Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili published a letter in the Wall Street Journal analyzing current political situation in Georgia, reforms carried out by his government and foreign policy attitudes.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Prime Minister Ivanishvili made a brave statement when he said Mikheil Saakashvili was responsible for the August 2008 conflict.
Azerbaijan has not notified Georgia about declaring Georgian writers Dato Turashvili and Beso Khvedelidze as persona non grata.
To prevent the sale of agricultural lands under the changed status, Georgian government created more complicated mechanism for status change: apart from the registry approval for status change, now land owners need governmental approval too.
The last several weeks have seen two important developments in Russian politics. The first involves the Kremlins position on homosexuality. The second involves Putin’s relationship with the church and how he is using it to assist his imperial project.
Last week, I started giving these hints and tips to my foreign friends and the tourists and my compatriots too because I don’t want them to be overly surprised and embarrassed when they inevitably come across those habits of ours while they have to do with this culture (look for the first 10 tips in previous issue):
‘There was no adequate response from the Embassy of China’
Lately more and more people say that they face problems connected with bringing cargo from China. Recently, several businessmen addressed us. They said that cargo sent to Tbilisi, for unknown reasons were discovered in Ukraine, namely in the port of Illichivsk. And to release a container from there is almost like a releasing cargo from pirates.
Interview with Eldar Shengelaia, a renowned producer
‘It was clear from the beginning that ex-Premier Zurab Zhvania was killed. They concealed it but these reckless people don’t know that nothing can be hidden in this world! …He was my teacher of politics’…- says famous producer Eldar Shengelaia, who intends to dedicate a film to his deceased friend.
Recently, the Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography was opened after 2 years of renovations works. General Director of Georgian National Museum Davit Lortkipanidze handed to the first visitor of the museum Mr. Adilar Chartolani, local experienced doctor, a 5-volume edition of Ivane Javakhishvili, titled “History of Georgian Nation”, published by the publishing house Palitra L.
Fair market competition, development of human resources and access to financial resources will be the three pillars on which the upcoming strategy of economic development of Georgia will stand. The final draft project for the strategy is scheduled to be worked out by this coming September and approved as a law in two-three months, after which all ministries and state structures will focus their action plans on the approved economic strategy – this is the key issue Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili agreed with the group of economic pundits on July 25, 2013.
