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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

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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

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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

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EU Association Agreement – A High Price But Where We Belong!

The FINANCIAL -- On June 27, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili signed the highly touted EU Association Agreement, including its free trade chapters, with the President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

June 29, 2014

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Economic Analysis – China-Africa: Challenges Will Increase As Relationship Deepens

The FINANCIAL -- BMI View: Closer economic ties between China and Africa will inevitably result in occasional tensions between the two economies. Beijing is aware of this, and we expect the Chinese government to devote greater effort to winning popular and elite

by BusinessMonitor International Ltd

June 27, 2014

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For Georgians, EU and NATO remain “forbidden fruit”

The FINANCIAL -- Over the past decade, Georgia has undergone dramatic changes. A colored revolution ushered in a pro-Western regime, resulting in serious efforts to combat institutional corruption and organized crime; Moscow’s lost its central Caucasus command HQ in Tbilisi, and replaced

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

June 15, 2014

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Georgia – a country between Poland and Korea

The FINANCIAL -- In the first part of this article (available on the homepage of The Financial and the ISET Economist Blog), I described some of the adverse incentives resulting from a social welfare system. Then I argued that according to Simon

by Ia Vardishvili, ISET

June 13, 2014

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Redistribution versus growth: Georgia at the crossroads

The FINANCIAL -- One day in my village, I saw our neighbors carrying TV sets, refrigerators, parabolic antennas, and washing machines out of their house. Soon I found out that they were hiding all that stuff from the state audit agency that

by Ia Vardishvili, ISET

June 6, 2014

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Mixed sentiments towards Palestine and different religions in FSU

The FINANCIAL -- Georgia is 11 times larger than the State of Palestine (based on its 1967 borders) and has almost the same population size of Gaza and the West Bank only ( there are approximately 6 million Palestinian refugees living outside

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

June 5, 2014

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Anti-Semitic Beliefs Remain Prevalent in Post-Soviet Space

The FINANCIAL -- As stated in Wikipedia - anti-Semitism is prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group.

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

May 28, 2014

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Discrimination in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- On May 2, 2014, the Georgian parliament unanimously passed the law on the elimination of any form of discrimination. The stated objective of the law is to ensure that any physical or legal entity equally benefits from all rights

by Nino Doghonadze and Norberto Pignatti, ISET

May 25, 2014

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How does the world feel about Jews and Israel, and how aware are they of the Holocaust?

The FINANCIAL -- A couple of weeks ago, some excellent content appeared on the World Wide Web - the global survey of anti-Semitic attitudes, known as ADL Global 100.

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

May 22, 2014

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