TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia increased its wine export by 69 percent in the first eight months of 2014, compared to last year.
According to the the National Wine Agency, the country exported 36,585,769 bottles (0.75 liters) of wine in the period.
The agency on Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s estimated real GDP growth in July 2014 was 7.2 percent more than in the same period last year, according to preliminary results from Georgia’s Statistics Department, GeoStat.
Estimated GDP growth in the second quarter of 2014 was 5.1
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in January-July 2014 was USD 6,480 million. This is 14 percent more than in same period last year.
Preliminary data published by the Statistics Department on Monday show that import in the first seven months
TBILISI, DFWatch–Government officials in Georgia claim it will not bring serious financial harm to the country if Russia suspends its free trade agreement with Georgia.
On Wednesday, the Russian Duma was reported to be preparing a draft bill about suspending
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first half of 2014 was 16 percent more than last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
According to the new report published on Wednesday, the amount of foreign
TBILISI, DFWatch–There will be regular flights between Mestia, in the northwest of Georgia, with Mtskheta, just north of Tbilisi.
The route, which opens on July 18, will cut travel time to the tourist resort from seven hours by land to 45 minutes.
Flights will depart from the airport
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Bank has unveiled a new symbol for its currency, the lari. The sign is a modified old Georgian letter ‘L’ with two bars, slightly resembling the euro sign.
The winner of the National Bank’s competition is a cross between the Georgian letter
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said Sunday that his country will try to have free trade with both Russia and the European Union.
An expert meeting between Georgian and Russian bureaucrats is planned for Monday in Prague
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia exported 26,872,145 bottles of wine in the first half of 2014. Out of the 34 different countries receiving the wine, two thirds of it went to Russia.
In sheer volume, the almost 27 million bottles, each 0.75 liters, if put together
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian and Russian trade experts will meet in Prague on July 7 to find out how compatible Georgia’s new free trade with the European Union is with its already existing free trade framework with countries of the former Soviet Union.
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