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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday attended a Paris Summer Olympic Games reception hosted by Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, in honour of the leaders of the participating states.
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Having successfully obtained the EU candidate country status, Georgia is now poised to engage in membership negotiations with the European Union. We are now working on new ‘9 steps’. And this is a challenging period for our future integration with the EU, because the process coincides with the parliamentary elections later this year. Therefore, we need to make a serious effort to secure our democracy.
On March 4, I travelled from Tbilisi to Berlin, only to discover at the airport of the German capital that Georgia was still in front of me in the middle of Europe. The reason for this was the numerous advertising banners that positioned Georgia impressively with the messages of “Infinite hospitality - Georgia”, “Find Infinite Wonders”, “Meet Infinite Culture” and more. I quickly realised the Georgian adventure in Berlin was only beginning.
As I am approaching the end of my ambassadorial term in Georgia, it is time to take a small step back and try to absorb all the unforgettable personal and professional experiences of the past 2.5 years. Time has flown so incredibly fast and it’s impossible to believe that soon I’ll have to pack up once again and move on.
It is time for me to say goodbye to Agenda.ge
Today, December 13, 2021, English-language Georgian news platform Agenda.ge is marking its 8th birthday. I am retiring as the editor in chief of Agenda.ge at the end of December 2021. My mission and time as the head of Agenda.ge has come to its end. Starting January 1, 2022, I will no longer be the editor-in-chief.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said the Georgian public’s “outrage” by the domestic opposition's “actions over the past two years” as they “pushed the country towards war” amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine had forced a “change in rhetoric” in the parties.
There are “particular risks” in Georgia due to the country being an “object of particular interest”, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Wednesday following the State Security Service’s announcement of an investigation of an alleged plan of assassination of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Honorary Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party this week.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Parliament, on Thursday vowed that the country’s European path would “remain intact”.
Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Chikovani on Wednesday said the cooperation between his office and the United States Department of Defence remained “active” on the backdrop of challenges in bilateral relations created following the adoption of the domestic controversial law on transparency of the foreign influence by the Georgian Parliament earlier this year that was criticised by American officials.
Reuters news agency on Tuesday highlighted a public celebration hosted in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi marking the national football team’s return from the ongoing European Championship in Germany after a “thrilling campaign on their major tournament debut”.
European Best Destinations, a travel platform developed to promote culture and tourism in the continent, has named Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi third among its best places to invest.
Georgia is hosting the 57th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank next month under the slogan “The Bridge to the Future”, to reflect its stance as a country with a long history of serving as a natural bridge between Europe and Asia. It is also set to host the major event with a status as a candidate for membership in the European Union, as the country aims to showcase its potential as a vital link between the two continents and encourage building bridges.
The Time Out magazine, a travel publication, has named Georgia’s northern highland town of Stepantsminda among its 16 “most beautiful small towns around the world to visit in one lifetime”.
