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“There has been no employee certification in the State Audit Office of Georgia for the last seven years. This is a violation of the law which says tha...
On 30 July 2014, at the plenary session of the Parliament, the Parliamentary Majority MP, Tamaz
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“The abortion rate decreased in the last decade. These are the data of the United Nations Population Fund.”
On 17 September 2014, at a plenary session of the Parliament, the Head of the Health and Social
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“We have made a significant progress in different fields of the economy this year: the economy is growing, trade has grown by 12% and we have a notic...
On 30 September 2014, Giorgi Kvirikashvili talked about the positive changes in the economy. He
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“The number of visitors [to Georgia] decreased for the first time this year.”
On 30 September 2014, as a guest of Rustavi 2’s Archevani programme, Zurab Japaridze stated: “The
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“There is no European country with such a liberal attitude towards illegal abortions… There is a minimum of one year of imprisonment everywhere.”
The sanctions are being tightened on illegal abortions as the amendments in the Criminal Code of
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“Surveys show that for the first time in many years public confidence in the police has fallen.”
On 26 September 2014, on Imedi Channel’s Reaction, the United National Movement MP, Zurab
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Otar Danelia speaks about the substandard apple sale promotion project.
On 5 September 2014, the Government of Georgia approved the substandard apple[1] subsidy project.
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“As for the danger of the Mtkvari [River] being transferred to the Chorokhi [River], it has existed and still does… although, we don’t have any legal ...
On 26 July 2014, at the Committee Meeting of the Parliament, the Minister of Energy and Natural
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“August 2011, unfortunately, saw the exact same number of murders (11) that we had in August 2014… In the past, these murders rarely received media co...
On 3 September 2014, in terms of FactCheck’s new Check Your Fact service, our reader, Luka
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“We remember when the not-guilty verdicts amounted to 0.1%… the number of not-guilty verdicts has significantly increased.”
On 31 July 2014, whilst discussing the 2013 Report of the Public Defender of Georgia at the extra
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“Mr [Giorgi] Tevdoradze, you confirmed with your signature that the construction of the new Parliament building would cost GEL 1.6 million and then yo...
On 26 July 2014, at the plenary session of the Parliament, the member of the Parliamentary
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“The amount of bonuses saw a GEL 11 million reduction after 2012. Ms Nadirashvili, when you say that it is immoral to receive bonuses now, was it not immoral when a member of your family [Davit Daghelashvili] received GEL 10,000 bonuses when he was employ
On 22 July 2014, during his meeting with the Parliamentary Minority, the Minister of Finance of...
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“Is it ethical for bureaucrats to get GEL 7 million more in bonuses than originally assigned, given that the budget has a GEL 700 million deficit?… none of my family members have ever received a GEL 10,000 bonus.”
Nodar Khaduri has been the Minister of Finance of Georgia since October 2012. According to the data of the Ministry of Finance, during 21 months Nodar Khaduri received a wage and bonuses
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Aleksandre Baramidze talks about the probationary period for judges.
On 24 July 2014, the first hearing of the amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts
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“The 23 July 2014 United Nations Human Rights Committee Summary Report calls upon our government to investigate the myriad of potential human rights a...
On 6 August 2014, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, sent a response letter to
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“The reserves of the National Bank of Georgia grew by USD 500 million that year and then reduced again by USD 440 million, still amounting to a USD 60 million annual growth. In addition, the reserves of the National Bank have nothing to do with the budget
On 25 July 2014 the Parliamentary Minority MPs met with the new cabinet. During the meeting, the...
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“During the office of your government, our country lost GEL 1.5 billion. This included the GEL 700 million revenues of the budget and the USD half-a-billion currency reserves which were spent on the stabilisation of lari exchange rates.”
According to the data of the State Treasury, the revenues of the 2013 annual budget were equal to GEL 7,695 million whilst the planned amount was GEL 8,426 million.
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