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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday attended the opening of the nine-kilometre Zestaponi Bypass Road which allows drivers travelling on the country’s international East-West Highway to avoid entering the busy western city and instead use the road joining the E60 road at the Argveta junction.
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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 Friday said freedom of assembly was “ensured” in the country but urged the “radical” opposition not to hold its protests against the controversial bill on transparency of foreign influence on Monday, as a ruling party-organised rally is set to run in support of the legislative piece.
The current agenda of bilateral relations and cooperation in international formats were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said the fifth Evaluation Report of the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe would be released after it was translated, and added Transparency International was “spreading lies” with its claim that the Government had “refused to publicly release” the document.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said members of the European Parliament “cannot not stop caring about Mikheil Saakashvili”, the imprisoned former President of Georgia, who he said had “committed a lot of crimes”, adding the attitude was an “indicator for the Georgian society about what really drives these people”.
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”.
