The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023.

The Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure has started the construction of a sports complex in Zugdidi.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of Covid-19 vaccines and ingredients.

The European Union (EU) has paid bail for Nika Melia, chairman of the United National Movement. The EU Delegation to Georgia has issued a statement:

According to updated covid statistics of stopcov.ge, 27,384 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, as a result of which coronavirus was confirmed in 1,564 people. During this period, 693 citizens recovered.

According to a study carried out in 43 countries and territories by the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association, female entrepreneurs are especially common in developing nations like Angola as well as in developed countries on the Arabian Peninsular, like Saudi Arabia, Oman or Kuwait, and in the Americas, like in Panama, Chile and the U.S. Many developed nations in Europe have very low rates of female entrepreneurs, according to the study.

Turkey's defense and aerospace industry racked up US$950 million in exports in the first four months of 2021. With over US$386 million, the US was the top export market for the aviation and defense industry sectors.

Total demand for air travel in March 2021 was down 67.2% compared to March 2019. That was an improvement over the 74.9% decline recorded in February 2021 versus February 2019. The better performance was driven by gains in domestic markets, particularly China. International traffic remained largely restricted.

Trade between Russia and China in the first four months of 2021 grew by 19.8% year on year, to US$ 40.207 billion. Exports to the Russian Federation from PRC in January-April increased by 38.7% and amounted to about US$ 18.19 billion. Imports of Russian goods and services increased by 7.7%, to US$ 22.016 billion.

TAV Airports and Kazakhstan Infrastructure Fund have completed the buy-out of Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan’s main aviation gateway and an important junction on the modern “Silk Road”. The capacity of the airport will be doubled with a USD 200M investment. Almaty is the 15th airport in TAV’s global network.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized the Sinopharm vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to have this authorization.

The UK's largest tour operator has announced that it will subsidise the cost of Covid testing for customers who book its package holidays.

In order to raise awareness about vaccination, the Government of Georgia has created a special website https://Provax.ge.

The semiconductor industry's constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient — simultaneously.

Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend.

Ether, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin, on Thursday extended a breakaway rally to a new record high of $3,616.10, gathering momentum as investors diverted focus from its main rival.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week sold nearly $2 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider.

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an accelerating vaccination campaign help lower the infection rate.

“We do not have the resource to lift the curfew at this stage, because we are expecting the peak of the third wave of coronavirus. We need to decrease mobility due to the safety of our citizens”, Tikaradze declared.

The travel company will take Georgian tourists only to Turkey during the summer season, while the company will consider other countries from the fall.