Miners in Botswana have uncovered what could be the third-largest diamond of its kind in the world, bringing hope to the "struggling" African nation.

The European Council decided to renew sanctions introduced in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation for a further year until 23 June 2022.

Volodymyr Usov, a former Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine introduced a new project the ACE One combat drone, which costs approximately $12-13 million.

Turkey is the world's number one producer of hazelnuts, cherries, figs, apricots, quinces, and poppies, according to official Agriculture and Forestry Ministry data. The country's agricultural income rose 20% last year on a yearly basis to reach 333.3 billion Turkish liras (some $47.5 billion).

The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced 2027 as the new date to launch its single currency, the "eco."

Bank Aljazira is set to issue US-denominated capital certificates that could reach up to $500 million, the Saudi bank said in a bourse filing.

The value of investments made by Turkish entrepreneurs abroad reached $43.9 billion in 2020, the country’s trade minister said Monday.

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada joined forces Monday to impose sanctions on several senior officials in Belarus over the forced diversion to Minsk of a passenger plane travelling between two EU countries last month.

China has administered more than a billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccines, a key milestone in the world’s largest inoculation drive.

Apple is under investigation by the German competition watchdog.

One of the largest and most well-known business media holdings in the world, a member of the Financial Times group, fDi Intelligence has prepared a special issue about Georgia, which reflects the country's investment potential and future plans.

Batumi International Airport is the first after the pandemic, where the number of transported passengers has increased. According to the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava, Batumi Airport received 16% more passengers in the first five months of this year, January-May, compared to the same period in 2020.

The lari strengthened as a result of the June 21 trade. The change in the exchange rate against the US dollar was 0.28 tetri, as a result of which the official value of the dollar became 3.1653 GEL.

According to the Union of Oil Products Importers, in January-May 2021, the import of gasoline and diesel fuel in Georgia amounted to 428.5 thousand tons, which is 29.6 thousand tons or 7.4% more than the same period last year (398.9 thousand tons) and by 24.3 tons (or by 6.0%) more than compared to the same period in 2019 before the pandemic (404.2 thousand tons).

The first competition is for professional theaters, and the total budget of the grant competition is 200 thousand GEL. In this case, theatrical tours will not be announced. "Its purpose is to intensify creativity in professional theaters, and this project will be funded for staging or other expenses," the minister explained.

Nikol Pashinyan’s party gained over 50% of the vote but the opposition contested the result, alleging fraud

According to NCDC, as of June 21, a total of 234,410 vaccinations had been administered in the country. According to the agency, 82,189 people have been fully vaccinated so far.

At present, the assets of the Pension Fund amount to 1.5 billion GEL, of which 150 million GEL is the interest accrued on citizens' pension savings.

Georgian economy shrank by 4.5% in the first quarter of 2021.