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“There has been no employee certification in the State Audit Office of Georgia for the last seven years. This is a violation of the law which says tha...
On 30 July 2014, at the plenary session of the Parliament, the Parliamentary Majority MP, Tamaz
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“In 2012, the previous Government signed a secret agreement which provided for the construction of a Chinese town near Tbilisi Sea and the settlement ...
On 7 October 2014, in terms of FactCheck’s Check Your Fact service, our reader, Nata Shubitidze,
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“The United National Movement was paying GEL 1,000 [to farmers] to cut down the grape vines.”
On 26 September 2014, representatives of the government and the opposition took part in the
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“More than 600 tonnes of grapes have been harvested in Racha as of today. The profit for the population has reached GEL 5 million.”
The Minister of Agriculture of Georgia, Otar Danelia, along with the Head of the National Wine
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“A 62% growth of the export production [of wine] has already been recorded this year. If last year 47 million bottles of wine were exported, this year...
On 15 October 2014, during his speech at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the Head
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“The abortion rate decreased in the last decade. These are the data of the United Nations Population Fund.”
On 17 September 2014, at a plenary session of the Parliament, the Head of the Health and Social
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“The United National Movement had planned to spend GEL 182 million more on social care than the Georgian Dream coalition actually spent.”
On 30 September 2014, Rustavi 2’s talk show Archevani summarised the two-year rule of the Georgian
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“The mortality rate was constantly increasing until 2012. In 2013, this rate, including the child mortality rate, decreased.”
On 1 October 2014, whilst attending a plenary session at the Parliament, representative of the
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“The government, this bureaucracy that currently governs, costs GEL 138 million more to the taxpayers whilst already in the first six months of this y...
On 30 September, as a guest of the TV programme, Archevani, Zurab Japaridze spoke about the
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“We have made a significant progress in different fields of the economy this year: the economy is growing, trade has grown by 12% and we have a notic...
On 30 September 2014, Giorgi Kvirikashvili talked about the positive changes in the economy. He
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“None of the Ministers has replaced [his or her] car (since 1 October 2012).”
On 10 September 2014, the Minister of Finance of Georgia, Nodar Khaduri, told reporters that
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“The number of visitors [to Georgia] decreased for the first time this year.”
On 30 September 2014, as a guest of Rustavi 2’s Archevani programme, Zurab Japaridze stated: “The
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“There is no European country with such a liberal attitude towards illegal abortions… There is a minimum of one year of imprisonment everywhere.”
The sanctions are being tightened on illegal abortions as the amendments in the Criminal Code of
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“Surveys show that for the first time in many years public confidence in the police has fallen.”
On 26 September 2014, on Imedi Channel’s Reaction, the United National Movement MP, Zurab
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“The processes, which took place from 1 August to 7 September, are evaluated in the statement of the non-governmental organisations. It concerns the p...
On 1 October 2014, member of the Parliamentary Minority, Pavle Kublashvili, spoke about the
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