Teachers in Israel who are not vaccinated, or are recovered and refuse to get tested, will not be able to work starting from October 3, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday.

Bancel stated that the world will return to routine life by this time next year.

The national currency depreciated against the US dollar as a result of trading on September 23. The exchange rate was 0.24 tetri, bringing the official value of the dollar to 3.1179 GEL.

At the same time, on September 22, 12,948 people were vaccinated.

The largest German airline, Lufthansa, has revealed that shortly after the United States’ administration announced they would remove the travel ban on Schengen, flight bookings have spiked up by 40 per cent over the past few days.

The Spanish Government has announced that the country has welcomed around five million international passengers during August 2021, registering an increase of 172 per cent compared to the same month last year.

TBC Kredit, a non-banking Azerbaijani subsidiary of Georgia's leading bank- TBC Bank - plans to issue bonds in the amount of AZN 3 million (US$ 1.7 mln), Report informs, citing the securities issue prospectus.

Russian gas giant Gazprom has turned down an option to maximize gas shipments to Europe as the continent faces a looming energy crisis amid surging natural gas prices.

Iordanishvili notes that the public will have impression that ENKA takes the advantage of the difficult situation regarding the implementation of the project and made this decision. However, Iordanishvili adds that investor’s decision has its own logic.

He recommends to the government to determine the terms of the contract clearly in order to prevent similar cases in the energy sector.

Tamar Archuadze, Director of the Georgian Airports Union declares, that adding of 3 renewed flights, as well as completely new, non-European destinations from Kutaisi International Airport shows that Wizz Air has long-term plans for the Georgian market.

The vast majority of Georgian hazelnut exports have been made on the European Union market, Italy (3,662 tons), Germany (945 tons), Spain (411 tons), Czech Republic (263 tons), Poland (209 tons), Lithuania (110 tons), Latvia (66 tons), France (65 tons), Estonia ( 44 tonnes), Bulgaria (44 tonnes) and Belgium (20 tonnes).

The CEO of BAG says that the idea of reducing income tax for certain groups is acceptable to them, but not at the expense of new taxes. However, who can be considered as such an entity is still unknown and it is difficult for the business to predict.

There are 39 people quarantined, 4 915 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 930 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are placed at the government-assigned facilities.

David Zalkaliani said that he is looking forward to the visit of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Ivan Korčok to Georgia, which is planned in the near future.

Discussions were also related to cooperation - in both bilateral and multilateral formats. Irakli Garibashvili noted that the Government of Georgia appreciates the support demonstrated by Latvia towards successful implementation of current reforms in Georgia.

According to Irakli Garibashvili, the Government of Georgia remains committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict, which aims to have the Georgian territories de-occupied and trust restored among the communities divided by the occupation line.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Tuesday revised upward its growth forecast for Turkey, while it slightly lowered global and the U.S. economic projections, warning of an “uneven” recovery around the world.