During the rule of the Georgian Dream, prices have increased by 20% on goods, by 18% on utilities, by 60% on medicines and by 37% on healthcare

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is TRUE.

In 2017-2022, the capital expenditures to GDP ratio will be 8% on average which is more than the GEL 25 billion value project

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Ivane Machavariani’s statement is TRUE.

In the first nine months of this year, Georgia’s economic growth reached 4.9% which exceeds the planned amount and as a result, we have a GEL 280 million surplus in budget revenues

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, ირაკლი კოვზანაძის განცხადება არის სიმართლე. რეზიუმე: 2018

Of the GEL 345 million increase in the 2019 state budget, GEL 145 million is debt

Verdict:  FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

Business has one of the lowest tax burdens in Georgia. This is because as concluded by the World Bank, the total tax rate in Georgia is only 9.9% and this makes us number three in the world in this component

Of the USD 3.5 billion deficit in trade, USD 2 billion is covered by tourism revenues

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Kobulia’s statement is TRUE. Resume: The country’s

The 2019 draft state budget has not envisioned an increase in assistance for socially vulnerable children. It was after the first round of the presidential election that the assistance increased

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, ზურაბ ჭიაბერაშვილის განცხადება არის სიმართლე.

In the last five years of the Georgian Dream’s rule, pension has increased twice, by GEL 10 in 2015 and by GEL 20 in 2016. Pension did not increase in 2018 and a GEL 20 increase is envisioned in the 2019 state budget which will not compensate for the rise

Tea Tsulukiani has been noted multiple times for withholding public information and her disrespect shown towards the law is systematic for a long period of time already

Russia uses quotes from Salome Zurabishvili’s book as an argument against Georgia in The Hague

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, დავით ბაქრაძის განცხადება არის სიმართლე.   რეზიუმე: 2008 წლის...

150,000 children are starving in Georgia

Current expenses will be decreased for the next year. In 2018, current expenses are 23% whilst they will be 22.6% in 2019 and we are going to increase capital expenditures

The production of cannabis for medical purposes in the world is growing and there will be a cannabis market of USD 25 billion by 2024-2025 according to different estimates

Georgia’s export was USD 2 billion in 2017. Officially, Georgia’s export amounts to USD 2.7 billion but USD 0.7 billion is re-export because we import and export oil as well as we import and export cars

5.8 million international travellers visited Georgia in the first eight months of 2018 which is 12% more as compared to the same period of the previous year... The largest international media platform put Georgia in the top ten countries to visit in 2018