According to Giorgi Kakauridze, the yearly increase of the excise tax on tobacco is due to the Association Agreement between Georgia and the EU and the State Strategy on Tobacco Control.

“The dynamics in Georgia has changed and child poverty has decreased.”

On 1 December 2014, a seminar organised by the World Bank and UNICEF was held in Tbilisi. The

“The usage of the budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia is more than GEL 630 million. This has been the highest rate throughout the last seven years.”

“The European Parliament wishes that the opposition would become more constructive and start cooperating with the government.”

“The usage of these drugs (krokodil, vint, jeff) has decreased by 90%.”

“Exactly one of the preventive measures is the special police control. Unlike Saakashvili’s raids which were based upon the Law on Police, the special police control is not repressive by its nature.”

According to the position of the Government of Georgia, the decline of GEL is due to the strengthening of USD with respect to other currencies and it has nothing to do with the state budget.

“The decrease of ‘other incomes’ in the state budget is mainly due to the decrease of the amount of fines.”

“Gogi Topadze received an interest-free preferential credit worth USD 7 million which he invested in a pheasant farm.”

“Six hundred students at Giuli Alasania’s University [of Georgia] have been suspended because Ms Alasania demanded the payment of their annual tuition in May.”

“The mortality rate was constantly increasing until 2012. In 2013, this rate, including the child mortality rate, decreased.”

“The interest rate of one-year treasury bonds is up to 5% as of today.”