Travelling between Barcelona and Tbilisi could soon become easier after – a Spanish low-cost airline Vueling Airlines is showing interest to enter the Georgian market. Vueling Airlines has been studying the possibility to launch a regular direct Barcelona-Tbilisi flight, and revealed they planned to begin this service from 2016. Airline representatives …
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A Debutant Wins Best Novel at Literary Awards SABA 2015
Georgia’s annual literary award Saba was held yesterday with the sponsorship of TBC Bank. The prestigious Saba 2015 was held at royal dynasty Bagrationi’s Mukhrani House and offered many surprises for the audience, the most important being a debutant young writer winning in the Best Novel of the Year category. …
Read More »Suburb: Art Exhibition By Vakho Bugadze
Georgian National Museum Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery invites you at the opening of Vakho Bugadze’s personal exhibition “Suburb”. Opening event will take place on 10th of September 2015 at 7 p.m. After successfully participating in a group exhibition “Victoria” together with Oleg Timchenko and Ushangi Khumarashvili, Vakho Bugadze returns to …
Read More »Artificially Strengthen the Exchange Rate is Impossible, NBG President Says
According to the National Bank’s President Giorgi Kadagidze, it is impossible to make the currency exchange rate artificially gain value in a country like Georgia, where the economic market is so small. As Kadagidze said during a conference at the Rooms hotel, all countries in the region, including Georgia, have …
Read More »Batumi Dolphinarium Hosted more than One Hundred Thousand Visitors this Year
According to the dolphinarium’s administration, from January to date, Batumi dolphinarium was visited by 119 126 guests both by those who came to see a dolphin show and visitors wishing to interact with the dolphins. Dolphin performances reduce with the end of the summer season. In winter the dolphin show …
Read More »Gazprom Plans to Export Electricity to Georgia
Gazprom, reduced the price of gas supplied to Armenia by 13%, received guarantees of exports of electricity generated by Razdan thermal power station to Iran and Georgia. In addition, the power plant received sales guarantees for generated power in the country, although transmission lines have not yet completed. Yesterday, Alexander …
Read More »Nino Sukhishvili Winning Hearts of the American Audience
The Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet company celebrates its 70th birthday in the United States. Sukhishvili will perform in New York on October 4 at Lincoln Center, and from there will take their show on a tour to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Nino Sukhishvili, who along with her brother Ilia inherited the ownership …
Read More »PM Makes Stopover in Kyrgyzstan, Before China
Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili met on September 8 Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev during his stopover at the Bishkek airport before a trip to China. Bilateral relations and “perspective for deepening of economic cooperation was discussed,” the Georgian PM’s office said. The Georgian delegation, led by the PM, will be …
Read More »Georgia Strengthens Economic Ties With China
The Prime Minister of Georgia and a delegation of Georgian officials are on their way to China for a five-day working visit. During the September 9-13 trip, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Georgian delegation will meet Chinese leaders and representatives of large Chinese companies, and will sign important agreements …
Read More »Erik Heisholt Cannes Lions Grand Prix Winner To Speak At Ad Black Sea
Erik Heisholt, Executive Creative Director & Founder of Heisholt Inc., Norway will talk at seminar program of Ad Black Sea. Erik Heisholt is one of Scandinavias highest awarded creative directors. His merit list includes Grand Prix at Cannes Lions, Gold, Silver & Bronze Lions at Cannes Lions, Gold; silver and …
Read More »Khachapuri – Georgia’s Answer to Pizza
Georgian specialty stands a good chance of becoming the Next Big Thing: the khachapuri. Khachapuri is a cheese bread, the word coming from khacho (ხაჭო), for “cheese curd,” and puri(პური), for “bread.” Wherever you go in Georgia, you can be sure to eat it at least once a day, even …
Read More »Mercy Tembon Has Been Appointed World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus
According to the World Bank, the new Regional Director will be effective from October 1, 2015. She will oversee the Bank’s program in the three countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia. “Mr. Mercy Tembon will lead the development and implementation of the Bank’s Country Partnership Strategies in these countries, as well …
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