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Eco-Dictatorship Era

December 13, 2021

The latest UN climate report has stirred the world. The regular global action “Ecological Strike” took place in August a year earlier. This year it is about to be held again. Millions of citizens of 190 countries in different cities are demanding that governments take urgent measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere and shift to renewable energy.

Does Khabib Nurmagomedov Deserve the N1 Pound-for-Pound Spot over Jon Jones after UFC 254?

As the most highly anticipated fight of 2020 unveiled, UFC 254 showed

by Gela Megeneishvili

October 29, 2020

3 mins read

OPINION: Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity

Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the

by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

October 3, 2020

2 mins read

Why I decided to run for the post of the GPB Director General

The principal reason why I decided to run for the post of

by Khatuna Lagazidze

September 24, 2020

3 mins read

OP-ED

Sheraton: Giving Back To the Community

Dating back to the early 1990s, the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace has a long history of standing by the people of Georgia and serving as a safe haven for local and international communities.

by Fred Smits, General Manager

March 26, 2020

1 min read

OP-ED

Blunting the Impact and Hard Choices: Early Lessons from China”

The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China's experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease

by By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee

March 20, 2020

4 mins read

OP-ED

Georgia deserves membership in NATO

Renewed hostilities in Ukraine in recent days once again underscore what is at stake for the Black Sea region as a focal point for competing geo-political powers. The Black Sea serves as a buffer along Europe’s southern flank, helping to protect Europe,

by Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia

February 25, 2020

3 mins read

OP-ED

Why Sherlock Holmes is stupid

The FINANCIAL -- It has been countless decades since the pale inhabitant of 221B Baker Street with his charcoal hair, infamous hat and unrivalled deductive skills, used to reign supreme and defend the title of the brightest detective, inspiring youth all around the

by Gela Megeneishvili

January 27, 2020

4 mins read

OP-ED

Potential for US-Georgia free trade development

Many experts believe that the United States is in a relatively complicated situation with its military retreat in Syria, as well as unstable relationships with the countries that once supported them in the Greater Middle East. Therefore, American politicians realize now the

by Natalia Revishvili Marketing Manager

November 15, 2019

2 mins read

OP-ED

What Is Happening To The LARI

Since Georgian Dream came to power in 2013 the dynamic of the Lari’s exchange rate is very clear, it went from 1.65 in January 2013 to 2.92 in August 2019.

by Fady Asly, President of ICC Georgia

August 6, 2019

2 mins read

OP-ED

Moldova’s Regime Change: End of an Era, Uncertain New Start (Part Two)

Moldova had become a paradigmatic case of state capture under the rule of Vladimir Plahotniuc, in a sequence comparable to what happened in Georgia under Bidzina Ivanishvili. The paradigm involves personal, informal control over state institutions by the country’s wealthiest individual, in

by Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor

June 28, 2019

4 mins read

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Stronger regulation is needed if the European crowdfunding market is to grow

The international crowdfunding market has seen incredible growth over the last seven years. In fact, in 2010 the overall funding raised via this method hadn’t even hit the $1 billion mark, and in the seven years between then and 2017 we have

by Jorg Rocholl

June 22, 2019

4 mins read

OP-ED

What are we breathing people? Who’s to blame?

The FINANCIAL -- As Tbilisi has expanded greatly over the last several decades, air pollution has developed as a rapidly growing issue.

by Gela Megeneishvili

February 28, 2019

3 mins read

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The 2018 Georgian economy – a year in review

The FINANCIAL -- Economic growth --The preliminary statistics released by Geostat reveal that Georgia’s real GDP growth was 4.8%year over year (YoY)in 2018.These results are behind the World Bank’s, IMF’s, ADB’s and NBG’s latest growth projections of 5%-5.5%.

by Yaroslava Babych and Giorgi Mzhavanadze, ISET

February 25, 2019

7 mins read