(Corr) Georgian president pledges to make Olympic champions millionaires

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read More Add to Saved list
  • Source:
    BBC Monitoring International Reports, July 22, 2008 Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, 1pp
  • Additional Information
    • Abstract:
      (Correcting the first sentence of the item. A corrected version of the item follows:) Text of report by state-funded Georgian Public Television Channel 1 on 21 July [Presenter] Georgian Olympic champions will receive 1m lari [about 720,000 dollars]. On the decision of the Georgian president, gold medal winners in Beijing this summer will be awarded with this considerable sum from the state budget...