🔥🇪🇺 An EU flag was publicly burned near the building of the EU Delegation in Tbilisi.
It is not known whether this was done provocatively by pro-Russian activists from Alt-Info or, indeed, by citizens who do not want to join the "gayrope".
❗️After a small crowd, the protesters walked to Mount Mtatsminda, where "Tbilisi Pride Fest 2022" is being held today. There are already a huge number of police and special forces. Of course, no one will break into the territory of the event, where there are many diplomats, but it will be difficult for the participants to disperse from there. One piece of advice, whoever has rainbow ribbons on things or similar paraphernalia, be especially careful in Tbilisi today. The protesters are very annoyed and even aggressive.
👮🏻‍♂ By the way, according to local laws, since July 2021, damage to the EU flag is punishable by a fine of 1000 lari ($330).

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“Volunteers Tbilisi” is a volunteer movement that was organized in the Georgian capital and supports refugees from Ukraine: they buy medicines, food, find temporary housing and medical care. Several thousand people deprived of their homes and habitual lives have already received help and moral support.
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✊🇬🇪 July 3 at 20.00 continuation of the opposition action "Home to Europe".
The organizers and participants of previous rallies this time announce tough demands on the Georgian government. There is a high probability that an indefinite protest will be announced in the evening and Rustaveli Avenue will remain closed for a long time.
⁉️ What will the ruling party do?
The next elections in Georgia are only in 2024, Saakashvili and Gvaramia are in prison. Negotiations, forceful dispersal or tactics of not noticing? Depends on the number of participants in today's action.
ℹ️ As always, I will keep you updated.

⚽️🇬🇪🏀 Georgian sports news.
Today is Sunday, yesterday's protests ended (“Tbilsi Pride Fest” ended successfully, 17 of his opponents were detained), the country froze in anticipation of the evening rally, so we can talk about something else.
For example, about sports:
🤽🏼‍♂️ debutants of the world championships, Georgian water polo players, took 10th place
⚽️ one of the most talented football players, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, warmly said goodbye to the Batumi fans (11 games - 8 goals) and flew to Italy, where he already signed a contract with Napoli
⚽️ Temuri Ketsbaia became the new coach of the Cyprus national team, from 2009 to 2014 he held a similar position in the Georgian team
🎾 World No. 26 Nikolos Basilashvili lost in the third round of Wimbledon to No. 104 Reithoven
🏀 60 years have passed since the most important date in the history of Georgian basketball, in 1962 Dynamo Tbilisi defeated Real Madrid in the final of the European Champions Cup
🏀 the basketball team lost 66-79 in Riga to the Ukrainians, and tomorrow, on July 4, with a full house, the Georgian team in Tbilisi will host a very strong Spanish team, tickets here

🙈 Asphalt collapsed on Rustaveli Avenue in the center of Tbilisi.
Emergency personnel are on the scene. The repair team was called.
🔗 Source

🇬🇪 On Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, the action "Home, to Europe" began.
The rally in support of European integration, which brought together tens of thousands of people for the first time, by that moment had become smaller in number, but angrier and more serious. Students from different cities of the country joined the action. It is expected that the indefinite nature of the action will be announced in the near future. People will stay overnight, and Rustaveli Avenue is blocked.
✊Demands of the protesters:
📍 Resignation of Prime Minister Garibashvili
📍 the formation of a government of national accord, which will fulfill the 12 conditions of the European Commission for Georgia to receive the status of an EU candidate

🇬🇪✊🇪🇺 The results of the “Home to Europe” action, which turned into an opposition movement to dismiss the government.
The third rally gathered less people than the previous two, but still a lot. Today there were more young people, angry and harsh posters against Putin and Prime Minister Garibashvili. Several tens of thousands of participants listened to the speakers who spoke about European integration, respect and dignity of the Georgian nation, about the desire to move forward and develop.
What is happening and what are the plans of the protesters:
📍 The action has been declared indefinite: some of the protesters remain at the parliament, blocking Rustaveli Avenue, and several dozen people block the government office and promise that tomorrow there will be many more people
📍 some of the participants went to the office of the ruling party, where one of the Georgian Dream deputies jumped out and swore at the protesters, but was quickly taken away by colleagues to the building
📍 there are a lot of police on the streets, special forces are on duty near the administrative buildings of Tbilisi
❗️About 1000-3000 people actively participate in night movements. In the morning, they plan to continue the actions, seek the resignation of the government and demand the creation of a new structure of national accord.

✊ Protests in Tbilisi, second day.
About 200-300 protesters tried to block the entrance to the government office, but the police pushed them away from the entrance and warned that all people interfering with the work of state institutions would be detained from now on. It seems that the audience does not have a serious plan, especially since the officials have already entered the building. There are few protesters, there are a lot of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The prospects for a rise in protest, or the belief that they can make a difference, are very slim.

🎼 A concert of the famous Georgian polyphony performed by the patriarchal choir was held in the Sistine Chapel.
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, who was present at the performance, talked to the members of the choir and said that "Georgia has very good music and wine."
The full concert is here.

🇬🇪🏀🇪🇸 The Georgian basketball team in overtime sensationally won the qualifying match for the World Cup in Tbilisi against the Spanish team - the reigning champion and the second team in the FIBA ​​rating.
🎉 Hot fight with a full stadium! Congratulations to the Georgian team!

📈 According to Sakstat, in June 2022, the annual inflation rate in Georgia was 12.8%.
Top 10 products for which prices increased the most (compared to the same period last year).
Basically, these are vegetables and fruits:
📍Plums 119%
📍Grapes 87%
📍Green beans 73
📍Peaches 69%
📍Watermelon 59
📍Corn flour 54%;
📍Diesel fuel 53%;
📍Margarine 52%
📍Potato 47%
📍Tomatoes 46%

🦠 An outbreak of new cases of coronavirus is recorded in Georgia.
Over the past week, the number of identified infected people has increased by 2.5 times.
📊 Coronavirus statistics for the past (from 28.06 to 04.07) week:
2570 new cases (1512)
1103 recovered
3 died
The CDC is looking into all cases for new strains.
💉 Director of the center Amiran Gamkrelidze said that "we need to be vaccinated so that we can meet autumn calmly."
At the moment, 45.1% of the adult population has been vaccinated in Georgia.

🇬🇪⛲️ Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili spoke about the investment project "New Life of Tskhaltubo".
The Georgian government is putting up for sale 14 sanatoriums, the cost of which is estimated at 50 million lari (~$16 million). According to the prime minister, "it is expected that another $150 million will be invested in the project and Tskhaltubo will become a modern world-class balneological resort."

🇬🇪❓🇪🇺 The ruling party "Georgian Dream" spoke about the possible terms of joining the EU.
"If we receive candidate status in December, we have the prospect of becoming a member of the European Union by 2032-2034. Forecasts made regarding Ukraine and Moldova are less optimistic, despite the fact that for political reasons they received candidate status before us" - party chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said on evening television.

📈⛽️ Diesel is getting more expensive in Georgia: prices for this type of fuel have increased by 10% over the past month and continue to increase.
Only in the last 10 days, fuel prices in the Wissol network have been changed to 19 tetri and a liter costs 4.76 lari, in the Gulf network the increase was 10 tetri.
“The situation with diesel fuel is critically difficult, because world prices for diesel fuel have grown significantly, the second factor is big supply problems. There has been no delivery from Azerbaijan for more than 2 months. The reason is the technical re-equipment of their plant. 40-45% of diesel in Georgia was supplied from there,” explained Mtvralashvili, head of the Union of Oil Products Importers.

🍉🚫 Food Agency urges to be careful when buying watermelons in Georgia.
The agency has identified elevated levels of nitrates in the fruit.
The inspectors tested 12 samples taken from wholesalers and retailers across the country in the laboratory, and the content of nitric acid salts was found to be above the norm in all.

🇬🇪📊 The National Tourism Administration has published detailed statistics for June 2022.
Over the past month, 387,781 foreigners (173,000 by May) visited Georgia.
Citizens of which countries arrived in comparison with the same period last year and by May:
🇷🇺Russia - 90239 (+503%) +39 thousand by May
🇹🇷Turkey - 62192 ( +10%) +2k
🇦🇲Armenia – 61974 (+365%) +19k
🇮🇱Israel - 20555 (+30%) +2 thousand
🇺🇦Ukraine - 15273 (+1%) - same with May
🇰🇿Kazakhstan - 14368 (+96%) +4 thousand people
🇦🇿Azerbaijan - 13067 (+89%) +1 thousand people
⚪️🔴⚪️Belarus – 12284 (+222%) +3 thousand people
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 10372 (+72%) +2k
🇮🇷 Iran - 9454 (+599%) +2 thousand people
ℹ️ The overall level of tourism has increased by 164% compared to 2021, but is only 53% of the pre-pandemic 2019.

🇬🇪🛫 The Union of Georgian Airports reported that the passenger traffic at the Kutaisi airport was equal to the pre-pandemic 2019, and the number of flights even increased.
June 2019 - 76208 passengers (247 flights)
June 2022 - 76052 passengers (298 flights)
ℹ️ At the moment, five airlines fly from Kutaisi to 14 countries (25 cities), but the main ones are three carriers: WizzAir, Belavia, FlyArystan.
Living in Georgia, I recommend the first airline. I personally traveled to Italy for 40 euros round-trip, there were tickets to Abu Dhabi for 18 GEL one way. In autumn there are cheap flights (29-59 GEL) to Paris, Berlin, Prague, Larnaca, Athens, Budapest and Polish cities.

🦠 The number of new cases of coronavirus in Georgia causes concern among doctors.
The head of the Center for Disease Control, Amiran Gamkrelidze, recommends that citizens wear masks indoors. Earlier, the head of the immunization expert group, Ivane Chkhaidze, said that “it is possible that wearing masks indoors will become necessary again due to the increase in infection with new types of coronavirus, the omicron-strain of coronavirus.”
📈 Over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases of covid-19 infection in Georgia has increased five times.

👨‍🦳🧑‍🦳 Pensioners with dual citizenship, one of which is Georgian, will be able to receive a pension simultaneously in two countries.
Previously, such citizens could receive a pension in only one country - for this they had to make a choice and draw up documents in the social service.
Starting this year, pensions in Georgia will be paid even if a citizen receives social benefits in another country.
ℹ️ The changes are regulated by the 310th government decree of June 13, 2022.

🇬🇷👮🏻‍♂️🇬🇪 Thief in law special operation completed in Greece - citizens of Georgia were detained.
Together with 13 Georgian citizens, Greek law enforcement officers arrested a criminal authority - Kako Bilanishvili. The 72-year-old thief in law was the leader of a criminal gang. All detainees were charged with theft, robbery and racketeering.
ℹ️ Criminal authorities in Greece are detained regularly and conflicts between them also occur quite often. The last case was in January of this year, when in Athens, in front of his son, the leader of the Kutaisi thieves in law, Shota Tevdoradze, was shot dead, and a month before, in December 2021, another thief in law, Levan Khavtasi, was arrested.