From January through August this year, Georgia imported 858,100 cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan worth $126.6 million (19.1% less than in 2020), said the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

On September 15, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Georgia. This year the consultation also included a discussion of the findings of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) exercise for Georgia. The COVID-19 crisis took a heavy toll on Georgia’s economy.

Under its Electricity Transmission Sector Reforms Program, ADB will support institutional reforms in the Joint-Stock Company Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE), helping to transform it into a modern, operationally efficient, and financially sustainable corporate entity.

The Bezos Earth Fund — founded in 2020 — will spend $1 billion to “create, expand, manage, and monitor protected and conserved areas,” the initiative said in a statement.

As of the General Director of Enguri HPP, Abkhazia pays for Russian electricity by deducting money transfers from Russia. By 2021, the region received 923 million KWH from Russia, which was 47% of local consumption.

The fact that Georgia received the EIB $ 45 million tranche in August without any problems underscores the fact that the "refusal" of EU macro-financial assistance was a political move and it had nothing common with "debt reduction".

According to the report, August exports cooled more than expected with 14.7% YoY increase in USD terms, besides base effect, probably on the back of the softening pent-up demand worldwide, though traditional monthly volatility has to be also taken into account.

Ivane Chkhaidze deeply believes that these data will be very helpful to decision-makers and may also be an incentive for many people. In this context, the pediatrician talks about allowing vaccination for children aged 12-15.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the main market for smartphone imports and mobile phones worth of $ 40 million have been imported in Georgia in January-August 2021.

The public debt increased by $ 45 million in August compared to the previous month. More specifically, the debt increased by $ 45 million in relation to the European Investment Bank, from which Georgia is expected to receive a new tranche of debt in August.

"Considering that China is one of Georgia’s largest trading partners, and as Georgia is viewed as part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), there is great potential for developing business tourism with China as well", - PMCG reports.

There are 38 people quarantined, 5 231 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 996 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are placed at the government-assigned facilities, 19 777 are in self-isolation, 17 749 people are treated at home.

In August 2021, compared to August 2019, hotel prices in Georgia increased by 3.2%. The prices of 3*, 4*, 5* hotels increased by 3.6% and the prices of guesthouses decreased by 5%.

According to Kakha Imnadze, Georgia’s Permanent Representative in the UN, this year’s session will address the post-pandemic challenges and ways to restore the haltered life and rebuild the economy. Garibashvili’s speech is scheduled for September 24.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant will allow substituting about 4.5 billion m3 of natural gas every year. Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Denis Moroz made the statement in an interview with the Energetika Belarusi [Energy Industry of Belarus] newspaper, BelTA has learned.

The national currency strengthened against the US dollar as a result of trading on September 20. The exchange rate was 0.13 tetri, bringing the official value of the dollar to 3.1099 lari.

Stocks tumbled to their lowest level in months Monday after Chinese real estate giant Evergrande warned it’s struggling to raise cash needed to make interest payments this week, sparking a widespread global selloff and fueling concerns of the potentially systemic risks that could arise if the world’s most indebted property developer starts defaulting on its massive $300 billion debt obligations.

American Samoa recorded its first Covid-19 case of the pandemic Friday as a traveler from Hawaii tested positive for the coronavirus upon arriving in the U.S. territory, taking itself off a dwindling list of countries and territories that haven’t reported any positive Covid-19 cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) since the pandemic began—here are the places that are still Covid-free: