As Europe’s skies get busier and traveller confidence returns, Ryanair will continue to increase its flight frequencies throughout August with more than 1,600 routes and over 11,000 weekly flights across its network.

According to the Prime Minister, the government has developed the next phase – Phase III – of the Anti-Crisis Plan in order to take care of the citizens and provide them with social support.

According to his explanation, the principle will remain the same and up to 200 kWh of electricity and up to 200 m3 of gas will be compensated by the government.

“It is already clear that this economic crisis will last quite a while. Of course, we will continue caring for and standing by our citizens. Our key guiding principle, as usual, will involve the prudent and fair allocation of the country’s limited economic resources,” Giorgi Gakharia underlined.

According to Gakharia, it will be significant social assistance for children.

One such flight to Berlin, following a request from Georgian students, was held a few weeks ago, the Head of Government emphasized.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures eased 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.16 a barrel by 0436 GMT, while Brent crude futures rose 9 cents or nearly 0.2% to $45.25.

Sales of easy-to-build pools by the home equipment distributor Leroy Merlin in Spain soared more than 200% in the first six months of 2020 from a year earlier and stores are now out of stock, said head of products Ines Egea.

Adidas reported a second-quarter operating loss of 333 million euros ($396 million), worse than the 290 million euros expected by analysts on sales down 35% to 3.579 billion euros, ahead of analyst consensus for 3.3 billion.

As for the recoveries, their number has increased by 13, reaching 987.

The seasonally-adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 5.7 percent in the euro area in June and by 5.2 percent in the EU compared with the previous month.

The World Bank said in a statement that it “would be also willing to reprogram existing resources and explore additional financing to support rebuilding lives and livelihoods of people impacted by this disaster.”

Fauci said there could be a billion vaccine doses available by the end of 2021, and that he is hopeful the world could get past the pandemic that has claimed more than 700,000 lives worldwide by then, with the help of a vaccine.

As for the Euro, its exchange rate is GEL 3.6398, while the previous rate was GEL 3.6190.

Koba Gvenetadze noted that the previously reported -4% fall has been reviewed and based on the deteriorating global economic activities, it's estimated that the economy will shrink more.

“We are ready for all scenarios. I repeat, based on today’s data, we decided to resume the study process in classrooms and auditoriums, but we are also ready for any scenario,” – said Mikheil Chkhenkel.

So far this season, which starts in September and ends in August, the volume of hazelnut exports rose 26% on an annual basis to 331,066 tons.

The FTC confirmed on Tuesday that it is investigating Twitter. The agency previously reached a $5 billion settlement with Facebook (FB) — the largest fine in the commission's history — over the company's mishandling of user data.

As expected, inflation continued to decline in July, reaching 5.7 percent, while prices fell by 0.5 percent on a monthly basis.