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Information Agency based in Tbilisi, Georgia, covers economic and business events and trends in Georgia since 1992.

Every spring, hundreds of women go to the mountains of Georgia to pick snowdrops. Women such as Maka Dolidze. The flower bulbs are an export hit. How are wildflowers traded and what’s in it for the pickers?

Information Agency based in Tbilisi, Georgia, covers economic and business events and trends in Georgia since 1992.

Information Agency based in Tbilisi, Georgia, covers economic and business events and trends in Georgia since 1992.

Information Agency based in Tbilisi, Georgia, covers economic and business events and trends in Georgia since 1992.

Georgia ponders reopening its land borders Paata Imnadze (1tv.ge). TBILISI, DFWatch–With the tourist season approaching, Georgia is thinking about opening its land borders. “Discussions are already underway and the border will probably be opened,” said Paata Imnadze, Scientific Director at National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, which is the main body handling the pandemic in the country. Everything has been done to make Georgia an attractive and safe country during the ma...

FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF EIB BECAME GEORGIAN PREMIER’S ADVISER ON FOREIGN INVESTMENTS On May 7, Georgian government announced that Vazil Hudak, former vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and former economy minister of Slovakia, will become special adviser to Georgian Prime Minister in foreign investments direction. Hudak will work to mobilize support from foreign public and private sectors for the new economic strategy of Georgian government, reported the government’s press...

Georgian PM rejects opposition’s two main demands Irakli Garibashvili meeting with Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. (Facebook/Government of Georgia.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister on Tuesday rejected the two main demands put forth by the opposition, thus prolonging the country’s four and a half months long political crisis. “The next parliamentary elections will be held in 2024,” Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said at a ...

Locals in Gali, Abkhazia demand lifting of 5-day Covid-19 quarantine for crossing Enguri Bridge Enguri Bridge. (DFWatch.) GALI, DFWatch–Gali residents demand the opening of the checkpoint on Enguri Bridge and the lifting of the five-day quarantine for travelers that have been tested for Covid-19.  Locals told DFWatch that because of the quarantine requirement, many people have resorted to a dangerous route, wading through the surging Enguri river at the so-called black crossing, bypassing th...

(Avianews.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia expects air traffic to increase sharply as Covid-19 related restrictions on regular flights are lifted, to reach a level this month seven times what it was in August last year. By summer, the number of flights per week may reach 200, a 20-fold increase, the Minister of Economy Natia Turnava said Thursday at a briefing held in the government building in Tbilisi. Ukraine International Airlines, Fly Dubai, Air Arabia Flights resumed regular flights on Febru...