Traffic movement and municipal transport routes will be restricted on downtown Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue between until December 5 for planned road repair works, Tbilisi city hall has announced. Vehicles are directed from the avenue through Leo Kiacheli and Giorgi Akhvlediani streets in the direction of Merab Kostava Street, and to Heroes Square through Niko Nikoladze…
The budget of Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara has tripled over the past 10 years and crossed the GEL 50-billion ($18.08 billion) threshold, Tornike Rizhvadze, the head of the regional government, revealed on November 29. A number of “important projects and programmes” will be planned for the residents of the region with the use…
Online gambling businesses – including online casinos, slot machines and betting – will be subject to mandatory permits for specific types of operation, following the Georgian government’s reveal of amendments to the relevant law on November 28. According to the bill, online casino permits will be issued only to casino holders, with online slot machine…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on November 28 said the public employment programme for the country’s socially vulnerable individuals had given jobs to about 30,000 people since March. Speaking about the programme – launched on his initiative last year – at the weekly government meeting, the PM said the country’s Health Ministry registry still included…
Commercial banks in Georgia loaned GEL 43.24 billion ($15.87 billion) and received deposits of GEL 42.31 billion ($15.53 billion) in October, the latest data from the National Bank of Georgia showed. The volume of loans increased by 0.04% MoM in October, while the number of deposits increased by 0.58%. Last month, the sum of deposits…
After the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia was able to recover its tourism income by 100% and as a result, a $3-billion surpass in the sector is expected, which will have a “direct” impact on job creation and improvement of the well-being of citizens, the Georgian deputy economy minister Mariam Kvrivishvili has said in her address at…
Georgian economy minister Levan Davitashvili on November 24 said the government would ensure transformation of the country into a transit corridor and logistics hub that would make rapid transportation and communication available for “businesses on two continents”. The Ministry of Economy cited Davitashvili as having made the statement at the ministerial conference of the Central…