EU Council retains Georgia on list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted following review
This list will continue to be reviewed regularly and updated. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Council of the European Union has updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be gradually lifted and the list still includes Georgia.
As of July 31 member states were to begin gradually lifting travel restrictions at the external borders for residents of the following third countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- Georgia
- Japan
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- Rwanda
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Uruguay
China is subject to confirmation of reciprocity.
Residents of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican should be considered as EU residents for the purpose of this recommendation, said the council.
This list will continue to be reviewed regularly and updated.
Paris, Riga, Munich are exceptions
Regular international flights will not resume in Georgia until August 31, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency, however Paris, Riga and Munich will be exceptions. Air France will carry out two flights a week starting early August from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tbilisi International Airports and German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi to Munich.
The Council of the European Union has updated the list of countries to which the travel restrictions should be gradually lifted and the list still includes Georgia. The criteria to determine third countries for which current travel restrictions should be lifted cover in particular the epidemiological situation and containment measures, including social distancing, as well as economic and social considerations.
Georgia is opening its borders for travellers from five countries, announces PM Spokesman Irakli Chikovani after a meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council today. The government of Georgia is also negotiating with international airline companies to resume direct flights in Georgia. So far an agreement has been reached with Lufthansa which will start flights between Munich and Tbilisi starting August.
Georgia is on a draft list of countries that will be allowed to enter the European Union starting July 1 when the bloc's international borders are scheduled to open, reports Euronews.
German airline Lufthansa has carried out the first commercial flight since the coronavirus lockdown today, from Tbilisi to Munich.
About 2,700 applications of foreign citizens looking to travel to Georgia and work remotely from the country have already been registered on the programme’s online platform developed specially for the purpose.
The flag carrier airline of Greece, Aegean Airlines, will carry out one flight between the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi and Greek Capital city of Athens in August, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava stated today that there is a will to resume flights with Greece but flight confirmation has not been issued yet.
Georgia has become the first country to host the session of the World Tourism Organisation’s (WTO) Executive Council outside the borders of Spain. Delivering a speech during the 112th session of WTO in Tbilisi earlier today, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated that Georgia and WTO ‘have been linked with long, successful cooperation which is becoming more and more fruitful.’