“From 1 September 2014 the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union will be enacted. This means that the customs duties with all of the 28 EU countries will be nullified.”

“We have the lowest taxes in the region, simplified border procedures, a corruption-free environment and very good public services. None of the countries in our region can offer such conditions to the West.”

“The profitability of the commercial banks is 14.5% annually. This means that their yearly profit is 14.5% of the total capital which is definitely not a ‘super-profit’ or a ‘mega-profit’ if such terms even exist.”

“The rating of Georgia has improved in the ratings of Moody’s credit rating agency. The agency has changed its assessment from stable to positive.”

“The demand on red grapes, Saperavi, in particular, is at least two times more than the expected harvest.”

“According to the United Nations, the population of Georgia is expected to reduce by 1,170,000 people by 2050 while the populations of Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to grow by 34% and 7%, respectively. The birth rate is reduced and the number of abo

“We signed a treaty with the World Bank and received a concessionary loan which means we will pay a very low interest for the first 15 years. This loan will facilitate the construction of an additional 200 km of roads.”

“We paid GEL 416.2 million more in pensions and spent GEL 158.3 million more on healthcare. This is a 57.1% growth since 2011.”

“Export to the European Union increased by 57% in the first six months. This is an all-time record. Export constituted 65% last year. These are the highest numbers in ten years.”

“The number of people with social vulnerability status has increased significantly with each election. It increased especially during the 2012 parliamentary elections.”

“Mr Koba [Subeliani], I would like to remind you that when you were in government the budget of the Ministry of Refugees was GEL 25 million. It is now GEL 50 million which means that we’ve doubled it.”

According to Davit Sergeenko, the National Statistics Office of Georgia determines the price change on medications by population surveys which do not reflect the actual situation. The Minister says that medication has become cheaper.

On 2 July 2014, in his interview with the media, the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

“Mr Ivanishvili never said anything about reducing the petrol price by one lari. Please provide the source of such information. None of the members of the coalition have ever said that the petrol price would be reduced by one lari or that the electricity

“We have 16% growth in export in the first five months. The export of local, especially agricultural, products is growing.”