TBILISI, DFWatch – In first four months of 2012, 61 per cent more people came to Georgia, compared to the same period the previous year.
978 521 person visited Georgia between January and April this year, according to the Interior Ministry.
Over three hundred thousand
TBILISI, DFWatch – The prime ministers of Georgia and Lithuania today signed a memorandum of understanding.
The MoU deals with cooperation within local government between Lithuania’s national assembly, the Seimas’s Committee on State Administration and Local Government
TBILISI, DFWatch – A team of election experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will visit Georgia June 11-16.
The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is sending a mission in connection with Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – A delegation from Lithuania’s Seimas will visit Georgia on Monday.
In the morning, the delegation which are members of the Seimas’ Committee on State Administration and Local Government, will participate in a Georgian-Lithuanian forum about local
TBILISI, DFWatch – The National Bank of Georgia Wednesday decided to lower the main refinancing rate by a quarter point to 6.25%.
Lowering the rate now is an indication that the bank has an optimistic view of the country’s economy. In a statement, the bank notes that the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Defense Ministry informs that another soldier has died in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of servicemen lost there to sixteen.
Valerian Khujadze was serving in the 31st Battalion in the volatile Helmand province. The incident happened on
TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday in the Georgian parliament during a debate about the Armenian genocide.
Jondi Baghaturia, member of parliament (MP) for the opposition Georgian Troupe party, asked in a speech what the government is going to do regarding a
TBILISI, DFWatch – The tax pressure will be relieved, sanctions liberalized and the administration will be simplified, the government has decided.
Rusudan Kemularia, Deputy Finance Minister, held a briefing on Monday regarding the plan.
She presented amendments to the tax
TBILISI, DFWatch – Negotiations will start between Georgia and the U.S. at the end of May aimed at intensifying trade relations.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri announced this after returning from a visit to the U.S.
Gilauri met the heads of the Millennium Challenge
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights expresses readiness to take part in observing the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze adds that Georgia is not waiting for an official response