Georgia

The EU-funded Georgia Reaching European Access and Trade (GREAT) project is preparing Georgian experts to lead its Deep and Comprehensive Fair Trade Agreement (DCFTA) information centres. The establishment of ‘one-stop-shop’ information centres throughout Georgia was an objective of the twinning activity organised within the GREAT project, which is part of …

On Sunday, September 24, 2017, the Rustavi City Park will see a Street Art Day, which will challenge key areas of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – reduction of poverty, human rights, gender equality, education, environment protection and health. The event is organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), …

Volunteer CEOs hosted guests at Batumi Free Space for several hours. Mardi Holding Executive Director Natia Sirabidze, GEPRA Batumi Director Sopho Lortkipanidze and young blogger Lile Meskhidze worked as volunteer waitresses and collected 549 GEL from customer serving. Within the project “Volunteer Host”, the amount earned by the volunteers is …

Travelers cannot cross the Georgian border without their own insurance package. The owner of the registered vehicle abroad will be offered 1-year, 1-day and 15-day packages, respectively 30 GEL; 50 GEL and 292 GEL. The compulsory tariff package is determined for insurance of the bus (1Y- 480 GEL) and motorcycle, …

On 6 – 9 September 2017, Riga, the capital of Latvia, opened the largest annual international exhibition “Riga Food 2017”. The President of the Republic of Latvia Mr. Raymonds Veionis officially opened the event, in which 715 companies from 37 countries took part. At the exhibition, the Georgian stand was …

On September 21, Tbilisi City Court has announced its judgement regarding the case brought by Judge Vladimir Kakabadze against the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce in Georgia Mr. Fady Asly. According to the decision of the Court, with the purpose to restore the honor and dignity of the …

Georgian art is revealed through more than 60 paintings and sculptures by seven famous contemporary Georgian artists on display at the Expressing Space Exhibition which opened on Monday at the Cultural Village Foundation-Katara. The exhibition by Vanda Art Gallery, the oldest and first private art gallery in Georgia, follows the …

For the first time in its history, Georgia has become a presiding country of Open Governant Partnership (OGP) organization. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has officially accepted the commissions from President of France Emanuel Macron at the high-level event that was held in NYC, as part of 72nd session of …

The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian khachapuri in August 2017 was 3.08 GEL, 3.9% higher in a month-on-month comparison (m/m, that is, compared to the previous month) and 9.2% in a year-on-year comparison (y/y, that is, compared to the same month of last year). The Khachapuri Index is …

Representative of EBRD Eliza Niewiadomska assesses Georgia’s state Procurement system. On a question, how to prevent State procurement from fitted tenders on specified companies, she outlined that Georgia has an appeal mechanism, compared to other countries.  “In my opinion, Georgia has one of the transparent procurement systems. And if you think …