Orthodox Christians in Georgia today are celebrating Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by people waving palm branches.
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.
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 Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and Masatsugu Asakawa, the President of the Asian Development Bank, on Saturday discussed the importance of hosting the upcoming 57th Annual Meeting of the ADB in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Chair of the Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said he hoped to have “less misunderstanding” with the country’s “strategic partners and friends” on the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence.
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia has received modern firefighting equipment from its Danish counterparts under the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package, aimed at helping the body to respond effectively to forest fires, the Service said on Saturday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday called a letter, sent by the bipartisan group of the United States senators to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday stating the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence undermined the country’s relations with the US, “somewhat surprising and disappointing”.
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”.
The Union of European Football Associations on Wednesday highlighted the Georgian national football team’s first-ever qualification for a major international tournament after the squad defeated Greece to book a spot at the 2024 European Championship.
The Times of India, an English-language Indian daily newspaper and digital news media, is promoting Georgia and its capital of Tbilisi as a visitor destination.
Die Welt, a German national daily newspaper, is promoting Georgia’s north-western highland region of Svaneti as a destination for winter sport enthusiasts by calling it a “crown of the Caucasus”.