According to Amirgulashvili, the income from pine-cone exports has been growing for years. He notes, as of the data of 10 months of 2020, 3,500 kg of cone seeds have already been collected, which is estimated at half a million GEL.

The new Telecommunications Security Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons on Monday, will put into law the decision to ban on purchasing new Huawei 5G kit by the end of this year and the requirement that Huawei kit must be completely removed from 5G networks by the end of 2027.

However, banks’ revenue from the issued loans is grown as well, which amounted to 2.9 billion GEL in 9 months. In 2019, this figure was 2.7 billion GEL, although the net profit of banks has deteriorated sharply. In total, all fifteen commercial banks have a loss of 252 million instead of profit.

People who are able to buy a Vitamin D supplement and start taking them now, ahead of a free delivery, are advised to do so.

In the past 24 hours, 3,216 new infection cases have been confirmed, Berdia Sichinava, Deputy Head of the Task Force under the Interagency Coordination Council, stated during today’s briefing at the Administration of the Government.

According to him, in order to be involved in the process, the borrower must individually apply to the bank for restructuring and it is necessary to be registered in the government list. The formation of these lists will be completed by December 24.

The event aimed to communicate the results and achievements of the Project to the key energy stakeholders in Georgia and raise awareness of the wider energy community in Georgia and the general public on the project impact as well as benefits to Georgian consumers.

The investigation was launched on the basis of the materials forwarded from Labor Conditions Inspection Department under the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for further response.

In October 2020 the estimated real growth compared to the same period of the previous year was posted negative in almost all activities, other than financial and insurance activities.

Kulumbegov explains that the government went wrong, when both the public and the government were particularly relaxed in summer and they did not close Batumi like Svaneti.

The Istanbul Airport saw the highest number of flights in Europe from Nov. 18 to 26, according to the European Organization for Air Navigation Safety (Eurocontrol) on Nov. 28.

According to her, the use of modern technologies should be done more actively and purposefully in order to achieve real results. In particular, Mirizkashvili explains that an electronic common system should be created, where ambulances, hospitals and 112 can be easily connected to each other, which clinic has free space and which does not.

According to Zhana Babunashvili, they obtained 10-year licenses on pine cones from Rcha in 2009. However, permits expired in 2019, but by the decision of the state, they extended this right for another 2 years. A representative of FAIR TREE also says that the cone seed market in Georgia is uncompetitive and monopolized.

Claims that the virus had origins outside China are given little credence by western scientists. Michael Ryan, director of the health emergencies programme at the World Health Organization (WHO), said last week that it would be “highly speculative” to argue that the disease did not emerge in China.

Energy experts explain growing trend of energy consumption on the occupied region by two reasons: first is production of cryptocurrencies and the second - Abkhazia is supplied with electricity from the Enguri HPP free of charge, the population does not consume electricity economically.

Oxford vaccine, even if confirmed as less effective, will still be crucial to fighting the virus in developing countries, say experts. Not only has AstraZeneca promised to make no profit from it during the pandemic, but the vaccine is easier to store and transport than the two other most advanced candidates from the Pfizer/BioNTech partnership and from Moderna. These may have higher efficacy rates of 90 per cent or more, but they have to be stored at temperatures well below zero.

It was noted at the meeting of the Interagency Council that Stage 4 of the Anti-Crisis Plan Designed by the Government of Georgia, which includes a new package of government support to citizens and businesses, will remain targeted similar to the previous three stages.

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Georgian Internet Governance Forum (GeoIGF) will take place on 2-3 December 2020 and it will be fully online using ZOOM platform.

In October the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has mobilized 229.7 million GEL in revenue tax, which is 27.7 million GEL 0r 10.8% less than in 2019. Decrease in revenue tax points to a decrease in wages across the country.