Bill Gates apparently cannot get enough of Turkey’s pristine coasts. On Sunday, the Microsoft founder and one of the richest men in the world showed up in Bodrum, probably the most famous vacation resort in the country, during his second visit to Turkey in four months.

Microsoft said Monday the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and have been relentlessly targeting cloud service companies and others since summer.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is giving evidence to UK politicians amid fresh revelations about the company's inner workings.

Armenia’s economic activity in the first 9 months of 2021 grew by 4.9% compared to the same time span of 2020, the National Statistical Committee (NSC) said.

The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union are not planning to introduce a common digital currency, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina said.

The European Union has provided Ukraine with the second tranche of € 600 million in macro-financial assistance.

China is expected to attract over 1 trillion yuan of foreign investment in 2021, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

The Turkish lira has weakened 1.6 percent to a record low against the dollar in early Asian trade after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had ordered the expulsion of the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries.

Russians hoping to apply for an immigrant visa to the United States are now required to travel to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, the State Department confirmed Sunday, while blaming restrictions imposed by Moscow.

Ukraine and Georgia have agreed to strengthen cooperation as part of the Euro-Asian Oil Transportation Corridor project, Ukrinform reports, referring to the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.

As a result of October 20 trading, the Georgian national currency depreciated by 0.01 tetri against the US dollar, as a result of which the official value of one dollar is still 3.1401 GEL.

As of October 1, 2021, the total assets of 15 commercial banks operating in Georgia amounted to GEL 58.57 billion. According to the National Bank, in September, compared to the previous month, banks' assets increased by 1.09 billion GEL (or by 1.89%).

Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze does not answer the question of whether she got the second dose of the vaccine or not.

The total investment cost of the Hilton Garden Inn Tbilisi project is $ 40 million. The hotel has 170 comfortable rooms, 8 conference halls and a Georgian-European restaurant "Andazi". Levan Mushkudiani and Irakli Sharashidze worked on the architecture of the building.

According to the Minister of Health, at this stage the country has all the resources to manage patients in clinics, and if necessary, there is an alternative way to activate field hospitals.

In the third quarter of 2021 the Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) in Georgia decreased by 2.5% compared to the previous quarter, while the annual increase amounted to 8.9%. Compared to the 2020 average, the index change amounted to 6.2%.

Georgian National Competition Agency notes, that the institution has already prepared the main findings and a significant part of the recommendations.

The idea of opening a Georgian wine gallery belongs to Zviad Arabidze, a Georgian businessman living in Zurich. On his initiative, a Sunday school and a library for the Georgian Diaspora are operating in Zurich as well.

Along with the decline in wheat imports, the import of wheat flour in the country has doubled. In January-September this year, USD 4.9 million was spent to buy 16,430.9 tons of flour. Accordingly, imports increased by 115.5%. In the case of flour, the main importer is Russia:

The National Tourism Administration is spending GEL 3.3 million on the country's marketing strategy this year. According to a senior analyst at Galt & Taggart, this is not a large amount, but there is no need to spend more.