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”This shore protection work in Anaklia was not planned previously. As always, the previous government did everything wrong.”
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili visited Samegrelo within the framework of a regional tour on 2
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Regional news agency – Guria News publishes a weekly brief of FactCheck articles
Regional news agency – Guria News publishes a weekly brief of FactCheck
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“200 million worth of property (Agricultural University) has been donated to Bendukidze for one lari.”
Lasha Gotsiridze, Rector of the Agricultural University, contacted FactCheck within our new Check
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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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Davit Narmania speaks about infrastructural projects carried out in 2013.
On 11 April 2014, the former Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, Davit
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“Within the framework of preferential agro-credits, we have already issued 14,100 credits with the total amount of GEL 318,000,000. A total of 70 new ...
On 10 April 2014, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Project
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“How is it that in the research conducted from 26 March to 18 April, the name of a candidate officially nominated on 4 April, by the beginning of the ...
On 8 May 2014, while meeting with the electorate, Tbilisi mayoral candidate of the United
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“The prices of drugs have increased by 25%. Drugs are one of the biggest problems of the health care programme as the [Universal Health Care] state pr...
On 30 April 2014, at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, Member of the Parliamentary
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"Anyone opening a dental office had no obligation to report about this activity to the Ministry of Health. That is why we do not know the number of de...
New regulations have been enacted for dental offices in Georgia since 1 May 2014. Davit Sergeenko,
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“In 2013, the number of visitors grew by 22%. A total of 5.4 million visitors came to Georgia and with this indicator we hold one of the leading posit...
On 11 April 2014 the 16th International Tourism Exhibition was opened at the Expo Georgia
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“There are more than 2,000 schools in Georgia and only 900 contestants have obtained certificates after seven months of competition… there are only 1,...
Member of the United National Movement, Sergo Ratiani, discussed the certification process of
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“Last year, the government pledged and utterly fulfilled a commitment to boost the salaries of judges by 70%-80%… There has been no such precedent for...
On 8 April 2014, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, made the following statement:
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“… We were not exactly indulged with domestically produced agricultural goods and so, consequently, the share of agriculture in the GDP amounted to so...
On 10 April 2014 present Tbilisi mayoral candidate and Minister of Infrastructure at the time
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“The very first shelter for homeless people was opened only in 2013.”
On 26 April 2014, Tbilisi mayoral candidate for the Georgian Dream coalition, Davit Narmania,
09/05/2014Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition