The internet giant — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — has asked that employees currently assigned to an office return to in-person work three days a week starting September 5.

Switzerland and the UK lead destinations for exports

According to the Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture, Georgia deserves the candidate status for EU membership. As Otar Shamugia mentioned to the journalists, the Georgian government is doing everything to get the status.

Domestic air traffic fully recovers, up 2.9% from same period in 2019, according to IATA data

Official value of the greenback became 2.6335 GEL.

According to the applications submitted by Red Wings to the Civil Aviation Agency, multiple charter flights in the direction of Sochi - Tbilisi - Sochi were to start from June 2.

The May score marked the lowest since April 2021 and meant the index was now 22% below an all-time peak reached in March 2022 following the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The annual inflation rate in Georgia amounted to 12.3% in May 2023, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

Enterprise Georgia hosted the official Swiss government and private sector delegation. The delegation was led by Helene Budliger, State Secretary for Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation.

Exports rose 14.4% year-over-year to $21.7 billion

Basisbank continues to expand the network of service centers. The bank has opened doors to clients at another modern-standard service center at 113a, Rustaveli Street, Borjomi. The new service center provides full banking services to both individuals and legal entities.

Company "Chirina", which produces poultry products under the "BIU-BIU" brand in the local market, has completed its development project. The founder of the company, Revaz Vashakidze, noted that since 2012, a total of GEL 265 million has been invested in the development of production and poultry farming.

The number of people who support the membership in one way or another remains virtually unchanged.

Shenderovich accused Georgia's government of "doing the work" to turn the nation into "Putin's province."

The Armenian investment company "TIM Invest" acquired a 30% stake in the Georgian telecommunications company "Skytel". Corresponding changes have already been reflected in the Public Registry.

"208 billion cubic meters of gas have been produced from the field block. More than 340 million tons of oil produced in the ACG fell to the share of Azerbaijan's profit oil."

"Peace and Tourism" - this will be the main theme of the World Tourism Day in 2024, and it is very important that the mentioned event will be held in Georgia, - Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary General of the UNWTO said.

Russian oilfield services earned 1.79 trillion rubles ($22.2 billion) in 2022, the highest figure since at least 2018.

In May 2023 the Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.1 percent compared to the previous month, while the annual inflation rate amounted to 1.5%, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

Rating agency expects global trade to grow 1.9% this year, significantly down from 5.5% last year