Georgian Railway on October 13 dismissed reports by opposition-minded TV channels on an alleged presence of railway freight subject to international sanctions on Russia in Georgia’s western city of Batumi as “fake”. In rejecting the information, the company said the freight carriages in question carried fuel oil belonging to a Kazakh company. It also explained…
Pegasus Airlines, a Turkiye-based budget airline, is set to launch flights between the Turkish capital of Ankara to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi from November 2, the Georgian economy minister has announced. The news was announced after a meeting held between the deputy economy minister Mariam Kvrivishvili and representatives from Pegasus Airlines and Turkish Airlines…
United Airports of Georgia has started a GEL 8-million (about $2.8 million) renovation that will add a new runway at the Kutaisi international airport. In the two-week work, the new three-kilometre runway will be added to ensure the airport’s ability to receive larger aircraft and “make operations more flexible”, the organisation’s head of infrastructure development…
An X-ray control system for trains crossing from Belarus into Lithuania has been put into trial operation at the Kena border checkpoint, the Customs Department said on October 4, adding that the project cost 5.6 million euros. The system operates in automatic mode and can scan trains traveling at speeds of up to 60 kilometres…
In retaliation for Western sanctions, Russia has closed its borders to trucks registered in EU countries. Lithuanian hauliers said the Russian market accounted for a diminishing share of their business, although markets further east might be lost for ever. When the EU adopted new sanctions in spring banning Russia and Belarus from transporting goods throughout…
Cooperation prospects and the growing dynamics of tourism recovery in Georgia were discussed on October 3 at a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Serkan Kaptan, the president of TAV Airports, the company managing two of the largest airports in the country. The meeting noted the pandemic had posed “a number of…
Over 85% of the work carried out on several road sectors in Ialoveni district has been completed. The work process was inspected by Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the leadership of the State Road Administration (ASD) and representatives of the World Bank. According to ASD, by rehabilitating this road,…