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“I hope you don’t really believe that the Georgian economy is on an irreversible rising tide. The numbers which were published in November, December a...
On 2 April 2014 at the Parliament’s plenary session, representative of the Minority, MP Zurab
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“New jobs are not being created today, what we have is also being lost and this suspended economy is creating problems for the population.”
Nika Melia, Tbilisi’s mayoral candidate from the United National Movement, stated the following at
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Zurab Japaridze discusses the problems related to the expenditures of the 2013 budget.
At the plenary session of the Georgian Parliament held on 30 April 2014, representative of the
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“In 2013, we had a shortfall of GEL 703 million in the budget expenditures. Tax revenues decreased by GEL 633 million. This year, already in the first...
On 30 April 2014, representative of the Parliamentary Minority, Zurab Melikishvili, delivered a
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“Considering that Georgia is rich in hydro resources and, at present, only 18% of these resources are employed, our country is particularly attractive...
On 28 March 2013, the informational-analytical portal, for.ge, published a newscast on the
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“In March of 2013, tax revenues amounted to GEL 710 million, in March of 2014 – 686 million. You have a decrease in comparison to March of the precedi...
At the session of the Parliament of Georgia held on 2 April 2014, representative of the
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“…Over the course of the last months, the GEL fell by up to 6%. Meanwhile in neighbouring Turkey, the Turkish lira is falling by around 25% and the ra...
At the plenary session of the Parliament held on 5 February 2014, Chair of the Committee on Budget
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“Georgia tripled the volume of its export to Russia. However, today, the impact of the Russian embargo would not be as grave as it was in 2006. At tha...
On 7 March 2014 the news agency Pirveli published the following statement of the Prime Minister of
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“In the previous year, the rate of economic growth exceeded 3%. In the last months, the growth rate took a notable upturn. In October, the indicator r...
Discussing the Georgian economy at the Parliamentary session held on 5 February 2014, Chair of the
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“In January-November 2013, the negative trade balance of Georgia has improved by 7% as compared to the same period of 2012 amounting to a total of 4.4...
Meeting with representatives of the business sector on 15 January 2014, the Prime Minister of
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“A majority of foreign debt has been accumulated precisely during their governance [the United National Movement]. This year, we were compelled to all...
Discussing economic affairs in his interview to the television company Russia Today on 2 December
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“In 2013 and 2014, the amount of debt repaid from the budget will exceed the loan taken by the government. In this period, the government will be comp...
Delivering a speech at the plenary sessions of the Parliament of Georgia on 13 November and 11
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“The budget saw a growth of 261 million lari but, unfortunately, this is not a real growth. Budget revenues are, in fact, decreasing by 42.7 million l...
Delivering a speech at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia on 14 November 2013, the MP
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“The government is taking internal debts of unprecedented magnitude and with high interest rates which will be hard to repay afterwards.”
Delivering a speech at the plenary session of the Parliament on 30 October 2013, representative of
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“Expenditures of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia amounted to 223 million lari in the first two quarters of 2013, ex...
At the economic debates held in the Parliament of Georgia on 1 October 2013, Zurab Tkemaladze,
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