Tbilisi Square opens in central Riga
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A square named for Tbilisi will soon be built in the very centre of the Latvian capital of Riga.
Georgian and Latvian officials yesterday held a sod-turning ceremony for the new square in Brivibas Gatve, Riga’s central avenue.
The development of the square will mark the 10th anniversary of partnership between Tbilisi and Riga.
Lime trees and grapevines were planted yesterday in the area where further square infrastructure will be developed. The project will be completed before the end of the year.
Tbilisi square will be developed in the centre of Riga before the end of the year. Photo: Embassy of Georgia in Riga, Latvia/Facebook
The initiative is being implemented with support from Tbilisi City Hall, Riga City Hall and the Georgian Embassy in Latvia.
This marks the second Baltic square to be named for Tbilisi. In 2015, Lithuania named the first square in its capital, Vilnius.
Tbilisi Zoo is preparing to welcome 14 new animals donated by Latvian and English zoos this Monday. There will be a tiger among the new animals.
A visa-free travel regime between Georgia and the European Union (EU) will strengthen economic and trade ties and enhance people-to-people relations, believes Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgards Rinkevics.
Georgia has warmly welcomed a present from Riga Zoo - a camel, yak, alpacas and parrots – which were all welcomed to their new home at Tbilisi Zoo last night.
People living in the Vilnius will celebrate the opening of Tbilisi Square – an area named in honour of Georgia’s capital.
The recreational park, located in one of the central parts of the Cankaya Municipality in Ankara, is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Turkey.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius have opened the renovated Vilnius Square in Old Tbilisi, on Daniel Chonkadze Street earlier today on September 10.
The Polish city of Wroclaw is now home to a square named after Georgian officers of the Polish Army, reports the Georgian Ambassador to Poland Ilia Darchiashvili.