The News in Brief
Monday, August 1, 2022
Prepared by Messenger Staff
The commission presented 5 candidates for the chairmanship of the CEC to the president
On July 30, 2022, the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the chairmanship and membership of the Central Election Commission of Georgia selected and presented the candidates for the chairmanship and membership of the Central Election Commission to the President of Georgia for election to the Parliament of Georgia.
According to the relevant protocol, 5 candidates submitted applications for the vacant post of CEC chairmanship: Revaz Egadze, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, Giorgi Shaishmelashvili, Nanuli Bebia, Tamar Alfaidze.
Not a single candidate was rejected by the commission.
10 people applied for vacant positions of CEC membership, 3 of them were rejected due to incompletely submitted documents.
According to the president's administration, in accordance with the current legislation, the president will present the candidates selected by the commission to the parliament for approval within 7 days.
Russia has reduced or stopped gas supplies to 12 EU countries, Ursula Von Der Leyen says
According to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, Russia has reduced or stopped gas supplies to 12 EU countries.
As Von Der Leyen pointed out, the collective agreement of the EU member states to reduce gas consumption by 15% is very important, as it will help the EU to replenish its reserves before winter.
"We have to prepare for a big reduction or complete cessation of Russian gas. Now the EU communicates with more reliable partners. The EU receives more and more gas from Norway, the Persian Gulf countries and the Caspian Sea region, and the results are already visible," she said.
In addition, the EU's top representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Joseph Borrell, said that EU member states' gas purchases from Russia have decreased by 2 times.
"Before the war, the import of Russian gas was 40%, now it is 20%... No one can ask the European economy to reduce the import of [Russian] gas in one hour," Borrell said.
On July 26, the European Commission made a decision to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15% , which will come into force on August 1 of this year and will be effective until March 31, 2023. The refusal of Russian gas is connected with the invasion of Ukraine and the start of a large-scale war.
The commission presented 5 candidates for the chairmanship of the CEC to the president
On July 30, 2022, the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the chairmanship and membership of the Central Election Commission of Georgia selected and presented the candidates for the chairmanship and membership of the Central Election Commission to the President of Georgia for election to the Parliament of Georgia.
According to the relevant protocol, 5 candidates submitted applications for the vacant post of CEC chairmanship: Revaz Egadze, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, Giorgi Shaishmelashvili, Nanuli Bebia, Tamar Alfaidze.
Not a single candidate was rejected by the commission.
10 people applied for vacant positions of CEC membership, 3 of them were rejected due to incompletely submitted documents.
According to the president's administration, in accordance with the current legislation, the president will present the candidates selected by the commission to the parliament for approval within 7 days.
Russia has reduced or stopped gas supplies to 12 EU countries, Ursula Von Der Leyen says
According to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, Russia has reduced or stopped gas supplies to 12 EU countries.
As Von Der Leyen pointed out, the collective agreement of the EU member states to reduce gas consumption by 15% is very important, as it will help the EU to replenish its reserves before winter.
"We have to prepare for a big reduction or complete cessation of Russian gas. Now the EU communicates with more reliable partners. The EU receives more and more gas from Norway, the Persian Gulf countries and the Caspian Sea region, and the results are already visible," she said.
In addition, the EU's top representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Joseph Borrell, said that EU member states' gas purchases from Russia have decreased by 2 times.
"Before the war, the import of Russian gas was 40%, now it is 20%... No one can ask the European economy to reduce the import of [Russian] gas in one hour," Borrell said.
On July 26, the European Commission made a decision to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15% , which will come into force on August 1 of this year and will be effective until March 31, 2023. The refusal of Russian gas is connected with the invasion of Ukraine and the start of a large-scale war.