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A 70,000-capacity football stadium will be built in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi with a goal of the venue hosting the 2028 final of the UEFA Champions League, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced on Monday.
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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.
It is time for me to say goodbye to Agenda.ge
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 Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said the new document on national goals for the education system had been finalised and was “based on values and principles such as patriotism and national spirit”.
The Georgian Public Defender's Office on Monday said Russian occupation forces had illegally detained five citizens near the occupied villages of Dirbi, Artsevi and Otrevi in central Georgia this month, noting the developments “clearly show the occupation regime continues the illegal practice” of arresting Georgian nationals for “illegal crossing of the so-called border”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said freedom of expression was “ensured” by authorities in the country with an ability to “gather and express opinions”, in reference to a planned rally outside the Parliament in Tbilisi next Monday in support of the controversial bill on the transparency of foreign influence.
A new terminal will be built at the Queen Tamar Airport in north-western Georgia’s highland town of Mestia to increase domestic tourism potential, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told a Government meeting on Monday.
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”.
