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"The volume of Georgia’s debt has increased."
On 4 March 2015, the Minister of Finance of Georgia, Nodar Khaduri, discussed the outcomes of the
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"We had a 57% growth rate in tourism in 2012 whilst this year it registered a 7% decline."
On 17 February 2015, on air on Rustavi 2 TV, the former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili,
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"The economy is growing very slowly. Our country has lost GEL 4 billion in the past three years."
On 3 March 2015, at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, United National Movement MP,
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"The situation abroad is significantly affecting the devaluation of GEL."
On 24 February 2015, as a guest of the talk show, Archevani, the Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia,
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"In order to export tomatoes from Georgia to Turkey, one must pay a 300% levy whilst for tomato imports from Turkey, the levy is 0%."
On 14 February 2015, on air on Imedi TV, businessman, Levan Vasadze, stated that Georgia has been
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"It is harmful for the country when the Prime Minister says that we lied to the whole world about Georgia being attractive for investments according t...
On 4 February 2014, Giorgi Vashadze was interviewed on the TV show, Archevani, regarding ongoing
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"The action plan concerning the decrease in administrative spending will be created in the upcoming days."
The exchange rate of GEL started to depreciate at the end of November 2014. This trend continued in
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"Kakha Kaladze visited Tkibuli and declared that 17 blocks have already been gasified. None of them are.”
On 30 January 2015, IMEDI TV hosted representatives of the ruling coalition and the opposition.
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"A total of 530,000 of our citizens have their loans in USD."
According to the statement of the Parliamentary Minority MP, Mikheil Machavariani, the depreciation
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“The EU-Georgia Association Agreement requires introducing an integrated system of treasury management for the self-governing units.”
On 10 December 2014, Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia, Giorgi Kakauridze, addressed the
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"The Association Agreement with the European Union does not require Georgia to increase excise tax on beer."
On 5 February 2015, on air on the Maestro channel, the Director of Corporate Issues at the
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"There was a 30% decrease in exports in January. The trend of the decrease in exports started approximately in August of last year."
On 18 February 2015, at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the Parliamentary
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"The decrease in oil prices has caused problems in our region. This influenced Georgia and the exchange rate of GEL as well."
The depreciation of GEL remains among the most serious problems. The exchange rate of GEL with
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"The financial stability of our country is not at risk. The depreciation of GEL will not cause a significant rise in prices."
On 30 January 2015, in terms of FactCheck’s Check Your Fact service, our reader, Sandro Arsoshvili,
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"Our government managed to achieve a 4.7%-4.8% economic growth rate last year. This is a huge success."
On 2 February 2015, as a guest on IMEDI TV, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili,
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