TBILISI, July 30 – Georgia will abolish its Ministry of Regional Development in September, just over a year after it was created as a separate ministry. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced on Wednesday that regional policy will instead be handled by a state minister. The post will go to Mamuka Mdinaradze, a former head of ... Read more
TBILISI, July 31 – The leadership struggle in Georgia’s largest opposition party continues as United National Movement chair Tina Bokuchava questioned why a key party meeting was held while she was away from Tbilisi. The UNM political council met on Thursday and decided to hold a party congress on August 5. About 300 delegates will ... Read more
TBILISI, July 30 – Hundreds of landowners near Rustavi are refusing to sell property earmarked for a planned university city, saying the government’s compensation offer is far below local market prices. The disputed land lies beside the Tbilisi-Rustavi highway, between Rustavi’s 21st microdistrict and the road toward Gachiani. The government plans to build a large ... Read more
TBILISI, July 30 – The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 250 million loan to finance nearly 19 kilometers of the planned Tbilisi bypass motorway, a missing link in Georgia’s east-west road network. The loan will support two sections of four-lane motorway between Tbilisi International Airport and Rustavi, an industrial city south of the ... Read more
