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Georgia would attract 55,000 fans to every game if included in the Six Nations, the country’s World Rugby representative has claimed. Italy’s opening two defeats to Wales and Ireland in this year’s championship have prompted debate over the Azzurri’s future involvement. Amidst the various suggested plans to revamp the format, …

Georgia has acquired electricity of 172, 3 million kwh from Azerbaijan in January, which already exceeds total import of previous 12 months (109, 77 mln). However, import from Russia has made up 6, 7 million kwh. Georgia has exported electricity of 0, 997 kwh in the same month. The transit …

Vehicle export from Georgia to Azerbaijan is grown. According to Sakstat, 65 units of vehicles are exported in the neighbor country; the figure is over 3 times more comparing to January of previous year (24). Revenues gained from export amounts to 2 million USD instead of 577 thousand taken in …

Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to increase the volume of mutual trade up to $20 billion, said Turkey’s Deputy Economy Minister Fatih Metin at the 5th Turkey-Azerbaijan-Georgia business forum in Istanbul Feb. 17. Metin said that a business forum in such a format is important not only for the development …

David Saganelidze, executive director of Partnership Fund hosted delegation of American hospital operator Inova Healthcare System. Inova Healthcare System already starts construction of American Hospital in Georgia, which will be in line with internationals standards. They does not exclude opening of new clinics. American side expressed readiness to activate investments …

Steel market has a positive mood after difficult 2016, which has been reflected on the export of ferroalloys from Georgia. According to the express data of Ministry of Economy, export of ferroalloys has made up 23.7 million USD, which is 6 times more comparing to January, 2016. It had brought …

Construction of American Hospital, announced several years ago will start this year. It is already specified that Inova Healthcare System will be operator of the hospital, which is the integrated hospital chain and serves to the major part of Washington. 42 million USD will be spent on construction of the …

Representatives of Ilia State University, Georgian Agrarian University, Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia and Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia visited Switzerland on January 22-29, 2017, to learn about educational and qualification programmes for teachers of Vocational Education and Training (VET). In the Bern University of Applied Sciences, the …

On Tuesday, in Tbilisi, the government of Georgia signed an agreement to use the Bitcoin Blockchain to verify property transactions. Last April, the Georgian government and Bitcoin company BitFury initiated a project to record land titles on the Blockchain. This is the first time a national government is using the …

“Transport Corridor Research Center” believes that Georgia has the potential to attract cargo from Central Asia. The organization analyzes the indicators of 2015, which reflects export/import data of the Central Asian countries and notes that the selected countries are located in the cargo carrying gravity of Georgian transport corridor. “For …

Turkish ambassador to Georgia expects that Georgia-Turkey free trade agreement conditions will be revised and specified by the end of 2017. We remind you that the question is of admitting Georgian products to the territory of Turkey without tariffs and minimizing trade quotas. “We concluded a free trade agreement with …

Alienation of agriculture land plots to foreign citizens remains the sharpest and most painful issue in the Georgian society. Public opinion has split. One part of politicians and society expects serious threats from alienation of Georgian land plots and categorically objects to selling land plots to foreign citizens, while another …