📺 The Communications Commission has published a report on the Georgian TV market.
According to the study, the most important segment of television is the elderly population.
Viewing level by age:
65: 30.6%
55-64: 26.9%
44-54: 21.6%
35-44: 15.8%
25-34: 10.8%
16-24: 9.9%
💰 In the first quarter of 2022, TV channels' advertising revenues grew by $6 million, which is $500,000 more than last year.
Income was distributed by TV companies as follows (in GEL):
Imedi 5.4 million, Mtavari Arkhi 2.5 million, Rustavi2 1.9 million, TV Pirveli 1.6 million.
In advertising categories, gambling ranked first with 26% of revenue, followed by medicine 13.5%, industry 12.8%, drinks 11%, food 7.6%, cosmetics 7.1%.
❗️Gambling advertising has been banned in Georgia since March 2022, which will change the advertising market on an annualized basis.

🇬🇪❤️ Tomorrow, May 26, is a holiday and official holiday in Georgia - Independence Day.
Many cities will host celebrations, concerts and exhibitions. In Tbilisi, the entire central part of the city will be blocked for traffic. Banks, houses of justice, state and most private institutions do not work on this day. There have been huge traffic jams in the city for three days.
📹 In the video, a rehearsal of the flight of aircraft over the Georgian capital. Do not be afraid if you see military equipment in the country today and tomorrow.

🇷🇺🚫🇬🇪 Famous Georgian singer Tamara Gverdtsiteli canceled concerts and returned to her homeland in Georgia.
In an interview with the local television company Imedi, she said that she "respects Russia, where she has lived for 30 years, loves her, it’s a part of her life, but the feeling of homeland is the highest." Gverdtsiteli said that she decided not to perform in Moscow at a festive concert dedicated to March 8, as the war began and said that her mother, a native of Odessa, was in a very difficult situation: “She often cries. All my ancestors are from Odessa. For my mother, all the streets are dear there. It's very hard for me to talk about it."

🚗➡️🏎 Travel time by car between Tbilisi and Batumi will be reduced.
"As a result of the opening of road sections scheduled for 2022, the travel time from Tbilisi to Batumi will be further reduced, and the entire trip will be within 3 hours and 40 minutes," Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Irakli Karseladze said, speaking now in parliament.
ℹ️ At the Rikot Pass, where a large-scale construction of a new road is underway, new sections will open in the coming months.

⚽️🇬🇪The Georgian national football team will play two qualifying matches in the Nations League tournament in June.
The matches will be held in Tbilisi.
🔸June 2: Georgia - Gibraltar (Dynamo Arena)
🔸June 12: Georgia - Bulgaria (Dynamo Arena)
You can buy tickets here.

🇬🇪❤️ May 26 is a national holiday and official holiday in Georgia - Independence Day.
On this day in 1918, the Georgian government, headed by Noe Zhordania, proclaimed the independence of the state. The Georgian Democratic Republic lasted only a few years, but since then the chronicle of modern Georgian democracy has been kept. And exactly 31 years ago, in 1991, this day became an official holiday.
❤️ I recommend a beautiful site with archived videos and history: https://www.26may.ge/en/
🎼 Exactly at 5:10 pm, the hymn “Tavisupleb” will be heard all over Georgia. Channel correspondents are preparing to show and tell you everything.

🇬🇪❤️ Google in Georgia today traditionally reminds of the celebration of Independence Day.
If you click on the icon, the user is taken to the wikipedia country with information about the history of that day.
❗️Meanwhile, fairs, exhibitions and ceremonial installations have already opened in Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue, which will be pedestrian all day long. At 5:10 pm, the anthem of Georgia and the European Union will be played on Freedom Square, and the celebrations will end at 8:30 pm with a big gala concert and fireworks.

🇬🇪❤️ May 26 - Freedom Square in Tbilisi: solemn raising of the flag.
At these moments, the oath of the Georgian military personnel and solemn events are taking place there.

📈🇬🇪 In order for Georgia to move forward, it is necessary to teach students abroad and be more tolerant of foreigners.
This was stated by the founder of PMCG Lekso Aleksishvili. According to him, in order to reach the level of economic development of Bulgaria and Romania, the country must have a 7% growth over 10 years, and Estonia's GDP is five times larger than Georgia's.
“The only way we can do this is to create an environment that attracts capital and brings knowledge. A person may be a foreigner, but we in Georgia are intolerant to visitors who can work here. Automatically we still have some level of aggression towards them. This cultural change will take time and new generations. We need youth. We must return students abroad,” Aleksishvili said.
According to him, Georgia must come to terms with the fact that it can no longer be the country that it was in the 20th century, and it is necessary to move forward.

🚬🚫 From January 1, 2023, all cigarettes in Georgia will be sold in the same packs.
The government approved the technical regulations for the sale of tobacco products.
According to the decision, only the brand name in the state language, the address and contacts of the manufacturer, the country of production and a warning about the dangers of smoking will be on the packs. Cigarettes will no longer have logos and the pack will be standardized.
The decree has already raised questions from manufacturers of cigarettes, especially electronic cigarettes, whose pack sizes differ from standard cigarettes and may not fall under the permitted ones.

👮🏻‍♂️ There was a shooting in the Vake district of Tbilisi, two people were injured.
Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are working at the intersection of Arakishvili and Paliashvili streets. According to eyewitnesses, the moped shooter fired several shots at two men.
ℹ️ This is the sixth case of the use of weapons in the Georgian capital in the current year.

⚖️ The country is discussing the words of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who, speaking at an event dedicated to Independence Day, made a statement about the trial.
“A fair trial that dates back many centuries in Georgia and is based on the monuments of Georgian law... The history of Georgian law would adorn many European countries, and it’s a bit of a shame that today we cannot properly continue this heritage.”
Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, reacted to these words: "Regarding the statement about the trial, I think it was shameful. A very serious problem is that on May 26, on a holiday, the president does not know what she is talking about. We must hint her about it in order to protect the institution of the president," he told reporters. The politician added that the issue of impeachment is not on the agenda.

🏳️‍🌈🚫🇬🇪 Radical Georgian movements warn that they will not allow LGBT actions in the country this year.
Zurab Makharadze of Alt-Info (a traditionalist pro-Russian organization) reported on what their reaction would be if someone planned to hold a pride in Georgia this year. According to him, the actions of the movements could become "uncontrollable and much worse than last year." He practically delivered an ultimatum to the government: “Prohibit by law public demonstrations in the streets. If the state fails to rise to the challenge, and this handful of provocateurs and supporting diplomats still try to stage actions, we will have to take drastic measures.”
ℹ️ The tragic events of July 5, 2021 began after representatives of the LGBT community announced the action. The "march of dignity" did not take place, but the radicals took out all their anger on the media - they brutally cracked down on anyone they saw with a microphone or camera in their hands.
July 6 was not without incident. On this day, supporters of the LGBT community were still able to gather on Rustaveli Avenue. The police built a cordon so that the participants in the contraction did not reach them. Nevertheless, there were several skirmishes, and those who quarreled had to be taken out under guard. Since that day, a large Orthodox cross has stood by the Parliament of Georgia.
👮🏻‍♂️ By this time, the court found 21 people guilty, 20 of whom received prison sentences (from 9 months to 5 years), and one was fined.
⚧ So far, none of the LGBT organizations has announced their intention to hold actions in July.

🏳️‍🌈🚫 Transgender women was attacked in Tbilisi.
About 20 men forced the door, broke into the house where five transgender women lived and beat them. This happened in the Chugureti region. The owner of the premises, who rented out housing, was also beaten up. According to the victims, screams and threats to life were heard: “Let's kill them!” and others.
❗️UPD: The Ministry of Internal Affairs has confirmed about the crime.