medical institutions, that our citizens will have even more affordable healthcare services of even higher quality”.

4. THE PREMIER: IN 2016, WE ANNOUNCED NEW STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTED CONCRETE PLAN FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT
   (Daily News: December 29, 2016)

   Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared: “In 2016, we announced new stage of development and presented concrete plan of rapid development, which should bring finally the country, our citizens and their families to the prosperity”. “This process has started in 2016, but implementation of main part of our program will start in 2017”, he pointed.

5. Eugeorgia.Info: “FARMERS’ CONSULTING CENTER APPEALABILITY INCREASED, HOWEVER, THEY ARE LESS INTERESTED IN EXPORT MARKETS”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 29, 2016)

   Nikoloz Kiknavelidze, head of Agriculture Ministry’s office in Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, points that local small farmers less apply to consulting centers for information on EU markets, while large farmers with big turnover manage to export own production independently.

   “I suppose that in 3-4 years, those products really appear in the region, which will occupy own niche on the market and their export will be available”, Kiknavelidze states.

6. “DIGITAL ADS” TO ACQUIRE SHARES IN JSC “ITDC” AND LLC “IMOVIE.GE”
   (Daily News: December 26, 2016)

   Georgian National Communication Commission reported that LLC Digital Ads will acquire shares in JSC ITDC and LLC Imovie.Ge.

   In particular, stake of 51% will be sold in case of ITDC.

7. ECONOMY MINISTRY: AFTER 30-YEAR PAUSE, MITARBI RESORT WILL RECEIVE VISITORS AGAIN
   (Daily News: December 26, 2016)

   After 30-year pause, resort Mitarbi will receive visitors again, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development announced. On December 25, state LLC Mountain Resorts Development Company officially opened this resort in Samtskhe-Javakheti region.

8. NEW ROPEWAY OPENED IN GUDAURI
   (Daily News: December 23, 2016)

   Today, new ropeway was launched in alpine resort Gudauri, the government announced. The ropeway worth 20 million lari is built by Austrian Doppelmayr.

9. Forbes Georgia: ““OPTIOAI” – GEORGIAN FINANCIAL CHATBOT”
   (Economic Press Monitor: December 21, 2016)

   OptioAI (technology, envisaging interlocutor’s simulation and interaction with customer through text) is the first Georgian financial chatbot. Authors of OptioAI are Shota Giorgobiani and Giorgi Mirzikashvili.

10. DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI SEA AREA WORKED OUT
    (Daily News: December 16, 2016)

    The government announced that concept of development of territory adjacent to Tbilisi Sea, being ordered by Tbilisi City Hall, was worked out with participation of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    Creation of the concept involved also Chapman Taylor, global company specializing in architectural and urban development.

11. GYLA: IT IS ADVISABLE IF A PUBLIC AGENCY CUTS BUDGET NOT BY MASSIVE REDUCTION OF STAFFS, BUT BY CUT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
    (Daily News: December 15, 2016)

    Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) declared that “It is advisable if a public agency applies budget cuts by means of cut of administrative costs and makes all efforts in order to avoid massive reduction of staffs”.

    To remind, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has announced reduction of state agencies’ next year funding by 10% as part of the government’s efforts to overcome economic crisis and stabilize lari rate.

12. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER: GRANTS OF THIS YEAR’S BUDGET ARE DECLINING BY 8.2M LARI
    (Daily News: December 15, 2016)

    Deputy Finance Minister Giorgi Kakauridze said that revenues, planned to get this year as grants, are decreased by 8.2 million lari.

    Kakauridze declared the mentioned today, at the sitting of the Parliament’s Healthcare and Social Issues Committee, where draft amendments to budget-2016 were considered.

13. THE PREMIER: WE NEED TO FOCUS ON DIRECTIONS THAT CAN ENSURE MORE WAYS TO GENERATE FOREIGN CURRENCY AND ATTRACT INVESTMENTS
    (Daily News: December 15, 2016)

    “We need to focus on directions that can ensure more ways to generate foreign currency and attract investments”, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared.

    The Premier said the mentioned at the government meeting today, noting: “Every step, which we are making, is directed to this very end”.

14. THE PREMIER: WE HAVE BALANCED APPROACH, OUR BUDGET IS DIRECTED TO RESOLUTION OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTRY
    (Daily News: December 15, 2016)

    “We can take the financial resources, which the government has every year, and direct even bigger portion of the budget to resolution of social problems, but we have a balanced approach”, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared.

    “Our budget seeks to put an end to the problems that we, by the way, have been facing for decades, running in a vicious cycle, to embark irreversibly on a path of solving the country’s economic problems”, the Premier said at the government meeting today, while commenting the budget, approved yesterday.

15. Eugeorgia.Info: “SMOKED SULGUNI ON AMERICAN MARKET – WHY INTRODUCTION OF HACCP IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT PROBLEMS BUSINESS OPERATORS FACE”
    (Economic Press Monitor: December 15, 2016)

    Georgian dairy company Tsezar, which operating since 2013 in cellar of one of residential houses in Tsalka (Kvemo Kartli region), has moved to the new building, got new equipment and introduced HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) scheme – all with financial support of Mercy Corp, the article reports.

    “In summer, we make daily about 700 kg of sulguni (sort of Georgian cheese) that we sell to Carrefour, Goodwill, restaurants and other outlets”, the company owner Tsezar Kakhadze says.

16. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER: NOT A SINGLE POLICE OFFICER’S SALARY WILL BE CUT IN 2017
    (Daily News: December 14, 2016)

    Deputy Finance Minister Giorgi Kakauridze assured that police officers’ salaries will not reduce in 2017. “Interior Ministry had shortage of funding in terms of salaries, it had cut other current expenditures and directed this money to payroll article”, he specified.

17. THE PREMIER DISCUSSED PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION WITH “CHINA TIANCHEN ENGINEERING CORPORATION”
    (Daily News: December 12, 2016)

    Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with representatives of Chinese company China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, administration of the government reported.

    According to the administration, the sides discussed Georgia’s investment potential and considered prospects of cooperation.

18. Rezonansi: “WHO WILL BUY 25% OF GAS MAIN”
    (Economic Press Monitor: December 12, 2016)

    Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared that the government plans alienation of 25% in Georgian Railway and Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (owner of gas main).

    A consideration on selling gas main is not a novelty, the newspaper points.

19. NBG’S EX-PRESIDENT: THE STATE SHOULD GIVE UP ILLUSION THAT IT MANAGES BETTER THAN PRIVATE SECTOR
    (Daily News: December 8, 2016)

    “The state should give up illusion that it manages better than private sector”, former president of National Bank of Georgia (NBG) Giorgi Kadagidze wrote on his Facebook page. “Programs’ management should be maximally passed in private hands and competition should be introduced in this sphere”, he posted, while estimating universal healthcare program.

20. Rezonansi: “IS THERE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN KVIRIKASHVILI AND KUMSISHVILI”
    (Economic Press Monitor: December 8, 2016)

    Based on lobby information, leader of New Georgia Giorgi Vashadze asserts that Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Finance Minister Dimitri Kumsishvili are in confrontation because of 4-point economic agenda.

    The Premier responded to Vashadze’s statement with special letter, refuting existence of confrontation, stressing that the government’s 4-point agenda is developed by common position of entire governmental team, assuming responsibility and pointing that despite any attempts, nobody could prevent its implementation, the newspaper says.

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