The Georgian national football team delivered an overwhelming victory over the Czechia in the UEFA Nations League Group B1 match on Saturday at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in the capital Tbilisi.
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.
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.
The Georgian athletes who won medals at the Paris Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 will present their trophies to supporters on Saturday at 19:45 at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in capital Tbilisi, local media reported.
The western Georgian city of Zugdidi is hosting its first-ever Gemo Fest food and drink festival this weekend, showcasing an array of traditional, rare, and little-known dishes of the Samegrelo region, the National Tourism Administration of the country said on Thursday.
Georgian Education Minister Giorgi Amilakhvari on Friday told the graduation ceremony at the recently launched Kutaisi International University in the western Imereti region the University would become educational and research hub throughout the wider region.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday expressed his “frustration” over the visiting German Bundestag members' “disrespectful actions, categorising” Georgian officials by rank.
Reuters news agency on Tuesday highlighted a public celebration hosted in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi marking the national football team’s return from the ongoing European Championship in Germany after a “thrilling campaign on their major tournament debut”.
European Best Destinations, a travel platform developed to promote culture and tourism in the continent, has named Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi third among its best places to invest.
Georgia is hosting the 57th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank next month under the slogan “The Bridge to the Future”, to reflect its stance as a country with a long history of serving as a natural bridge between Europe and Asia. It is also set to host the major event with a status as a candidate for membership in the European Union, as the country aims to showcase its potential as a vital link between the two continents and encourage building bridges.
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”.