The News in Brief
Monday, June 30
Parliament sets up commission on property rights
Parliament approved a temporary commission on June 27 to work on constitutional amendments protecting private property rights.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said the commission, which will have both majority and opposition members, is a step towards fulfilling opposition demands.
The chair of the parliamentary legal committee said the goal of the commission is to prepare constitutional amendments for national discussion.
The commission will not retroactively consider cases of property rights violations.
(Prime News)
Opposition leader seeks political asylum for son
A leading member of the United Opposition bloc is asking France to give political asylum to her teenaged son.
Eka Beselia asked the French Embassy at a June 28 press conference to grant her 15-year-old boy political asylum. She said she is expecting her son to be detained and charged with “hooliganism” in the next several days.
Beselia said the charges would stem from a fight near her house a few months ago, which she says her son was not involved in. The charges would be politically motivated, she said.
“They try to break me down as a person, but it will not happen, despite the fact that the hardest form [of intimidation] has been chosen,” Beselia said.
She was joined by other leaders of the United Opposition.
(Black Sea Press)
Locals near hydropower plant protest electricity cut-off
About 200 people near the Inguri hydroelectric power plant rallied on June 28 to protest an electricity cut-off.
The demonstrators say they have not had power for three days.
Representative for EnergoPro, the energy company which serves the area, says the residents have GEL 27 000 in unpaid electricity bills.
(Black Sea Press)
Beeline joins job fair
The Beeline mobile telecommunication company says it will join a two-month job fair.
The job fair will go to Tbilisi, Batumi and Akhaltsikhe from June 28–September 28, and is supported by the OSCE mission to Georgia and the UN Development Program.
(Prime News)
Energy commission moves to Kutaisi
The National Commission on Energy Policy will relocate to Kutaisi in mid-July.
The commission, the Roads Department and the Chamber of Control will all move to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second-largest city, as part of the president’s plan to develop the town.
(Prime News)
Malashkhia reappointed chair of conflict issues committee
Shota Malashkhia was approved on June 27 as chair of the parliamentary temporary committee on reintegration issues, which deals with the separatist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Malashkhia was the also committee chair in the previous parliament.
”I hope you will be the first and last chairman of this committee, and there will be no need for such committees [in the future],” said Davit Bakradze, the speaker of parliament.
(Prime News)
Iakobashvili in United States
State Minister for Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili left for the United States on June 27.
He was to meet with UN representatives in New York and US government officials in Washington.
(Prime News)
International Book Festival opens in Tbilisi
An international book festival opened on June 27 in the exhibition center Expo-Georgia.
It’s the tenth year the festival has been held in Tbilisi. Publishers from Georgia and other countries are participating; the festival ends June 30.
(Prime News)
National Manuscript Center marks anniversary
The National Manuscript Center marks its 30th anniversary today.
An exhibition with works from the 7th–17th centuries will be held.
The National Manuscript Center is the most significant storehouse of hand-written books and historical documents in Georgia.
(Prime News)
Parliament approved a temporary commission on June 27 to work on constitutional amendments protecting private property rights.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said the commission, which will have both majority and opposition members, is a step towards fulfilling opposition demands.
The chair of the parliamentary legal committee said the goal of the commission is to prepare constitutional amendments for national discussion.
The commission will not retroactively consider cases of property rights violations.
(Prime News)
Opposition leader seeks political asylum for son
A leading member of the United Opposition bloc is asking France to give political asylum to her teenaged son.
Eka Beselia asked the French Embassy at a June 28 press conference to grant her 15-year-old boy political asylum. She said she is expecting her son to be detained and charged with “hooliganism” in the next several days.
Beselia said the charges would stem from a fight near her house a few months ago, which she says her son was not involved in. The charges would be politically motivated, she said.
“They try to break me down as a person, but it will not happen, despite the fact that the hardest form [of intimidation] has been chosen,” Beselia said.
She was joined by other leaders of the United Opposition.
(Black Sea Press)
Locals near hydropower plant protest electricity cut-off
About 200 people near the Inguri hydroelectric power plant rallied on June 28 to protest an electricity cut-off.
The demonstrators say they have not had power for three days.
Representative for EnergoPro, the energy company which serves the area, says the residents have GEL 27 000 in unpaid electricity bills.
(Black Sea Press)
Beeline joins job fair
The Beeline mobile telecommunication company says it will join a two-month job fair.
The job fair will go to Tbilisi, Batumi and Akhaltsikhe from June 28–September 28, and is supported by the OSCE mission to Georgia and the UN Development Program.
(Prime News)
Energy commission moves to Kutaisi
The National Commission on Energy Policy will relocate to Kutaisi in mid-July.
The commission, the Roads Department and the Chamber of Control will all move to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second-largest city, as part of the president’s plan to develop the town.
(Prime News)
Malashkhia reappointed chair of conflict issues committee
Shota Malashkhia was approved on June 27 as chair of the parliamentary temporary committee on reintegration issues, which deals with the separatist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Malashkhia was the also committee chair in the previous parliament.
”I hope you will be the first and last chairman of this committee, and there will be no need for such committees [in the future],” said Davit Bakradze, the speaker of parliament.
(Prime News)
Iakobashvili in United States
State Minister for Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili left for the United States on June 27.
He was to meet with UN representatives in New York and US government officials in Washington.
(Prime News)
International Book Festival opens in Tbilisi
An international book festival opened on June 27 in the exhibition center Expo-Georgia.
It’s the tenth year the festival has been held in Tbilisi. Publishers from Georgia and other countries are participating; the festival ends June 30.
(Prime News)
National Manuscript Center marks anniversary
The National Manuscript Center marks its 30th anniversary today.
An exhibition with works from the 7th–17th centuries will be held.
The National Manuscript Center is the most significant storehouse of hand-written books and historical documents in Georgia.
(Prime News)