Saturday, June 13, 2026

Georgia's foreign trade sees sharp drop

vano merabishvili
Writing on Facebook. Vano Merabishvili would be “in emergency mode” if he had still been prime minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s foreign trade turnover experienced a sharp downward trend at the end of 2012, according to precise data from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat.

Although it is mostly the month of December which shows an alarming tendency,

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Petitioning to decriminalize white collar crime

Vano Merabishvili
The National Movement Party’s Secretary General, Vano Merabishvili, says Georgia’s economy is in an alarming state. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The party of President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a campaign to gather signatures in support of his initiatives about tax amnesty and decriminalization of financial crime.

The president presented his new initiatives to the government a few days

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Russia considers lifting embargo on Georgian wine

Russia is considering lifting the six year old embargo on Georgian wine. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Moscow is ready to consider allowing Georgian wine back onto the Russian market.

Andrei Denisov, First Deputy Foreign Minister, said on Wednesday that there is a willingness on both sides to study the issue.

“If we talk about specific cases, it is

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