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Roman Gotsiridze:

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway should have been opened five years ago and today the Minister of Economy says that 70% of the work is completed

20/10/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Giorgi Kakauridze:

We are taking debts only for funding infrastructural projects

23/10/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Irakli Abesadze:

The state foreign and domestic debt have doubled

09/10/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Giorgi Kvirikashvili:

Georgia is the leader in terms of support received per capita from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

18/09/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Dimitri Kumsishvili:

As a result of a strict tax administration, incomes received from the gambling business has increased in the past years and exceed GEL 100 million

04/09/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Elene Khoshtaria:

Bonuses in public sector are rising from year to year. In 2014, it was GEL 218 million whilst in 2016, it was either GEL 318 or GEL 320 million

31/07/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Davit Sergeenko:

Georgia spends 2.5% of the country’s gross domestic product for healthcare. In Europe, this is 5%-7% or 10% on average. The United States spends 17% of its gross domestic product for healthcare

31/07/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Roman Gotsiridze:

There is not a single country which has a GDP per capita more than USD 10,000 and does not have more than a 60% urbanisation rate

11/07/2017

Mostly True

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Giorgi Kvirikashvili:

In the first four months of 2017 gross domestic product increased by 4.3%, exports rose by 29%, number of tourists increased by 22% whilst volume of remittances grew by 26%

03/07/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Giorgi Kvirikashvili:

There is one of the lowest rates of corruption in Georgia and we are ahead of many European nations in this regard

12/06/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Otar Danelia:

Within the framework of agricultural programmes, 158 new enterprises received funding and 6,000 jobs were created

06/06/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Roman Gotsiridze:

The number of tourists from Iran increased by 227% in January-April… Our government acted stupidly when they abolished the visa-free regime with Iran for 2.5 years

29/05/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Irakli Kobakhidze:

The total installed capacity of the hydroelectric power plants built in 2007-2012 is eight megawatts whilst the total installed capacity of the hydroelectric power plants built in 2013-2016 is 415 megawatts

29/05/2017

Mostly True

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Badri Basishvili:

In the last few years, facts of kidnapping people from the occupation line have doubled and even trebled

24/05/2017

Mostly True

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Shida Kartli
Irakli Kobakhidze:

The volume of Foreign Direct Investments under the previous government was USD 1,024 million on average annually, whilst under our government, it is USD 1,477 million per year, which constitutes 45% growth

24/04/2017

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition

Mostly True

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway should have been opened five years ago and today the Minister of Economy says that 70% of the work is completed

We are taking debts only for funding infrastructural projects

The state foreign and domestic debt have doubled

Georgia is the leader in terms of support received per capita from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

As a result of a strict tax administration, incomes received from the gambling business has increased in the past years and exceed GEL 100 million

Bonuses in public sector are rising from year to year. In 2014, it was GEL 218 million whilst in 2016, it was either GEL 318 or GEL 320 million

Georgia spends 2.5% of the country’s gross domestic product for healthcare. In Europe, this is 5%-7% or 10% on average. The United States spends 17% of its gross domestic product for healthcare

There is not a single country which has a GDP per capita more than USD 10,000 and does not have more than a 60% urbanisation rate

In the first four months of 2017 gross domestic product increased by 4.3%, exports rose by 29%, number of tourists increased by 22% whilst volume of remittances grew by 26%

There is one of the lowest rates of corruption in Georgia and we are ahead of many European nations in this regard

Within the framework of agricultural programmes, 158 new enterprises received funding and 6,000 jobs were created

The number of tourists from Iran increased by 227% in January-April… Our government acted stupidly when they abolished the visa-free regime with Iran for 2.5 years

The total installed capacity of the hydroelectric power plants built in 2007-2012 is eight megawatts whilst the total installed capacity of the hydroelectric power plants built in 2013-2016 is 415 megawatts

In the last few years, facts of kidnapping people from the occupation line have doubled and even trebled

The volume of Foreign Direct Investments under the previous government was USD 1,024 million on average annually, whilst under our government, it is USD 1,477 million per year, which constitutes 45% growth

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