The Electricity System Commercial Operator (ESCO) reports that Georgia imported 1 billion 716.1 million kWh of electricity from January to September 2021

The Turkish lira continued to slide and reached a record low against the U.S. dollar Friday, a day after the Central Bank sharply cut interest rates. It was another hit after a global financial watchdog placed Turkey on a list of countries to monitor for money laundering and terrorism financing.

With interest rates set to stay lower for longer and bond yields in negative territory, equity investment interest for real estate is expected to remain plentiful for the remaining of 2021. That said, market participants are being more careful than ever about how and where they deploy that capital.

The Armenian government has no plans to open new Russian schools in Armenia, Education, Science, Culture and Sports Minister Vahram Dumanyan said during a government press briefing.

Belarus plans to increase export of dairy products to $4 billion by 2030, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksei Bogdanov told reporters on the sidelines of the Belarus Dairy Export Forum in Minsk.

The number of newly established companies in Turkey rose by 8.8% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2021, the country's top trade body said.

In January-September this year, social expenditures (salary fund, pensions and social benefits, medicine and food expenses according to economic classification) of the state budget of Azerbaijan amounted to AZN 7,655,200,000 (US$4,503,058,792), accounting for 43.2% of total expenditures.

Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group.

As a result of October 22 trading, the Georgian national currency strengthened against the US dollar. The change in the exchange rate against the dollar was 0.1 tetri, as a result of which the official value of the dollar became 3.14 GEL.

In the first 9 months of 2021, computing machines and their blocks accounted for 1.6% of the largest exports. $ 110.9 million was spent to purchase goods.

The Bank of England's new chief economist has warned that UK inflation is likely to hit or surpass 5% by early next year.

These projects are part of the € 3.9 billion financial assistance that Georgia will receive in the form of loans and grants from the European Union in the coming years.

The agency also considers the implementation of various projects. According to them, the budget of various infrastructure projects planned for the coming years is about GEL 212 million, of which GEL 49 million will be funded from the state budget.

According to Deputy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili, Georgia is actively preparing for the winter season in the mountain resorts and for this purpose, they will strictly follow the COVID-regulations.

Georgia buys more than USD 500 million worth of oil and oil products every year. A significant portion of the fuel is intended for 1.2 million vehicles that move through the country; as well as for the tens of thousands of transit trucks and cars that cross Georgian borders every month.

A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set.

According to statistics, in 2020, companies operating in the gambling business paid a total of GEL 210 million in taxes, which is exactly 152 times less than their turnover.

Georgian capital Tbilisi recorded the highest number of 1,352 Covid-19 cases within the last 24 hours, followed by the Imereti region with 777 cases, and the Kakheti region with 669 cases.

Georgian commercial banks have received revenue of GEL 4.42 billion in total in 9M2021(25% up comparing to 2020), while GEL 1.81 billion from the loans issued for private individuals (23% up y-o-y) and GEL1.21 billion from loans issued for legal entities (18% up comparing to 2020).

The meeting singled out the work carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross toward locating missing persons and returning them to their families.