Blue Origin — after spending more than six years developing its space tourism rocket, New Shepard — has finally set a date for its first commercial passenger mission, July 20, and announced that one of the first passengers will be the winner of an online auction.

As the global vaccine rollout proceeds and the post-pandemic economy recovery story gets nearer, the global market narrative about rising inflation and the risk of U.S. economy overheating turned more mainstream.

The EU Commission did not renew its order for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the European Union’s Internal Market Commissioner said Sunday.

Live audio app Clubhouse will begin introducing a test version of its app to Google’s Android users in the United States on Sunday, the company said, in a potentially big expansion of its market.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed he has Asperger's syndrome while appearing on the US comedy sketch series Saturday Night Live (SNL).

According to the information published on Stopcov.ge, within the intensive testing, 18,662 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, including 9,952 tests with antigen tests and 8,710 PCR tests.

The European Union will remain Georgia's main development partner, EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell said in a special statement.

Europeans can look forward to traveling this summer, if coronavirus cases keep declining further on the continent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday.

The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023.

The Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure has started the construction of a sports complex in Zugdidi.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of Covid-19 vaccines and ingredients.

The European Union (EU) has paid bail for Nika Melia, chairman of the United National Movement. The EU Delegation to Georgia has issued a statement:

According to updated covid statistics of stopcov.ge, 27,384 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, as a result of which coronavirus was confirmed in 1,564 people. During this period, 693 citizens recovered.

According to a study carried out in 43 countries and territories by the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association, female entrepreneurs are especially common in developing nations like Angola as well as in developed countries on the Arabian Peninsular, like Saudi Arabia, Oman or Kuwait, and in the Americas, like in Panama, Chile and the U.S. Many developed nations in Europe have very low rates of female entrepreneurs, according to the study.

Turkey's defense and aerospace industry racked up US$950 million in exports in the first four months of 2021. With over US$386 million, the US was the top export market for the aviation and defense industry sectors.

Total demand for air travel in March 2021 was down 67.2% compared to March 2019. That was an improvement over the 74.9% decline recorded in February 2021 versus February 2019. The better performance was driven by gains in domestic markets, particularly China. International traffic remained largely restricted.

Trade between Russia and China in the first four months of 2021 grew by 19.8% year on year, to US$ 40.207 billion. Exports to the Russian Federation from PRC in January-April increased by 38.7% and amounted to about US$ 18.19 billion. Imports of Russian goods and services increased by 7.7%, to US$ 22.016 billion.

TAV Airports and Kazakhstan Infrastructure Fund have completed the buy-out of Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan’s main aviation gateway and an important junction on the modern “Silk Road”. The capacity of the airport will be doubled with a USD 200M investment. Almaty is the 15th airport in TAV’s global network.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorized the Sinopharm vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to have this authorization.

The UK's largest tour operator has announced that it will subsidise the cost of Covid testing for customers who book its package holidays.