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![“Regarding the speculations that this [moratorium on agricultural land] is impeding the flow of investments and economic growth, [they are false, as] no agricultural investments are being made in Georgia.”](https://factcheck.ge/storage/defaults/default-seo.jpeg)
Giorgi Targamadze:“Regarding the speculations that this [moratorium on agricultural land] is impeding the flow of investments and economic growth, [they are false, as] no agricultural investments are being made in Georgia.”
20/10/2013LieThe statement is inaccurate and the assertion in it is absurd -
Zurab Melikishvili:“The Tbilisi Railway Bypass project has virtually been suspended and brought to a standstill while a massive portion of the actual construction work, roughly 80%, had already been concluded.”
15/11/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Mikheil Machavariani:“We inherited an economy which imposed 23 sorts of taxes and the heaviest tax burden while the economy we left behind has only five types of taxes. You can see for yourselves what sorts of countries Georgia has come close to in terms of low tax rates.”
13/11/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Zurab Kharatishvili:
“Rustavi is an industrial town and in the aftermath of the October [Parliamentary] elections the state of employment is only worsening.”
10/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“According to the data of the UN, 13% of the Georgian population (600,000 persons) spends only two lari a day on everything, including food. This means that 13% of the Georgian population is suffering from starvation.”
25/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Giorgi Baramidze:
“There is a shortfall in the budget of GEL 500 million”
29/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Giorgi Margvelashvili:
“We have helped 710 thousand farmers and given them vouchers of 500 lari.”
14/11/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Giorgi Margvelashvili:
Giorgi Margvelashvili discusses the achievements in the fields of healthcare and social affairs.
25/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Davit Bakradze:
“Not a single tetri of the next year’s state budget is allocated for the increase of pensions.”
24/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“There are no benefits for small and medium businesses. They are taxed equally as the big banks, the big oil distribution companies and so forth.”
24/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“Thousands of families [children with disabilities] expected a 30 lari increase in their pension starting from September but the pension grew only by eight lari and, on top of that, the household assistance was discontinued.”
24/10/2013Mostly FalseIn the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“The subsistence level is not being raised and the methods of its measurement remain unchanged.”
19/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Mikheil Machavariani:
“Banking system assets [of GDP] amount to 52% … banking deposits increased to the point of 14 billion. These are the indicators of trust present in the Georgian economy and the banking system, the system which we left to you.”
17/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Paata Kvizhinadze:“As shown in the data from the first quarter of 2013, growth was observed in all real sectors but construction.”
16/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Zurab Abashidze:
Zurab Abashidze discussed the economic indicators of the first two quarters.
15/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Economy
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“Recent economic growth constitutes 9.7%...
Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
“Georgia is becoming increasingly attrac...
FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
“The economy grew by 9.5% with export an...
Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
