Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia ranked 24th among 189 countries, and still the first among post-Soviet countries, except Baltic States, in Doing Business 2016, a World Bank annual report that measures the costs to firms of business regulations, published on Wednesday, a way below of its 15th position last year.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Remittances to Georgia in September went down 32.9 percent compared to last year, according to the latest monthly report by the National Bank.
Remittances, or money that individuals send home to relatives from particularly Russia and Europe,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Chinese investors are considering building a new toll road through Rikoti Pass, connecting the eastern and western parts of Georgia.
The regional development minister said Thursday during the Silk Road Forum that passing a road through Rikoti may
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court has suspended the work of a newly created agency that was to take over the supervision of private banks; previously the responsibility of the National Bank.
The ruling was made during a lawsuit against the parliament
TBILISI, DFWatch–By September 28, Georgia had exported 23.3 million bottles of wine so far in 2015.
3.5 million bottles were exported in September, according to the Agriculture Ministry; the highest monthly rate in 2015.
The export of wine has tripled, compared
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Bank intervened to bolster the flagging currency lari on Tuesday, causing its value to rise four tetris against the US dollar.
The Bank put USD 40 million up for auction, out of which USD 27 million has been sold so far.
The lari currently
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Swedish telecommunications giant TeliaSonera is pulling out of several countries, including Georgia.
All subsidiaries will be put up for sale in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan it was announced Thursday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Farmers continued their protest in the Georgian wine region Kakheti on Monday and clashed with police as they blocked the main highway.
Several people were detained by police as they cleared the road. One member of parliament was attacked.
Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first eight months of 2015 was 14 percent less than the year before, according to figures published Monday by the National Statistics Department, Geostat.
TBILISI, DFWatch–In the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, farmers have been protesting for several days because of low price of grapes, which is their only source of income.
Four people were detained during a protest Thursday in Gurjaani, as farmers blocked the