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1. NEW CABINET APPROVED IN AJARA AUTONOMY
   (Daily News: July 18, 2016)

   Supreme Council of Ajara has approved new Cabinet today. As the government of autonomous republic mentioned, all four candidates, of which two are new faces, were presented by new head of the government of Ajara Zurab Pataradze.

2. 11-KM SECTION OF HIGHWAY OPENED
   (Daily News: July 15, 2016)

   Today, another section of the country’s major transit highway E60 (Bashi-Dapnari, 11 km in length) was opened and traffic was shifted to a new road, the government reported.

   As Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili pointed at the opening ceremony, “This road will allow travelers to bypass densely populated Samtredia and travel more quickly, comfortably and safely”.

3. Forbes Georgia: “TOURISM: POTENTIAL, REALITY AND CHALLENGES”
   (Economic Press Monitor: July 15, 2016)

   According to official data, National Tourism Administration holds marketing campaigns mainly in post-Soviet countries (Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan), but Georgia’s online ads appear in Italy, Germany, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar or Emirates, the magazine says.

   “Marketing campaign will have less effect without visa-free travel, direct flights and recognizability of the country”, head of the Administration Giorgi Chogovadze declares and notes: “We did not have direct flights even with the biggest cities of Europe”.

4. JOHANNES HAHN: I AM SURE THAT VISA LIBERALIZATION WILL BE POSSIBLE NO LATER THAN EARLY OCTOBER
   (Daily News: July 14, 2016)

   Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, declared in Tbilisi that “I am sure that visa liberalization will became available for Georgia no later than early October”.

   “We spare no effort to ensure this and vast majority of member states as well as European Parliament support this idea, because there is a broad understanding and acknowledgement that Georgia has fulfilled all its conditions”, Hahn said (quotas are provided according to report of administration of Georgian government).

5. THE GOVERNMENT TO SUBSIDIZE VINTAGE THIS YEAR ALSO
   (Daily News: July 13, 2016)

   The government decided to subsidize vintage this year also. Before the government meeting today, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared: “The government decided to subsidize different sorts of grape with different pricing”.

6. The Financial: “LOGISTICS SECTOR IN GEORGIA IN SEARCH OF ITS OWN ARCHITECT”
   (Economic Press Monitor: July 11, 2016)

   Georgia is often referred as the transit country with potential to become the logistics hub for the Caucasus region, the newspaper says.

   Zurab Sapanadze, development and project manager at DHL, considers that “Georgia has unexploited logistics potential”.

7. THE GOVERNMENT: GEORGIAN DATABASES’ INTEGRATION IN EUIPO BASES TO START
   (Daily News: July 7, 2016)

   Integration of Georgian databases in trademark and design bases of the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is to start, the government declared.

   Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili discussed with EUIPO executive director Antonio Campinos issues of related cooperation at the meeting, held yesterday.

8. THE GOVERNMENT: DRAFTING OF LAND UTILIZATION PLAN TO BEGIN FOR BAKURIANI
   (Daily News: July 7, 2016)

   The government decided to renew general plan of land utilization in Bakuriani (mountainous resort in Shida Kartli region), taking into account nearby location of settlement with potential to become a resort – Didi Mitarbi.

   “We start drafting the plan of land utilization.

9. THE GOVERNMENT: STATE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LAND PRIVATIZATION
   (Daily News: July 7, 2016)

   At the meeting today, the government approved state program on support of privatization of agricultural land plots in some settlements, being in factual ownership of private individuals.

   The government specified that the matter concerns those citizens, who did not receive agricultural lands during land reform, conducted years ago, but factually own this property for 15 years at least.

10. PREMIER: GEORGIA MOVED TO GROUP OF COUNTRIES WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH INCOME
    (Daily News: July 7, 2016)

    According to the World Bank’s latest classification, Georgia moved to group of countries with middle and high income, the Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared today at the government meeting. Until now, the country was in group of lower-middle income countries.

11. THE GOVERNMENT: THE US EXPANDS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGIA
    (Daily News: July 6, 2016)

    Memorandum on expansion of cooperation between Georgia and the US in defense and security was formalized in Tbilisi today. The document was signed by Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the US Secretary of State John Kerry.

12. Iveria.Biz: “ALARMING AIR POLLUTION: ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION MINISTER AGAINST FIREWOOD AND BARBEQUE”
    (Economic Press Monitor: July 6, 2016)

    World Healthcare Organization (WTO) published research of International Energy Agency (IEA), which places Georgia on the top of worldwide list of countries in terms of air pollution and death, caused by this problem. As key reason of pollution, technically defective transport was named.

13. Rezonansi: “LOW-QUALITY CAR PARTS – DRIVERS DICE WITH DEATH!”
    (Economic Press Monitor: July 5, 2016)

    Georgia is full of second-hand car parts of unclear origin, car market is absolutely uncontrolled, so number of car accidents is increasing, environment is polluted and people get sick more often, the newspaper says. Age of more than 400,000 vehicles is over 20 years.

14. GEORGIAN WINE FESTIVAL HELD IN SHANGHAI AND HONG KONG
    (Daily News: July 4, 2016)

    Agriculture Ministry reported about Georgian wine festival, being held in Shanghai and Hong Kong. At the event, wines of 9 Georgian winemaking companies were represented.

15. Kviris Palitra: “THEY CAME, THEY SAW AND THEY PASSED BY…”
    (Economic Press Monitor: July 4, 2016)

    Giorgi Pataridze, analyst at Innovative Research Center, stated to the newspaper that agricultural tourism is one of the popular directions in Georgia, which is very interestingly developed in Kakheti. In this direction, tourism could be developed interestingly in all regions, for instance in Ajara, he noted.

16. AGREEMENT ON ASSOCIATION WITH EU FULLY ENACTED
    (Daily News: July 1, 2016)

    Association Agreement, signed between Georgia and EU, has entered in full force today. In the released statement, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili declared that the Agreement “cements Georgia’s relations with a partner which, for years, has been our model and end destination.

17. Rezonansi: “PENSION GROWTH OR 20-LARI COMPENSATION?”
    (Economic Press Monitor: July 1, 2016)

    After lari devaluation and increased cost of living, experts do not see increase of pensions by 20 lari is a serious action, the newspaper says.

    As the article states, all interviewed experts had declared to the newspaper that growth of pension from 160 to 180 lari (from July 1) will not improve social state of pensioners.

18. AGRICULTURE MINISTRY: GEORGIAN WINE HOUSE OPENED IN CHINA’S URUMQI
    (Daily News: June 30, 2016)

    Agriculture Ministry reported that Georgian Wine House, occupying area of 600 square m, is opened in Urumqi of China’s province Xinjiang.

    Giorgi Samanishvili, chairman of Georgian National Wine Agency, who attended the opening ceremony, said that “before end of the year, more 4 Georgian wine houses are planned to open, each storing about 10,000-12,000 bottles of wine”.

19. OECD DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL: WE ARE READY TO COOPERATE ACTIVELY WITH GEORGIA
    (Daily News: June 30, 2016)

    Douglas Frantz, deputy secretary general of OECD, declared: “We are ready to cooperate actively with Georgia”.

    “Georgia achieved important progress both in economics and social sphere”, Frantz stated, adding: “This means that progress has been reached in terms of cooperation with SME”.

20. THE GOVERNMENT: UP TO 60 BUSINESSMEN ATTENDED SWITZERLAND-GEORGIA BUSINESS FORUM
    (Daily News: June 29, 2016)

    Up to 60 businessmen attended Switzerland-Georgia business forum in Bern, administration of Georgian government reported. The event was organized by National Investment Agency of Georgia.

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