The German government has declared Spain and the Netherlands, as well as Georgia high incidence areas this Friday, meaning that most travellers will face new rules and restrictions when returning from both countries.

The latest results from the European Union (EU) labour force survey show that employed foreign citizens are more likely than nationals to be over-qualified for their job.

Turkey's furniture exports increased by 35% to reach $2 billion in the first half of 2021 versus the same period last year.

Israel is about to become the first country in the world to test the oral COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oramed Pharmaceuticals, the company's CEO Nadav Kidron told The Jerusalem Post.

There are enough coronavirus vaccines in Armenia, the Ministry of Health assures. Residents of the country can get vaccinated for free at any clinic or mobile station on the streets. However, there are not too many local residents who want to get vaccinated as opposed to foreign tourists. Many Iranians have started to choose Armenia as their vacation spot in order to get vaccinated for free.

Rik Daems, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is to make a working visit to Georgia on 27 and 28 July 2021.

As the athletes take the podium and, with a slight bow, have their medals placed around their necks they will be happy to have landed in the top three. For the people behind the Tokyo Medal Project, they'll be happy that those Olympic medals are there in the first place.

Operations worth AZN 8,520.6 million were conducted in the securities market of Azerbaijan from January through June, up 73.3% from the same period last year.

Europe's medicines regulator has recommended approving the use of Moderna's Covid vaccine in 12- to 17-year-olds, paving the way for it to become the second shot approved for adolescent use in the European Union.

The Minister of Health, Ekaterine Tikaradze, said today that the epidemic situation in the country could already be given the status of a fourth wave.

The national currency strengthened as a result of the July 23 trade. The change in the exchange rate against the US dollar was 1.91 tetri, as a result of which the official value of the dollar became 3.1000 GEL.

Raising a family can be one of the biggest challenges of many people's lives, as raising and caring for children can result in a great expense and drain on personal resources.

Russia's central bank increased its key interest rate to 6.5% on Friday to curb stubbornly high inflation and indicated that further rate increases were possible even after the 100 basis point hike, its sharpest since late 2014.

The European Union is planning to allocate only €150 million to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said, calling it unfair that the EU is going to provide much larger sums to Armenia and Georgia.

The 110th Combat Service Support Battalion and the 122nd Tactical Support Detachment, Georgia National Guard, will participate in Agile Spirit 2021 in the Country of Georgia, July 26-August 6, 2021.

An Australian activewear firm has been fined £2.6m (5m Australian dollars) for claiming its clothing "eliminated" and stopped the spread of Covid.

"We are discussing various incentives to activate the vaccination process even more, for instance, introducing the lottery," said Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control, in response to a question from bm.ge about the incentives to promote vaccination.

"It is necessary to give employees one or two days off after vaccination" - said Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control, at a press conference after the meeting of the Interagency Council in response to a question from bm.ge about the introduction of vaccination promotion incentives.

The Minister of Health does not rule out that wearing of face mask can become mandatory again. However, she notes, that the recommendation should be enough for citizens to manage their own behavior.

“The project provides 5 tunnels, which covers 10 villages. We see how great is its potential, as those 10 villages will become into New Gudauri”, - said Irakli Karseladze.