Georgia will receive up to 50,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19, designated for children aged between 5 and 12, in the second quarter of this year, the head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has announced. As Gamkrelidze explained, preliminary discussion on vaccination of the children in the age group…
Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $331.3 million in January, up by 47.6% YoY, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 69.9% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $231.5 million, up by 39.1%. Georgia’s top trading partners…
The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 1.4% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2021, amounting to 19%, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) announced. In urban areas, the unemployment rate reduced by 2.1% and in rural areas by 0.2%. The economic activity rate, or the percentage of the country’s population that is able…
Latvian flag carrier AirBaltic will start operating direct flights from Riga to the Black Sea city of Batumi from May 2 with twice-a-week flights, TAV Georgia, the company operating two airports in Georgia, has announced. AirBaltic will perform flights to Batumi by Airbus 220 aircraft. Founded in 1995, AirBaltic has been operating direct flights to…
Condor Airlines, a German charter airline, will start operating regular flights to Georgia’s Tbilisi from German Frankfurt the United Airports of Georgia reports. They have successfully completed the final round of negotiations with the German side. Condor Airlines will operate regular flights on the Frankfurt – Tbilisi – Frankfurt route twice a week from May…
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $1.1 billion in January, up by 41.1% YoY, latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The value of exports grew by 47.6% and equaled $331.3 million in the period, while imports also increased by 38.5%, reaching $778.1 million. Trade deficit, a measure of the negative…
Georgia and the UK assessed Georgia’s investment potential and business opportunities. The issue was discussed at the meeting between the Head of the London Chamber of Commerce Richard Burge and the MPs of the Georgian Parliament on their official visit to the UK. According to Nikoloz Samkharadze, a member of the delegation and the Chairman…