Overview of Georgian media (August 27-September 1) In the past week the Georgian media paid a lot of attention to economy.Moody's has recently decided to change Georgia's forecast for economic development "stable" to "positive." Gerogia Today believes that the change in Moody's forecast was due to "medium-term economic benefits provided by the Agreement on the comprehensive free trade area, signed with the EU on June 27, 2014." An actual improvement of the situation in the republic also played its role, the newspaper notes.Entrepreneur Teimuraz Karchava's decision to invest $ 600 million in the development of Armenia's economy has also been in the media focus. THe project provide for the development of the gas infrastructure of the republic in exhcnage for 1 billion tones of natural gas. The newspaper asks a question of whether it makes sense to import gas from Armenia, which comes from Russia, when natural gas can be obtained directly and without intermediaries from Azerbaijan. Journalists also commented on changes in the visa regime between Georgia and other states, which come into effect today. From now on citizens of 24 countries will be able to visit Georgia without a visa. The former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will create a new talk show, the media reports. However, its development is not clear.
In the past week the Georgian media has been paying a lot of attention to the economy.
Moody's has recently decided to change Georgia's forecast for economic development from "stable" to "positive."
Georgia Today believes that the change in Moody's forecast was due to "medium-term economic benefits provided by the Agreement on the comprehensive free trade area, signed with the EU on June 27, 2014."
An actual improvement of the situation in the republic also played its role, the newspaper notes.
Entrepreneur Teimuraz Karchava's decision to invest $600 million in the development of Armenia's economy has also been in the media focus. The project provide for the development of the gas infrastructure of the republic in exchnage for 1 billion tons of natural gas.
The newspaper asks whether it makes sense to import gas from Armenia, which comes from Russia, when natural gas can be obtained directly and without intermediaries from Azerbaijan.
Journalists also commented on changes in the visa regime between Georgia and other states, which come into effect today.
From now on citizens of 24 countries will be able to visit Georgia without a visa.
The former Prime Minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, will create a new talk show, the media reports. However, its development is not clear.
