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Pro-Kremlin Actors Fuel Anti-Turkish Sentiment in Georgia

By presenting Turkey as an existential threat to Georgia, outlets divert attention away from the looming Kremlin threat, analysts claim. Over the past few months in Georgia, the spread of narratives regarding the threat of “Turkish expansionism” has intensified, as a number of pro-Kremlin actors, including media outlets and far-right Facebook pages, have increasingly characterized Turkey as ...

Opportunity for creative ideas from organisations in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian organisations with civic initiatives focusing on arts, culture and creativity are invited to participate in the third edition of the Startup ...

Police Officer Arrested on Charges of Exceeding Powers

The FINANCIAL -- The Prosecutor’s Office said on July 15 that an Interior Ministry officer has been arrested on charges of exceeding official powers during the dispersal of the anti-occupation ...

EU priorities at the United Nations and the 74th United Nations General Assembly adopted

The Council today adopted conclusions on the EU's priorities at the 74th UN General Assembly(September 2019 – September 2020). These conclusions complements the Council conclusions on strengthening ...

Most Americans See American Dream as Achievable

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While most Americans, 70%, continue to view the American dream as personally achievable, 29% tell Gallup that even by working hard and playing by the rules, the American dream is ...

Georgian, Azerbaijani Law Enforcers Meet over David Gareji

The FINANCIAL -- Georgian and Azerbaijani law enforcement officers held a meeting near the disputable territory of the David Gareji Monastery yesterday to discuss the incident that took place ...

`Fady Asly: “Georgia is Losing its Competitive Advantage as an Emerging Market”

The FINANCIAL -- Fady Asly, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Georgia, which is referred to as the ‘voice of business’ in Georgia, stated that the business and investment ...

The beautiful skulls of Schiller and the Georgian girl

Isak Dinesen, in one of her gothic tales about art and memory, spins a story of a nobleman’s startling recognition of a prostitute he once loved and abandoned. He saw her likeness in the beauty ...

Volume of retail trade up by 1.1% in euro area. Up by 1.2% in EU28

The FINANCIAL --In June 2019 compared with May 2019, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 1.1% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from ...

President of Georgia joins Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency

The FINANCIAL -- President Salomé Zourabichvili of Georgia has joined an International Energy Agency high-level global commission that is studying how to quickly speed up energy efficiency progress ...

Survey by EU project reveals Black Sea twice as polluted by marine litter as Mediterranean Sea

The FINANCIAL -- The amount of marine litter in the Black Sea is almost twice as high as in the Mediterranean Sea, while concentrations of some pollutants exceed their toxicity threshold value. ...

U.S. Coastal Communities Have Built Nearly 20,000 New Homes in Areas at Risk from Rising Seas

The FINANCIAL -- As America's coastal communities continue to build homes in flood-risk zones, a new analysis by Climate Central and Zillow® shows that nearly 20,000 homes built in the past ...

Ukrainian entrepreneurs transform their businesses through the EU programmes

The FINANCIAL -- After studying in Lithuania under the EU-supported Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme, two entrepreneurs from the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia opened a beauty salon and a ...