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Silk Road through Georgia

Silk Road through Georgia

Georgia has a unique selling point: close trade relations with China and with the EU

Lapis Lazuli to provide incentive to develop region

Lapis Lazuli to provide incentive to develop region

Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed a major international trade and transport corridor deal on the sidelines of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VII) in Ashgabat, which was …

Lapis Lazuli to link Kabul, Baku and Ankara for $2 billion

Lapis Lazuli to link Kabul, Baku and Ankara for $2 billion

Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Turkey signed a major international trade and transport corridor deal. The Lapis Lazuli Corridor will begin in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province and Turqundi in the …

China’s strategy in the Caucasus

China’s strategy in the Caucasus

Expectations of gains from the “One Belt, One Road” project is contingent on the inauguration of the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway as well as the speed of port facility improvements in both Azerbaijan and Georgia

Batumi, Poti and Kulevi closed due to storm

Batumi, Poti and Kulevi closed due to storm

All Georgian  ports – Batumi, Poti and Kulevi – have been closed due to a storm, the Maritime Transport Agency reports. The department explained that the closure of the ports is an element of its normal work in such weather conditions. The …

Prosecutor's car attacked in Poti, media report

Prosecutor's car attacked in Poti, media report

In the Georgian port city of Poti the car of the city prosecutor, Alexander Goguadze, was attacked last night, local TV channels reported. According to preliminary reports, the prosecutor himself was driving the Hyundai …

Turkish ship detained in Poti for polluting the Black Sea

Turkish ship detained in Poti for polluting the Black Sea

The Ministry of Environment of Georgia has reported about the detention of a ship in the port of Poti under the flag of Turkey, which is accused of dumping oil into the Black Sea. An instance of an action detrimental to marine ecology was …

Residents of Poti dissatisfied with bad smell

Residents of Poti dissatisfied with bad smell

More than 300 residents of Poti have participated in a protest rally today. They expressed their dissatisfaction with an unpleasant smell, which spreads over the whole of the seaside town during the fishing season when factories process fish. …