Tbilisi celebrates Georgian-German cooperation with festive events
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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.
From 1 pm until 10 pm, the renewed Agmashenebeli Avenue in a historic district of Tbilisi will become a meeting place for local and foreign pedestrians, offering musical performances, exhibitions, workshops and interactive games for all age groups.
Those attending the celebrations will also be treated to German food and beverages at one of the five tents.
Various German organisations and foundations operating in Georgia will share information about their activities and also engage visitors in various attractions.
The festival, organised by the German Embassy to Georgia, is being held within the Georgian-German Year, an 18-month-long series of cultural and political events celebrating 200 years of friendship and 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries that officially kicked off in April of this year.
The Georgian-German Year, an 18-month-long series of cultural and political events celebrating the 200 years of friendship and 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, has officially begun in Berlin today.
This year has been declared as a year celebrating the friendship of Germany and Georgia.
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.
For five days starting next week, Tbilisi will host a new festival celebrating artistic connection between the Georgian and German capitals by showcasing talent of artists from the two countries.
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.