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“73% of [Georgia’s] indigenous population is unemployed.”
Debates among Tbilisi’s mayoral candidates were held on TV3 on 29 May 2014. Dimitri Lortkipanidze,
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“New jobs are not being created today, what we have is also being lost and this suspended economy is creating problems for the population.”
Nika Melia, Tbilisi’s mayoral candidate from the United National Movement, stated the following at
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“As for those opposition parties which have an ambition for second place, I have the United National Movement in mind, just 6.1% of their majoritarian...
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili commented upon the results of the local self-government
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“200 million worth of property (Agricultural University) has been donated to Bendukidze for one lari.”
Lasha Gotsiridze, Rector of the Agricultural University, contacted FactCheck within our new Check
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“How is it that in the research conducted from 26 March to 18 April, the name of a candidate officially nominated on 4 April, by the beginning of the ...
On 8 May 2014, while meeting with the electorate, Tbilisi mayoral candidate of the United
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“Another problem is the price increase, inflation… According to only the latest documents, prices for practically everything rose by an average of 20-...
At the Parliamentary session held on 30 April 2014, the representative of the Parliamentary
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“We intensified the dialogue [on free trade agreement with the US].”
In his interview given to the Georgian Public Broadcaster on 6 March 2014, Irakli Gharibashvili
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“The [Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Georgia – Georgia 2020] document contains copious amounts of lies. For instance, the document claims that...
At the plenary session held on 21 February 2014, member of the Parliamentary Minority, Giorgi
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“In one year, Davit Narmania barely managed to pave 700 metres of the East-West highway.”
A plenary session of the Georgian Parliament was held on 5 February 2014 where Giorgi Vashadze, a
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“We have 63 municipalities and only four of them are equipped with council conference halls.”
On 23 January 2014, the Georgian Parliament discussed the amendments to the Law on Local
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“You have put 300,000 persons on trial over nine years.”
On 19 November 2013, the Prime Minister held a meeting with the Parliamentary Minority. Member of
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“The gasification process in villages has been suspended throughout the whole of Georgia.”
At the plenary session of 30 October 2013, the deputies of the Parliament of Georgia discussed the
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“Even the Doing Business ranking, which has promoted us to the eighth position, assesses the process of shutting down a business in Georgia as the har...
Presenting the 2014 draft state budget of Georgia at the plenary session of the Parliament on 13
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“In 2005, 600,000 international tourists visited Georgia. In 2013, 2,188,000 visitors arrived via three international airports (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batu...
At the plenary session on 1 October 2013 Mikheil Machavariani, a member of the Parliamentary
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“They bereft us of our offices in all districts, eradicated our budgetary funding and banned us from the advantage of free TV advertisements.”
On 25 September 2013, following the meeting with the delegation of the Council of Europe
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