2017 will mark the Year of Georgia-Germany Friendship
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Next year has been declared as a year celebrating the friendship of Germany and Georgia.
The news was announced after Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier this afternoon in Berlin, Germany.
The two top officials also agreed Steinmeier would come to Georgia in a reciprocal visit in early July.
At today’s meeting Kvirikashvili and Steinmeier mainly discussed Georgia’s European Union (EU) visa liberalisation prospects, and the next step forward after it was announced discussing the issue in the Council of Europe and European Parliament has been postponed until September following last-minute refusals on Georgia’s visa-free travel to the EU by Germany, Belgium and France.
Today Steinmeier told Kvirikashvili that Germany’s Foreign Ministry "supported Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations and recognised the country’s progress in this regard.”
Germany also welcomed Georgia’s peaceful approach to settling conflicts, in relation to the onging tense current situation in and near Georgia’s two occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Prime Minister Kvirikashvili was due to end his two-day official trip to Germany later today.
Georgia’s Prime Minister has delivered a poignant speech about Georgia’s democratic future at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung foundation in Berlin in front of German politicians, experts and journalists.
Germany is supporting Georgia’s development in the sciences, technology and education sectors and is pledging to share its experience with the country as Georgia works to advance these fields.
A visa liberalisation decision for Georgia will be taken in favour of the country in combination with a suspension mechanism, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel and Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met in Berlin this afternoon.
Today Georgia’s Prime Minister has met President of the German Bundestag (the national Parliament of Germany) Norbert Lammert in Germany.
“Georgia is a safe haven situated in a place where companies can engage all markets”
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has opened a Georgia-Germany business forum in Berlin today. He delivered a comprehensive speech at the event covering Georgia’s political, economic and foreign priorities.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is set to pay a two-day visit to Germany to discuss the country’s visa liberalisation with top German officials. Kvirikashvili will be in Germany on June 15 and 16.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a big supporter of Georgia being offered visa-free travel to the European Union (EU) and is praising the country for its big achievements as it moves towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
Georgia’s Prime Minister has delivered a poignant speech at Humboldt University in Germany where he explained his country’s European intentions and explained why Georgia considered itself a truly European state.
Carnegie Europe, an internationally influential foreign policy think-tank, has published its interview with Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili is set to pay an official visit to Germany on June 29-30. While abroad he will meet several top officials including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is coming to Georgia today for a two-day visit in capital Tbilisi.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is in Georgia to attend the opening ceremony of the annual Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), which is taking place in Tbilisi from July 1-5.
Henkel, a leading German company that produces and operates some of the world’s most recognised brands and technologies, has opened its first plant in the Caucasus in Georgia.
A German multinational building materials company is upgrading its existing cement and concrete facilities in Georgia, spending $100 million USD to do so.
BASF, one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers headquartered in Germany is looking to open a representative office in Georgia.
Georgia is welcoming a new company named BASF into the local market. BASF is one of the world’s largest German chemical manufacturers and employed over 112,000 people worldwide.
A leading international service provider Arvato is opening office in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, promising to give local businesses the best brand experience possible.
The fascinating story of German settlers in Georgia will be the highlight of a new exhibition opening at Tbilisi’s National Gallery venue this week to celebrate cultural ties between the two countries.
This year has been declared as a year celebrating the friendship of Germany and Georgia.
German city of Freiburg is hosting variety of cultural events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Germany. A photo exhibition by Nino Alavidze and Christoph Schumacher is among them.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi is hosting an open air festival dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Georgian and German development cooperation with various cultural activities today.
In terms of implementing reforms under the Eastern Partnership, Georgia is a distinguished leader and deserves special recognition, says the German parliament in a resolution.
The German capital of Berlin has hosted a festival dedicated to Georgian culture and literature.
Georgia's southern city Bolnisi is set to welcome a brand-new playground and recreational space in a project aimed to mark the ongoing anniversary year of German-Georgian diplomatic relations and the 200-year history of German settlers in the city.
From September 1 this year Georgia will have a consul in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany, as the number of Georgians living there is bigger than in other parts of the country.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze is paying a working visit to Germany. Within his visit on August 25-27 Janelidze will meet with the representatives of government and business circles.
The Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli hosts special events dedicated to first visit of German colonists to Georgia. It was 200 hundred years ago when a group of German Settlers from Swabia arrived in Georgia to found the town of Katharinenfeld, today known as Bolnisi.
Georgian cultural institutions are studying the traces and history of 19th century German settlements in the country, as the UNESCO celebrates their anniversary in the South Caucasus.