“According to the United Nations, the population of Georgia is expected to reduce by 1,170,000 people by 2050 while the populations of Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to grow by 34% and 7%, respectively. The birth rate is reduced and the number of abo

“We signed a treaty with the World Bank and received a concessionary loan which means we will pay a very low interest for the first 15 years. This loan will facilitate the construction of an additional 200 km of roads.”

“We paid GEL 416.2 million more in pensions and spent GEL 158.3 million more on healthcare. This is a 57.1% growth since 2011.”

“Export to the European Union increased by 57% in the first six months. This is an all-time record. Export constituted 65% last year. These are the highest numbers in ten years.”

“The number of people with social vulnerability status has increased significantly with each election. It increased especially during the 2012 parliamentary elections.”

“Mr Koba [Subeliani], I would like to remind you that when you were in government the budget of the Ministry of Refugees was GEL 25 million. It is now GEL 50 million which means that we’ve doubled it.”

According to Davit Sergeenko, the National Statistics Office of Georgia determines the price change on medications by population surveys which do not reflect the actual situation. The Minister says that medication has become cheaper.

On 2 July 2014, in his interview with the media, the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

“Mr Ivanishvili never said anything about reducing the petrol price by one lari. Please provide the source of such information. None of the members of the coalition have ever said that the petrol price would be reduced by one lari or that the electricity

“We have 16% growth in export in the first five months. The export of local, especially agricultural, products is growing.”

“Revenues from income tax have been increased and, as you know, income tax directly depends on the amount of wages. Hence, since the revenues have increased, the wages must have been increased as well.”

“73% of [Georgia’s] indigenous population is unemployed.”

“New jobs are not being created today, what we have is also being lost and this suspended economy is creating problems for the population.”

“Our government has allocated GEL 400 of aid for each veteran for the 69th anniversary [of the Great Patriotic War] and GEL 200 for each family which lost its breadwinner. You are aware that the state has launched a health-care programme which includes a

“No new enterprises have been created under the agricultural programme”

“Economic growth [for 2013] was equal to 8% in November, 8.4% in December and 6.9%, on average, in the fourth quarter with the growth trend continuing in the current year as well.”