Commercial Times

[...] According to the Health Minister Davit Sergeenko, he has not been offered the post of Prime Minister by Bidzina Ivanishvili as of yet. In response to the question as to whether he would accept [...]

[...] or not he will be named by Bidzina Ivanishvili as the latter’s successor on the post of Prime Minister. Neither could he respond to the question as to what decision he will make if he is to be [...]

[...] , and we are working on it every day,” Bidzina Ivanishvili has stated. According to the Prime Minister, the economy cannot be restructured in 2-3 days. He views the Co-Investment Fund as one of [...]

[...] Officers of the Georgian Armed Forces have handed over a Georgian flag to the Prime Minister in the name of the Georgian contingent participating in the ISAF mission. The flag had flown [...]

[...] Attempts to stock up the State Budget through trial agreements and fines – the United National Movement has raised the issue [...]

[...] promises the population to have the education and health sectors fully financed from the State Budget, fully abolish the water bills, and halve the tariffs on electricity and other energy [...]

[...] It will cost the State Budget considerably less to maintain the Parliament – the Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri has [...]

[...] of women’s rights. Furthermore, the funding for professional education within the 2014 State Budget was discussed at the conference. The legislation on this issue is in the process of being [...]

[...] representative in Georgia Azim Sadikov has stated that he sees nothing alarming in Bidzina Ivanishvili’s expected departure. According to him, it does not really matter who the next Prime [...]

[...] The identity of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s successor as Prime Minister will become known a few days after the presidential [...]

[...] of Georgian sports and Olympic movement – these issues were discussed by Bidzina Ivanishvili at today’s meeting with the President of the European Olympic Committe Patrick [...]

[...] political position after standing down as Prosecutor General, and said that similar to Bidzina Ivanishvili, he plans to pursue a career in the public sector. “I would like to announce my [...]

[...] intentionally delay the investigation. The bank’s former shareholders appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office several months ago, demanding an investigation into the case. [...]

[...] to have justice restored. Members of the fellowship have staged a protest outside the Prosecutor General’s Office. They claim that a housing unit under construction was secretly mortgaged by [...]

[...] “I am not the Prosecutor General, and therefore do not know what kind of questions the Prosecutor’s Office might have [...]

[...] Otar Partskhaladze will be Georgia’s new Prosecutor General. He is currently heading the Finance Ministry Investigation Service. The Investigation [...]

[...] to 2.5%, and predicted that the unemployment figure would reach 17.3% in 2014. The Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri has categorically disagreed with these figures. According to Mr. Sadykov, producing [...]

[...] promises regarding a more humane tax system, according to the statement made by the Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri. He explains that the minister no longer has a right to define the laws. Furthermore, [...]

[...] The costs of the presidential inauguration ceremony are as of yet unknown. The Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri has stated that a special committee is working on all issues related to the [...]

[...] infrastructure projects will be carried out as originally intended. Equally, the Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri remains optimistic, claiming that there are no problems with regards to Budget [...]

[...] The Georgian delegation has travelled to Geneva, where the 25th round of talks is due to take place. The main issue [...]

[...] Assembly of Eurochambres on October 17. According to Kakha Baindurashvili, the Georgian delegation’s involvement with the association of European chambers will aid the country& [...]

[...] The identity of the members of the Georgian delegation who will participate in the Vilnius summit will become known in 2 days. According to the [...]

[...] MPs. Meetings with students and local media representatives are also being planned. The Georgian delegation includes members of both the parliamentary majority and the opposition. [...]

[...] Georgia will have the lowest economic growth rate in the region, according to the IMF’s calculations. The IMF predicts the Georgian [...]

[...] According to Sakstat’s preliminary data, Georgia’s economic growth rate during the third quarter of 2013 was 1.3%. The same data shows that the economy grew by 1. [...]

[...] success, according to Mr. Sadikov. The IMF has earlier predicted that the country’s economic growth rate for this year will be 2.5%. [...]

[...] duties. The Minister of Infrastructure Davit Narmania has stated that in spite of a lower economic growth rate, all the planned infrastructure projects will be carried out as originally intended. [...]

[...] . Furthermore, he categorically refuted the suggestions of a conflict between himself and Archil Kbilashvili. Archil Kbilashvili announced his decision to leave the post of Prosecutor General [...]

[...] Georgia’s Prosecutor General is leaving his post. Archil Kbilashvili has made a statement in this regard at an emergency briefing. He will stand down on 17 [...]

[...] is being considered for the post of Prosecutor General. He is 42 years of age. Archil Kbilashvili made the announcement about his intention to step down yesterday. [...]

[...] The first anniversary of Kakha Kaladze’s appointment as Minister of Energy was marked with the presentation of a specially [...]

[...] General and the Minister of Energy have signed a short term memorandum today. According to Kakha Kaladze, Georgian Hydro Power will first be conducting technological research on the Ubisa HPP and [...]

[...] Russian delegation expressed its interest in the Georgian market. However, according to Kakha Kaladze, the first meeting was of an introductory nature, and no specific projects have been [...]

[...] TV3 that the legislation was finalised following consultations with the government’s economic team and the National Bank, and will be passed on to the government for a review in the near future. [...]

[...] not be plugged by applying pressure on the businesses. Each member of the government’s economic team has produced different arguments to explain the failure to fulfil the Budget programme. The [...]

[...] power plants, and energy tariffs have been lowered. Members of the government’s economic team have confirmed that they regard increased investments in the energy sector as a prerequisite [...]