One year since its filming in Georgia, CNN is back in Tbilisi to begin the next stage of its series on Georgia for its Eye On program, which focuses on countries that are shaping the worldwide landscape.
In the first program anchor Paula Newton in the live broadcast from Georgia`s Black Sea town of Batumi said the town has become a tourist and investment center of teh country. She emphasized that the construction process continues in the town even on Sunday.
The journalist said that Georgia has gained economic and energy independence from Russia, although it still wants to see Russian tourists coming to Georgia and country is open for Russian investments.
Paula Newton promised the audience to show during one week much about Batumi that would destroy all the impressions of Batumi as a Soviet town.
Former governor of Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region Mr. Tsezar Chocheli has been detained on charges of legalization of illicit income and illegal involvement in entrepreneurial activities.
Georgia`s Foreign Minister Mrs. Maia Panjikidze has confirmed that Prime Ministers of Georgia and Russia, Bidzina Ivanishvili and Dmitri Medvedev had today a brief conversation in Davos, where they are attending World Economic Forum.
Minister of Finance of Georgia Nodar Khaduri has downplayed the concerns of the United National Movement secretary general about the danger of financial and economic crisis.
Secretary general of the United National Movement Vano Merabishvili is concerned about the political regress in the country - Merabishvili presented specific numbers of economic turnover in the country, which he said was obtained by economic experts from various sources.
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The delegation, which will arrive in Moscow to hold negotiations about the return of Georgian wine products to Russian market, has been already staffed. Six representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Samtrest Company working on the standards of ...
Russia`s chief sanitarian Genady Onishchenko has voiced the possible date of the meetings with Georgian delegation, which will discuss the return of Georgian wine and mineral products to the Russian market.
The list of the families, who were affected by the disaster last autumn in Kakheti Region, will be handed over to the Kartu Bank, where individual accounts will be opened. The amount of assistance for each family has been determined by individual calculations.
Chairman of Georgian National Electricity Regulatory Commission (GNERC) Guram Chalagashvili was released today on bail. City Court in Kutaisi ordered GEL 3,000 bail for Chalagashvili instead of Gel 10,000 requested by the prosecution.
