"The competition was held at a very high level. This is the first such high-ranking sports event in Bakuriani, which means that we are already on the world winter sports map. We are also preparing for the World Cup, which will be held in 2023, "- said the Minister.

The arrest of Nika Melia was also responded by the British Ambassador to Georgia, Mark Clayton, who urged all sides to act with restraint.

"We must open all the doors and if they do not allow us, we must enter through the window. The distribution of COVID-vaccines must not be resolved only at the level of ambassadors… We saw the example of Israel, their Health Minister sat in the office of "Pfizer" for several months, until he did not receive the vaccine".

"Private businesses may think that now is not the best time for this regulation, but if you ask a business, it is never the best time for regulations".

As of the decision of the Government of Georgia, citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus can enter the country with the negative PCR test. COVID-test must be conducted within the last 72 hours. The visitors must arrive by air, as the land borders are still closed.

"This is an accessory brand. Demand dropped sharply due to the current situation, the company is no longer profitable. We had 10 stores across Georgia and today only 2 are left in Tbilisi and Batumi, which we will close in April," said ICR Group Commercial Director.

The following countries will be added to the list of countries whose citizens can enter the country through the air with a negative answer to the PSR test: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus.

Not even the coronavirus pandemic could dampen Warren Buffett’s enthusiasm for the future prospects of America and his company Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it has reached a settlement with WeWork’s special committee and the company’s co-founder and former chief executive, Adam Neumann, putting to rest a legal battle dating back to 2019.

President Joe Biden's $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief plan to help Americans during the Covid pandemic has been approved in the House of Representatives.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq index rallied in choppy trading on Friday, even as sentiment remained fragile after the index’s worst performance in four months the day before as fears of rising inflation kept U.S. bond yields near a one-year high.

The producer of the most expensive wine in the world, Liber Pater expressed interest in Georgia. Owner and winemaker of french wine company, Loïc Pasquet, plans to cultivate the vineyard in Georgia and develop modern technologies here.

President of Stockholm Free World Forum and a former Member of European Parliament. He was deeply involved in the work with the Eastern Partnership and its parliamentary structures, as well as in closer relations with Georgia.

"Overall, also taking into account that due to seasonally weak activity January makes up only around 6.8% of the full year GDP, we leave our latest projection of GDP recovering by around 4% in 2021 and rebounding by 7.5% in 2022 unchanged", - the report reads.

The airline industry is expected to remain cash negative throughout 2021, a new analysis released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has shown. Previous analysis of November 2020 indicated that airlines would turn cash positive in the Q4 2021. At the industry level, airlines are now not expected to be cash positive until 2022.

Today marks one year since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Georgia. On the night of February 26, 2020, the Minister of Health's statement that the virus had been detected in a citizen from Iran caused panic in Georgia. Societal panic took place in the supermarkets where queues lined up. Very soon after the first case, Georgia began to tighten border controls.

TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging that the popular video-sharing app harvested personal data from users, including information using facial recognition technology, without consent and shared the data with third-parties, some of which were based in China.

Berdia Sichinava is especially grateful to Giorgi Gakharia - the Deputy Head of the Government Administration has also resigned. BMG offers readers Berdia Sichinava's Facebook post: