Batumi mayor Jemal Ananidze visited Batumi Boulevard, damaged by storm. Boulevard infrastructure and pedestrian paths are damaged. Clearing-up operations are under way to deal with storm damage.
Georgia is a republic – socialist, presidential or parliamentary – whatever! Georgia is a democracy – unreal, partial or transitional – who cares! Georgia is a state – ancient, modern or futuristic – why to bother? Georgia is a territory – whole, split or undefined – when to get a clue? Georgia is a terra firma – steady, tremulous or shaky – where to get the idea?
What is the status of wanted ex-minister Zurab Adeishvili living in Hungary?
It’s for the second time in one year that Victor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, attracted Georgian people’s attention. By the end of September 2012, before the Parliamentary elections, Orban arrived in Georgia to support Saakashvili and National Movement.
Last week was important for Georgia on its way of integration into Euro-Atlantic structures as NATO accepted its offer to join Rapid Reaction Force from 2015. In the heat of melting cohabitation that counts last days as presidential elections come closer, this news seemed to be unexpected. Several weeks ago, when I asked a comment from one of the political and military experts about the hot news that Georgia could became the member of the NATO rapid reaction team, his answer was not certain and full of doubts and in the end I couldn’t get anything out of him on this topic. It goes to show that it was unexpected and in the middle of aggravated cohabitation this news was like a lightning without thunderstorm. It means that NATO will never lose the merit of Georgia’s military forces and sees its future in Atlantic Alliance.
Public representatives address Thomas Hammarberg…
Public representatives sent an open letter to Thomas Hammarberg, advisor to the Georgian Government in legal issues, In the letter published in “Kviris Palitra” newspaper they say the appeal is about the part of the report on human rights in Georgia by Hammarberg, where the human rights advocate speaks about the rights of propaganda of sexual perversity.
Interview with philosopher Zaza Piralishvili
Why the 2013 Presidential elections don’t resemble previous ones? Do the election programs, promises and political views of presidential candidates differ from one another? Below Philosopher Zaza Piralishvili dissects these issues.
The third prospecting party of Russian tourist agencies visited Georgia on 9-14 October 2013 to explore the country’s tourist potential and take the message to their clientele.
The survey on sustainable management of forests in Georgia conducted by the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network revealed that forests are devastated by year and that both environment and welfare of communities who live nearby bear the brunt of it.
The recent report of International Monetary Fund on World Economic Outlook for October of 2013 nearly halved the economic growth forecast for Georgia from 4% and 6% predicted in June and January of 2013 to 2.5%. The IMF also predicted 1.7% increase of unemployment rate in Georgia this year. Georgian government questions the IMF data and asks for revision.
he third Turkish air-company Atlasjet started flights in October from Tbilisi International Airport to Istanbul, challenging competitors with its cheapest prices at the moment but the question is whether or not the company is capable and willing to hold prices down in a long-term prospect.
Having watched Georgian market for a year, Atlasjet, the number one private Turkish-based company, decided to start flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, one of the major transit airports for the passengers flying to and from Georgia the globe over.
