Giorgi Vashadze: “In eight years food became 54% more expensive in the country.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Vashadze’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE.

Exogenous factors affected inflation in 2017 … This year we are dealing with an issue similar to that of 2017 when inflation is kept higher as compared to the targeted level owing to increased prices on tobacco and oil

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Koba Gvenetadze’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE.

Under the Georgian Dream’s rule, prices on medication increased by 60%, on healthcare by 37%, on utilities by 17% and on food by 20%

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Nika Melia’s statement is TRUE.

Unemployment increased, because jobs decreased in 2016 as compared to 2015

The unemployment rate among the youth between the ages of 20-24 years is 30%

Youth from the ages of 20 to 29 years constitute almost half of all the unemployed

The Government of Georgia is implementing the budget at the expense of increasing taxes. Life has become more expensive for the population, taxes have not been lowered

Georgia’s economic situation has worsened in the last three years

Every economic indicator has worsened this year.

Workplaces were abolished in 2013 and 2014 and unemployment grew. Georgia, along with Armenia, holds the first place in the region with the rate of unemployment.

About 30,000 more workplaces have been created in the country and the employment in the business sector is up.