Industrial products worth US$ 21,823,529,259 (37, 1 billion manat) or less for 5, 0 percent compared to 2019 were produced by industrial enterprises and individual entrepreneurs operating in the mentioned field during 2020. The decrease was due to 6.9 percent reduction in product output in oil-gas sector, while product output in non-oil and gas sector of industry increased by 12.5 percent.

The pandemic has accelerated the shift towards a more digital world and triggered changes in business operations. While the majority of retailers were forced to stop their in-store sales, the emergency of switching to online sales occurred.

In general, inaugurations have significant symbolic value. They mark the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next and allow an incoming president to set the tone for their administration.

China said on Wednesday three drugmakers had submitted applications to supply their COVID-19 vaccines to global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX in the country’s first formal move to provide locally developed shots to the initiative.

Days ahead of his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden has hired Jeff Marootian to join his climate team and Ike Hajinazarian to serve as a regional communications director, both Armenian Americans.

The average age in the Senate went from 54.4 to 62.9 years between 1987 and 2019, Congressional Research Service data show

Vice President Kamala Harris was also sworn in.

Vice President Kamala Harris took was sworn in, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first South Asian American to hold the office.

HSBC is to close 82 branches in the UK between April and September this year, claiming customers are turning to digital banking.

Wall Street firm’s revenue rises 18%, powered by trading, deal making

China and Australia spent much of last year in a tense standoff on trade. But as the recovery of the world's second largest economy gathers pace, China needs more iron ore and Australia is still its main supplier.

Cisco Systems Inc’s purchase of Acacia Communications Inc has been approved by China’s antitrust regulator on condition that the companies ensure fair competition, the watchdog said on Tuesday.

The European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has said the EU, after four years, has a 'friend in the White House' on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

Tapping Wendy Sherman for deputy secretary of state and Samantha Power to lead USAID signals commitment to restoring pro-alliance, human rights-based diplomacy.

With an ongoing pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown of the nation’s capital, Joe Biden’s inauguration will look different from those that came before it.

What impact might the events in the US have on Georgia, a strategic partner of the US in the Caucasus region?

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) responded to the coronavirus pandemic in Georgia with record investment in 2020. Sixteen projects worth a total of €630 million were signed, helping to address the urgent needs of the country’s economy. The 2020 volume was double the Bank’s activities in the previous year.

Laboratory-based study shows mutations were neutralised by antibodies in blood of vaccinated patients

TBCL operates solely in Georgia, its domestic market, and is the market leader in leasing. The company mainly provides financial leasing to the corporate clientele of TBC Bank (BB-/Negative) as well as to SMEs, microbusinesses and individuals.

The financial results of BAT for 2020 are still unknown. However, according to the 2019 financial reports published on reportal.ge, the company's revenue on the Georgian market was 151 million GEL.