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1. UNITED DEMOCRATS AND NEW RIGHTS OPPOSED TODAY COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND GAZPROM
   (Daily News: July 25, 2003)

   United Democrats and New Rights demanded today the disruption of “treacherous agreement with Gazprom”, drawn by the government of Georgia with the Russian gas giant Gazprom.

   The agreement on 25-year strategic cooperation between Georgia and JSC Gazprom has become effective this week.

2. THE UNITED DISTRIBUTOR ENERGY COMPANY PROCEEDS TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND BEGINS REORGANIZATION
   (Daily News: July 24, 2003)

   The United Distributor Energy Company, which has begun to disconnect district branches-debtors since June, now begins reorganization.

   The management of the energy company aims to make reorganization during 2 months in four main branches – Rustavi, Kutaisi, Poti and Zugdidi and visit Western Georgia on July 25-27 to that end (where the three last branches are located).

3. SUMMER ENERGY CRISIS
   (Weekly Press Digest: July 20, 2003)

   Khvalindeli Dge (Tomorrow) in the article “Energy Wars In Georgia: Foreigners Are Not Able To Subdue The Regions” (July 16) notices, that the wholesale electricity market and the power distributor company are not able to continue the restrictions in electricity supply and ask President for help.

   In the limitations impede both the authority of the regions and local population, who re-switch on disconnected substations, notices the newspaper, describing in detail situation around the substation in Imereti, which was without permission switched on in July 15.

4. DENDROLOGICAL PARK IS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CHINA EMBASSY IN TEMPORARY USAGE
   (Daily News: July 17, 2003)

   According to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade, the Dendrological Park, located in Tbilisi, must be delivered to the China Embassy in temporary usage. The Chinese side is ready to pay $1 million.

5. UNITED DISTRIBUTOR ENERGY COMPANY TOUGHENS ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS NON-PAYERS
   (Daily News: July 11, 2003)

   Since July 14, the United Distributor Energy Company aims, together with the branches (now 37 district branches are disconnected), to reduce electricity supply to such debtor regions, as Imereti and Samegrelo as well. For these regions will be established 12-hour schedule for electricity supply (from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).

6. AIR COMPANY TBILAVIAMSHENI HAS BEGUN THE REGULAR FLIGHTS
   (Daily News: July 9, 2003)

   Today in the morning the first regular flight Tbilisi-Donetsk was made by the airplane Yak-40, told Sarke the deputy director of the air company Tbilaviamsheni Zurab Lomidze. Until today, the air company had been making only charter and governmental flights, he noticed.

7. CONSULTING FIRM DVNK PROMISES TO ASSIST TO RESOLUTION OF UNITED DISTRIBUTOR COMPANY’S PROBLEM
   (Daily News: July 9, 2003)

   The Consulting Company Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli and Kavtaradze (DVNK) is elected by USAID as the consultant of the United Distributor Energy Company, which has been controlled since May of the current year by the PA Consulting Group (the contractor of USAID).

   The attraction of the consultant, aims to make the decisions of the energy company’s leadership more clearly for the society, declared today at the press conference Din White, the representative of PA Consulting Group.

8. THE OPPOSITION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LABORISTS AND AGORDZINEBA, SUPPORTS THE VARIANT OF BAKER
   (Daily News: July 8, 2003)

   Today President Eduard Shevardnadze and the leaders of the opposition have discussed at the State Office the variant about gathering the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). This variant was introduced by the former state secretary of the US James Baker, who visited Georgia at the end of the last week.

9. TBILISI AIR PLANT PLANS TO SET UP THE BUSINESS-CLASS PLANE PRODUCTION
   (Daily News: July 3, 2003)

   The Tbilisi air plant has finished assembling two initial 5-seat planes, Zurab Seskuria, LLC Tbilaviamsheni director for foreign economic relations, told Sarke.

   Seskuria said if flight tests would go well and the plant would be granted a certificate it could start up the full-scale production roughly next year.

10. THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS PROBLEMS OF THE BRITISH AND TURKISH AIR COMPANIES
    (Daily News: July 2, 2003)

    Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze today demanded from Zurab Chankotadze, head of the air administration, to resolve the problems with the British Mediterranean Airways and Turkish Airlines and warned him that otherwise he would be dismissed.

    The two air companies have not received the flight permits (on flights to Tbilisi) in the summer period due to the unsettled normative base in Georgia and the argument over taxes, which remains to be solved.

11. FINANCIAL AND TAX COMMITTEES DO NOT LIKE TAX AMENDMENTS OF FINANCE MINISTRY
    (Daily News: June 27, 2003)

    The Financial and Budgetary Committee and Committee on Taxes and Revenues of Parliament negatively evaluated the package tax amendments introduced by the Finance Ministry at a joint meeting today.

    David Salaridze, chairman of the Tax Committee, says the committee does not support the proposals but agrees to introduce them to the plenary session of Parliament, due to the demand of the IMF.

12. THE VOLUME OF NOT RECEIVED GRANTS MAY REACH 80M LARI BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SAY EXPERTS
    (Daily News: June 17, 2003)

    The volume of grants the budget has not received may reach 80-81 million Lari, say experts of the consulting company Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli, Kavtaradze (Zurab Nogaideli, former finance minister).

    Experts say that for the past five months the budget has received only 8.59 million lari, or 22% of a half-year plan and 9% of the annual plan of 95.4 million lari.

13. SEVEN COMPANIES TAKE PART IN A TENDER FOR FINDING AUDITOR OF THREE LARGE ENTITIES
    (Daily News: June 16, 2003)

    Today was the deadline for submitting applications for a tender for finding an auditor of JSC Madneuli (the ore mining and processing enterprise), JSC Poti Port and LLC Georgian Railway. Submitting applications for tender, held by the recommendation of the IMF, started on April 15.

14. NEW DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER NOT APPOINTED YET
    (Daily News: June 16, 2003)

    Information has spread that David Galegashvili, current deputy chairman of the Customs Department, is going to be appointed Deputy Finance Minister.

    “The question has been in discussion for two weeks, but there is no official order”, First Deputy Finance Minister Zurab Soselia told Sarke.

15. MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS PROPOSES TO EXEMPT TEACHERS FROM INCOME TAX
    (Daily News: May 29, 2003)

    The Branch Economic Committee considered and approved today draft changes to the Tax Code, which exempt teachers from the income tax. The draft has been launched by the Movement for Democratic Reforms.

16. PARLIAMENT DEMANDS FROM THE FUEL AND ENERGY MINISTRY INTRODUCTION OF ENERGY POLICY CONCEPT
    (Daily News: May 29, 2003)

    The Branchwise Economic Comittee today demanded from the Ministry of Fuel and Energy to introduce the concept of energy policy in one week.

    Demur Giorkhelidze, the chairman of the committee, said the concept must be confirmed until the spring session of Parliament finishes.

17. TURKEY AND GEORGIA ARE NOT ABLE YET TO AGREE WITH RENEWAL OF TURKISH AIRLINES’ FLIGHTS
    (Daily News: May 27, 2003)

    Today, in the eve of the court listening to the question of Turkish Airlines (May 28), the ambassador of Turkey has discussed with the President of Georgia behind the closed doors the formed hard situation in air sphere.

    After the meeting, the head of Air Administration Zurab Chankotadze told the journalists, that the conversations with the Turkish side have been finished without result.

18. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD…
    (Weekly Press Digest: May 25, 2003)

    Rezonansi in May 20 article “What Will Happen With Georgian Roads” notes, that in Internet age and with Georgia’s geopolitical position there should not be problem of road. “But it is fact – today the roads are so damaged, that walker may break their legs, say nothing of the cars”.

19. LABORISTS’S LEADER BLAMES AGAIN NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND UNITED DEMOCRATS TO BE IN ALLIANCE WITH PRESIDENT
    (Daily News: May 22, 2003)

    At today’s press conference Shalva Natelashvili, the Laborists’s leader said, that the Citizens’ Union (CU), that had been supposed decayed, restored. Natelashvili blamed Mikhail Saakashvili, the leader of the National Movement and Zurab Zhvania, the leader of the United Democrats (both being in CU before) to be in alliance with the President.

20. LEADER OF UNITED DEMOCRATS SPEAKS ABOUT CATASTROPHIC SITUATION WITH BUDGET PERFORMANCE
    (Daily News: May 16, 2003)

    As the leader of the United Democrats Zurab Zhvania declared today on press conference, it is being formed “catastrophic situation” with the budget performance. According to him, the gap in the budget performance has already composed 42 million Lari for 4 months of the current year, and to the end of the year can reach 250 million.

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