Monday, July 13, 2026

PayPal enters Georgia

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USA2Georgia, one of the companies that offers online shopping to Georgians. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The e-commerce company PayPal will now offer its services in the country Georgia.

It is not easy to get onto the company’s list of countries it covers, Deputy Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili said Thursday.

“But thanks to the efforts

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Russia allows import of Georgia's Borjomi mineral water

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The Georgian mineral water Borjomi will soon be on sale in Russian supermarkets.

TBILISI, DFWatch–After a second round of inspection, the Georgian mineral water Borjomi has been allowed to export to Russia.

The watershed decision became known in Russian media on Thursday. Russian customer rights’ service known as Rospotrebnadzor has completed

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Twin Deficit

Irina Guruli is program coordinator at the Economic Policy Research Center.
Irina Guruli is program coordinator at the Economic Policy Research Center.

Twin deficit is a situation where a country’s economy is running two deficits at the same time: a fiscal deficit, and a deficit on the current account of the balance of payments. According to the twin deficit hypothesis, persistent fiscal shocks cause a deterioration

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Russia approves Georgian wine and fizzy water

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Levan Davitashvili, Chairman of the National Wine Agency. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Russian consumer safety bureau Rospotrebnadzor confirms that 36 Georgian wine companies and four mineral water companies are ready to enter the Russian market.

On Wednesday, the agency, which is a federal service for protection consumers’ rights

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Georgia sees a shift toward processing industry

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Used cars is no longer Georgia’s number one export article. (MIA.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s economy has shifted toward processing industry, after many years of basing its exports on used cars and scrap metal, according to an economy expert.

New figures show that the country’s economy is growing; and now, the export is no longer

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