Friday, December 5, 2025

Local firms sidelined as Chinese companies win mega contracts

TBILISI, October 3 – Chinese state-owned companies have won contracts to build many of Georgia’s biggest road projects, but a debate is brewing about fair competition and the future of the country’s own building industry. According to Georgia’s BPN, six of the ten largest road contractors operating in 2024 were Chinese. That dominance has raised … Read more

Georgia gets new minister for employment

Government reshuffle. Paata Trapaidze is to be employment minister, a new post. He was appointed by the new prime minister, Ivane Merabishvili, who himself was appointed Saturday by President Saakashvili. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s new prime minister Vano Merabishvili today presented his employment minister, which is a new post.

“I have initiative to set up specific Employment Ministry, which will take care to solve problems of employment. A database of unemployed

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