China has forced a sweeping restructure on the Ant Group so the financial technology firm acts more like a bank.

Investors turn to cryptocurrency after Erdoğan’s sacking of central bank governor caused further fall in lira

The auction of the privatization of the thermal water company "Thermal Waters" near Lisi Lake in Tbilisi is ending today. The company's assets, which consist mainly of pipelines, sell for $ 1,511,000.

US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases.

The information is spread by TAV Georgia.

According to the decision of the Government of Georgia, May 4-11 has been declared a holiday, but it is still unknown which sectors of the economy are affected by the holidays and which are not, so BM.GE asked Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control, a relevant question.

Bitcoin has rocketed to a new record above $62,700 as investors gear up for this week's eagerly awaited direct listing of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global.

As a result of the growth of economic activity, in March 2021, a significant improvement in foreign trade was observed.

According to the National Bank of Georgia, 364-day securities with a face value of GEL 15,000,000 were sold at the Treasury Bill Auction today.

20 Georgian citizens will leave for Germany for temporary work by the end of April. As bm.ge was told in the employment agency, currently, preparatory works are underway before departure, including preparation of documents. According to them, the first 20 will leave this month.

Georgia international airports served 105,279 passengers in three months of 2021, which is down by 85.20% in comparison to the same period of 2020, says the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.

"In order to recover the tourism, increase employment, launch the business, we all must take the COVID-jab and fully reopen the economy. #აიცერი (which means: take the vaccines shot)”, Koba Gvenetadze declares.

“We have very positive expectations, despite that we are facing the third wave of coronavirus. Georgian economy is recovering and developing, local production is expanding its exports and enters the new markets”, - Natia Turnava declared.

NBG President Koba Gvenetadze notes that the share of pension loans is over 1.1%. The NBG President notes, that as a result of legislative amendments, the interest rate on such types of loans is declining.

Georgian citizens will receive at least $1,610 a month in wages if they work 42 hours a week, while if they work 58 hours a week the monthly salary will be about $2,440, says the ministry.

The Government of Georgia, a week following the Easter on May 4-11 has been declared public holiday in Georgia to curb the possible spread of the coronavirus.

37 524 tests were performed in the last 24 hours. As a result, 1 374 newly confirmed cases of the infection were identified in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases detected since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic is 290 129.

"It is important that people who have more social contact with tourists must be vaccinated as soon as possible. This is important for tourists who come to Georgia to feel comfortable. There are good examples of that worldwide, but we still lag behind this trend for months," said Archil Gachechiladze.

The 2021 International Ranger Awards have been announced, and a man from Georgia - Giorgi Abramishvili is among the winners.