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  • Georgia strengthens security after France terrorist attacks

    GEORGIA, 2015/11/19 Georgian National Security Service Chief Vakhtang Gomelauri said that dozens of people were not allowed to enter Georgia due to tightened security measures, RIA Novosti news agency reported. He made the remarks in the wake of the November 13 brutal terrorist attacks in France. A series of terrorist attacks were committed in Paris Nov.13. Unidentified people opened fire at a restaurant and three explosions occurred in the vicinity of the Stade de France. In addition, unknown people took hostages during a rock concert in the Bataclan theater.

  • Arab Youth Survey Report 2015

    BAHRAIN, 2015/04/25 Confidence part Arab youth that the Arab Spring would bring positive change across the region is declining and as a result they are uncertain whether democracy could ever work in the Middle East. This is the headline finding of the 7th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey released today. - Arab youth see the rise of ISIS as the biggest obstacle facing the region - Youth are keen to start their own business as concerns about unemployment continue - The UAE remains the majority popular country to live in and emulate and Saudi Arabia is viewed as the region’s biggest ally - A lot of view the Arabic language as central to their identity but believe it is losing its price to English

  • Georgia is planning to launch the electronic visa issuance service in February, 2015.

    GEORGIA, 2015/01/30 In an effort to give an impetus to the tourism sector of its economy, Georgia is planning to launch the electronic visa issuance service in February, 2015. The initiative is part of the government's strategy to maintain the long-term stability of the national currency, lari. The measure as well aims to encourage export, tourism and direct foreign investment inflow in Georgia. "We want to increase the number of tourists. Launch of e-visa service will simplify the procedures of visiting Georgia,” said Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister.

  • Oxfam Study Finds Richest 1% Is Likely to Control Half of Global Wealth by 2016

    AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20 The richest 1 % are likely to control additional than half of the globe’s total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. The warning about deepening world inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The 80 wealthiest people in the world all own $1.9 trillion, the statement found, nearly the same all shared by the 3.5 billion people who occupy the bottom half of the world’s gain scale. (Last year, it took 85 billionaires to equal that figure.) And the richest 1 % of the people, who number in the millions, control nearly half of the world’s total wealth, a share that is as well increasing.

  • Georgia improves visa policy

    GEORGIA, 2014/10/09 Georgia has decided to bring some corrections to its newly amended visa policy in an effort to keep the right balance between the European Union's requirements and liberal approaches. Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said the new regulations need some corrections. "Of course, everything new brings certain complications. Not everything can end up as we planned, nevertheless, we know where the weak points are," Panjikidze noted. The Georgian government has recently amended the law "On the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons", which enacted on September 1. The renewed legislation particularly reduced the period for the foreigners' visa-free remain in the country's territory.

  • Georgian President assures in inviolability of country’s EU course

    GEORGIA, 2014/02/07 Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Yagland discussed the cooperation issues between Georgia and the Council of Europe, inclunding the objectives as part of the action plan on February 6. The sides as well considered the reforms carried out in Georgia and the elections to the local self-government, the president's press-service reported. The sides paid a particular attention to the new constitution, under which the balance of power and democratic development of the country will be ensured.
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