55 people, including 38 police officers and 17 civilians were injured during a clash in the Muslim-populated Pankisi Gorge, where the locals opposed to construction of a small hydropower plant (HPP). “Peri” ltd was supposed to start construction of the 5.4 MW “Khadori-3” small HPP on April 22, but the local population firmly opposed. The…
The Uzbek flag carrier will soon connect the capital cities of Uzbekistan and Georgia with new seasonal flights. Uzbekistan Airways will start operating flights on the route Tashkent-Tbilisi from July 16. During the summer season flights will be performed twice a week on Tuesdays and Sundays by an Airbus 320 type aircraft. Uzbekistan Airways was…
Georgia will start producing electric cars that will appear on local as well as EU markets starting in 2020, announced the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze. One of the world’s largest electric car manufacturers, the Changan Corporation, will construct a production factory in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi. “Production capacity of the plant…
The total volume of cargo transportation via Georgia’s Batumi port to Azerbaijan amounted to 85,738 tons in January-March, Batumi Sea Port Ltd. reported. “Of this volume, 62,691 tons accounted for raw sugar. Moreover, 12,836 tons of palm oil, 6,603 tons of soy and 3,608 tons of corn oil were transported via Batumi port to Azerbaijan,”…
Georgia exported about 19.4 million bottles of wine to 37 countries in the first quarter of 2019, up by 10% YoY, announced the Georgian National Wine Agency. Last month Georgia generated $47 million from the sale of wine abroad, up by 16%. The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in…
The French flag carrier Air France has made its inaugural flight from the capital of Paris, with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili being among its first passengers. Air France will be carrying out regular flights between Paris and Tbilisi twice a week until October 23 with an Airbus A 320. Negotiations between Air France and the…
Georgia’s economy is growing steadily, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in February equaled 4.6%, while in January-February it was 4.1% YoY. Last month the estimated real growth, compared to the same period of the previous year, was posted in…