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Georgia and ADB formalize agreement
The Georgian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will formalize an agreement on launching the fourth stage of an investment program of the urban service improvement today. It envisages the allocation of the concessional financing to Tbilisi.

Georgia: whose children are fighting in Ukraine?
The confrontation of “volunteers” could continue in Georgia itself
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Georgia pays off debt to UNESCO
The Georgian government has paid off its debt to UNESCO for the event on the occasion of the Independence Day of Georgia on May 27 in 2009 held at the headquarters of the organization.

Construction of Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey railway nearing completion
The railway line linking three neighboring states will start working at full capacity at the end of this year.

Georgia doesn’t welcome Rosneft
Many in the country dislike an agreement on selling 49% of Petrocas and the Poti oil terminal to the Russian energy giant
450 churches of reconciliation or discord?
By Giorgi Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza …

Caucasus Press Review (January 19-25)
Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in local press

Georgia received 44.5 million euros from the EU
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn signed a new three-year EUR 44.5 million program to assist Georgia in the implementation of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement.

Georgian authorities to help open madrasa in Batumi
The Georgian government and the authorities of the Adjara Autonomous Republic will buy a building for the Batumi Mosque and the mufti administration of Western Georgia. Additional space will be provided at Orta Jam, the problem of open-air prayers at the Batumi Mosque will be solved after a reorganization of the said space, Georgia Online reports. Damage caused by the authorities during communist times will be compensated.

Economy to determine Georgian foreign policy
Despite all promises, Bidzina Ivanishvili takes time to invest his money in Georgia

Margvelashvili: Georgia will continue establishing free society
The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, the President and the Premier of Georgia wished Happy New Year to the country’s residents and spoke about key events of 2014.

Garibashvili says Georgia is ready for changes
Georgia is preparing for a new phase of reform, the prime minister of the country, Irakli Garibashvili, declared at a press conference on the results of 2014.

Garibashvili holds final press conference of 2014
Today at 9:00 am (MSK) the final press conference this year of Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili began in Georgia.
Georgia simplifies visa regime for Armenia
Georgia will change the visa regime that restricts visits of Armenians to the country to 90 days, Epress.am reports.Georgian Prime Minister Ovik Abramyan said during his visit to Georgia on December 11 that Georgian MPs of Armenian origin wanted to raise the problem. The PM discussed the visa issue with Georgian authorities and informed them about the concerns of Georgian Armenians.A high-ranking member of the Georgian government has recently contacted Georgian MP Samvel Petrosyan and promised to change the visa regime soon.

Beruchashvili: we are not preparing high-level contacts with Russia yet
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Georgian Republic, Tamar Beruchashvili, said on Friday that Tbilisi has not yet decided on its position on contacts with Russia.
Is Aeroflot too big for Georgia?
Airzena staff hold protests at Tbilisi International Airport, flights to Moscow were cancelled
Meskhetian Turks in Georgia
Descendants of those deported demand repatriation and dual citizenship