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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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“Georgia has one of the lowest debts in terms of percentage. Only Estonia, Azerbaijan and Russia are before us.”
On 12 December 2014, during the presentation of the state budget project at a plenary session of
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“2014 was an exceptional year in which the budget was executed.”
The government and the opposition, as well as the majority of economic experts, have different...
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According to Zurab Japaridze, the budget has been implemented only on paper.
The state budget is a plan of the estimated receipts and expenditures of the state for a year. The execution of the state budget means that receipts received and payments
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“We did not make any corrections in the budget. The previous government used to regularly correct the budget and portray it as if they had fulfilled i...
On 26 December 2014 at a press conference, Irakli Gharibashvili declared that the previous
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“In the first half of 2014, private investments increased by 36% as compared to 2013.”
On 14 November 2014, at a Parliamentary session, Nodar Khaduri stated that private investments
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“Our agriculture was 20% smaller in 2011 as compared to 2003. Today, we have growth in the field of agriculture.”
On 7 November 2014 as a guest of the talk show, Spectre, Minister of Finance of Georgia, Nodar
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“The budget deficit will equal 3.7% of the GDP by the end of 2014. We are planning to reduce it to 3% next year.”
On 14 November 2014, at the session of the Parliament of Georgia, Minister of Finance of Georgia,
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“The worsening of Georgia’s rating in the Doing Business study is due to the new research methodology.”
According to the Doing Business study, Georgia has moved from the 8th to the 15th position in 2014
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“As of today, tourism is the only sector in our economy showing growth.”
On 12 November 2014, during a discussion of the amendments to the Bill on Foreigners and Persons
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“The turnover of enterprises per capita is 12 or 13 times higher in Tbilisi than in the regions.”
On 20 October 2014, Minister of Economy of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, stated on Imedi TV that
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“Despite the fact that wages are being increased in the public sector, they still fall short of the private sector wages.”
On 7 October 2014, during the session of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament of
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“As the GDP and the economy were increasing during Saakashvili’s rule, Georgia was paradoxically almost the only country in which the unemployment rat...
On 30 September, as a guest on the TV programme Archevani, Davit Onoprishvili stated that during
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“Georgia is still among the poor countries. The GDP per capita equals GEL 6,000 with a total of 118 countries ranking higher. We doubled the GDP per c...
On 1 October 2014, during the session of the Parliament, Parliamentary Minority MP, Giorgi
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“The prices of products have gone up.”
On 1 October, during the Parliamentary session, member of the United National Movement, Giorgi
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“Wages in different sectors have grown significantly. A total of 24,800 new businesses have registered in the first six months of 2014 which is 737 mo...
On 1 October 2014, during a session of the Parliament of Georgia, Parliamentary Majority MP, Zurab
29/10/2014TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing
