Turkish company ENKA has stated that they will not build a Namakhvani HPP in western Georgia due to the ‘violation of contract conditions’ by the Georgian side. The forthcoming construction of the HPP in Rioni gorge has caused large scale protests ...
In the second quarter of 2021, hardware Trojans attacked 0.10% of computer users in Georgia, while the figure stood at 0.26% in Armenia and 0.23% in Azerbaijan, Kaspersky Lab Georgia reports. In April-June 2020, 0.23% of users in Georgia encount...
The Georgian National Statistics Office [https://www.geostat.ge/en] says that in the second quarter of 2021 the average monthly nominal earnings in Georgia increased by 15.5 percent (177.9 Gel) compared to the same quarter of the previous year and am...
French company Electricite de France (EDF ) has presented to the Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) a Hydro Power Roadmap that analyses the potentiality of hydroelectricity power for Georgia from 2020 to 2035. The roadmap was co-financed by the ...
As of June 30, 2021, the Georgian government debt amounted to GEL 29.6 billion, which is about 55% of the country’s GDP for the last one year, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) has stated. TI Georgia reports that in the first six mo...
Georgian hotels and hotel enterprises served 1.34 million guests in 2020 which is 66.5 percent lower than in 2019, the National Statistics Office of Georgia reported earlier today. 30.6 percent of the guests were foreigners. Most of them (16.0 p...
In 2020 and the first six months of 2021, a total of GEL 67 million was allocated from the Georgian Government Reserve Fund, which is for unexpected expenses, of which more than GEL 61 million (GEL 61.8 million) was spent. “Only 13% (GEL 7.9 mil...
The unemployment rate in Georgia has increased by 3.8% compared to the same period of the previous year and equaled 22.1% in the second quarter of 2021, the National Statistics Office of Georgia reported today. In the second quarter of the year ...
U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in June as vaccinations against COVID-19 boosted demand for travel-related services and recreation, but part of the increase reflected higher prices, with annual inflation accelerating further above the ...
Singer and talk show host Kelly Clarkson will take over Ellen DeGeneres’ slot on US TV, network NBC has confirmed. Earlier this month, DeGeneres announced her talk show would come to an end in 2022 after 19 seasons. The presenter said she was leavi...
