Daily Archives: July 2, 2015

Georgia’s National Bank raises refinancing rate to 5.5%

By | July 2nd, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(National Bank.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Bank of Georgia is increasing the refinancing rate because of an expected increase in inflation, which means that loans for a certain category of clients will get more expensive. The explanation given for the National […]

Ukraine’s ‘Georgian’ minister resigns

By | July 2nd, 2015|Categories: News|

“We’ve been hindered by the (sinister) system that had been cemented for 25 years and now it is trying to knock out reforms as an alien body,” Alexandre Kvitashvili snaps back at his critics. Tbilisi, DFWatch – Embattled Ukrainian Health Minister, Alexandre  Kvitashvili, resigned Thursday after harsh criticism by the parliament, Verkhovna Rada and even by his former boss and current informal leader, Mikheil Saakashvili. “The old system breaks […]

9% more visitors to Georgia in June

By | July 2nd, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

(adjara.gov.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 9.3 percent more visitors to Georgia in June, 2015, compared to same month last year, according to the latest monthly report from the Interior Ministry. The new figures show that 496,758 people visited the country in June […]