Today news:

politics

LEADER OF PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY DEMANDS SOFTENING OF SANCTIONS ON STREET TRADE

According to Giorgi Targamadze, the leader of the Parliamentary minority, it is not reasonable to confiscate merchandise and impose fines during the first revelation of the unauthorized street trading.

The MP, explaining that street traders may know nothing about the new rules, demands to inform street traders in the written form before imposing of the sanctions.

THREE MUNICIPALITIES IN KAKHETI ARE ACCUSED OF 6.8M LARI MISUSE

As Human Rights Center informs, Public Prosecutor’s Office launched a criminal investigation of the fact of money misspending by Signagi, Lagodekhi and Gurjaani municipalities. The matter concerns 6.8 million lari, allotted in May 2008 (in the eve of the Parliamentary elections).

economics

DONORS PLAN TO ALLOT $177M FOR GAS STORAGE CONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA

TI-Georgia, Georgian branch of Transparency International, reports that $177 million out of the aid, issued by donors, may be directed at construction of the gas storage in Georgia.

The mentioned sum is mentioned in the Joint Needs Assessment document, which was prepared by the joint commission of the World Bank, European Commission and UN and was submitted to the donors’ conference in Brussels on October 22, 2008.

RENEWED CUSTOMS CHECKPOINT LAGODEKHI IS OPENED

Customs checkpoint Lagodekhi was officially opened these days on Georgian-Azerbaijani border. Creation of new infrastructure was implemented through financial support of the US.

business

VILLAGE SADGERI OF BORJOMI DISTRICT WILL GET NATURAL GAS FROM TODAY

As Georgian Energy Ministry reports, 130 families of the village Sadgeri of Borjomi district will get natural gas from today. Gas supply is implemented through gas pipeline of 4.6 km, constructed by distribution company Itera-Georgia.

AIR COMPANY SKY GEORGIA WILL SELL A NUMBER OF TICKETS AT 10 EUR DURING WINTER SEASON

As air company Sky Georgia reports, the company will sell a certain number of tickets at 10 EUR during the winter season.

Such kind of discount will spread at the first 200-250 tickets, sold in a month.

ARTI GROUP TO DEMAND $100M FROM THE STATE FOR REPARATION OF LOSSES

Lawyers of Arti Group (LLC Arti, LLC International Building Company and LLC Priza) brought a case against the Georgian authorities in European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Dimitri Gabunia, lawyer of Arti Group, said that the company demands $100 million for reparation of material losses.

OLYMPIC STAR TO BUILD A TRADE AND LIVING COMPLEX NEAR TSERETELI AVENUE

Company Olympic Star will start construction of 20-storey complex in Tbilisi (adjacent territory of Tsereteli Avenue) in December. According to the project, trade outlets will be located on the first 4 floors, while living areas – at the rest floors.

PROFIT OF JSC AKAT CONSIDERABLY INCREASED AFTER MASTERING OF NEW PRODUCTION

As JSC Akat reports, by the state of the first half of 2008, company’s net profit made up 2,500 lari, which is 6 times more compared with the same period of 2007.

As this medical appliances’ producer company told Sarke, such rate is caused by mastering of new production (for example, adapters for gas meters).

society

VILLAGE KHAISHI SHOULD BE FLOODED BECAUSE OF KHUDONHES CONSTRUCTION

As Georgian Energy Ministry reports, at this stage census of residents of the expected site of KhudonHES (Khudon hydroelectric station) construction is under way. The census should be finished by November 30, after which compensation mechanism will be defined.

LAST WEEK REVIEW

privatization & investment

FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING

It is known that power enterprises being natural monopolies are under constant rapt attention of the state that cares about its power security.

Georgian power system had not been fit to operate independently and for the past ten years of political independence the problem of natural gas and power supply has not been solved.

politics & society

THE WAR

The whole territory of Georgia, far beyond Tskhinvali region, is targeted by Russian aviation for bombardments. Vaziani near Tbilisi, Black Sea port of Poti, Senaki in Samegrelo region, Gori and others cities of Georgia are bombed.

For further information:

Sarke