👮🏻‍♂ The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports that there were 8 people on board the helicopter that crashed in Gudauri.
Two crew members, two doctors and four rescuers. They all died.
🪂 The pilot of the paraglider was hospitalized, the passenger died, it was them that the rescue helicopter was looking for.

🇬🇪❗️ July 30 in Georgia, in connection with the tragedy in Gudauri, was declared a day of mourning.
The decree was signed by Prime Minister Garibashvili.
ℹ️ During a rescue operation, a helicopter crashed in the mountains, on board of which there were 8 people, all of them died.

🪂⛔️ All paragliding flights are suspended in Georgia.
"Until we get answers to all questions, flights will be suspended. Now they are a big problem. There are also facts of deaths. We must work to either tighten regulations or completely ban flights," Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri said.
ℹ️ There have been several paragliding accidents in Georgia this year. Three people died.
❗️Today, a rescue helicopter crashed while looking for fallen glider pilots. 8 people died.

❤️🇬🇪🖤 Instead of posts, I publish a video of the Alazani Valley, which I made today.
Although there were some news today, but they all fade knowing the yesterday's tragedy. Condolences to the families of the victims.

❗️ Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili is leaving big politics.
This statement was made by the lawyer of the third president, Valerie Gelbakhiani. According to him, the main goal of the near future is to restore health.
ℹ️ After a series of hunger strikes and several months in prison, Sakashvili has been hospitalized for several weeks at the Vivamedi clinic and, according to doctors, cannot attend court hearings. The council of doctors assesses the condition of the ex-president as serious and, in case of improper treatment, can lead to irreversible consequences.

🇬🇪The main news about Georgia for the weekend (July 30-31).
📍 Saturday was a day of mourning for 9 people who died during the rescue operation in Gudauri, during which the helicopter of the border service crashed
📍 Former President Mikheil Saakashvili announces his retirement from politics
📍 due to public outcry, the show "Fort Rabat" may be canceled in the country - the Russian analogue of the TV game "Fort Boyard" was going to be filmed in the Rabat fortress
📍 the government plans to announce a new tender for the construction of the port of Anaklia
📍 citizens with scarce professions determined by the Hungarian government will have the opportunity to find a job in Hungary
📍 The Ministry of Internal Affairs urged to tighten the rules for paragliding or even ban this type of extreme sport
📍 8 persons detained in the case of the murder of a 20-year-old boy were sent by the court to a pre-trial detention center, the crime was committed in the vicinity of Tbilisi, the son of a famous doctor at a party was stabbed in the heart
📍 Two people fell into a well in Marneuli and died
📍 Georgia won five medals in the Greco-Roman wrestling tournament in Bucharest

🚂⛔️ Georgian Railway suspends flights from Tbilisi to Western Georgia for 3 days
Restrictions due to urgent technical work will be in effect on August 9, 10 and 11.
❗️ These days, it will be possible to get from the capital to Batumi and back only by buses or private transportation.

☦️ A memorial service for those who died in a helicopter crash in Gudauri will be held at the Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral on August 2 from 11:00 to 14:00.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after the memorial service, the bodies of the pilots and rescuers will be taken to family cemeteries and buried with military honors.
ℹ️ A helicopter belonging to the border police fell and crashed on July 29 during an operation to rescue paragliders who fell in Gudauri.

🙈 Member of the ruling Georgian Dream party of the Chkhorotsku assembly, Jumber Izoria, placed a monument to his own saying in the city.
"Humanity is always humanity, and not worth thinking about" is written on a stone that now stands in the municipality. The MP is also famous for the fact that he bought himself a special number plate for his car. "Kochana", an analogue of the Georgian "katsoba" - "like a man".

🇬🇪 Billboards with the image of the Georgian flag and the shadows of four soldiers appeared in the Tbilisi metro.
The innoscriptions on the banners read: “Russia needs war, not the West”, “Do not spread lies”, “Disinformation offends the memory of heroes.”
ℹ️ The customer of the work was the Coalition for Trust in Information. Its representatives, which includes several local nonprofits, say the move is part of a larger campaign. Among the stated goals: to raise awareness of anti-Western propaganda and disinformation in society, as well as measures to increase confidence in information about the Russian-Ukrainian war.
❗️The ruling party declined to answer about the attitude towards billboards:
"I don't know what this campaign means at all," Georgian Dream chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said.
"I don't know what this campaign serves," Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said.

🙈 At night, a provocative post appeared on the social networks of ex-president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of the Security Council.
The publication called Kazakhstan an "artificial state", and also stated that "North and South Ossetia, Abkhazia did not exist before Russia at all, and the current territories of Georgia can only be united as part of a single state with Russia."
In a post on behalf of Medvedev, it is stated that “all the peoples inhabiting the once great and mighty USSR will again live together in friendship and mutual understanding,” and “after the liberation of Kyiv and all the territories of Little Russia <...> Russia will again become united, powerful and invincible, just like a thousand years ago in the days of the ancient Rus.
❗️ 10 minutes after publication, the post was deleted. They write that he copied part of the lecture of the Arzamas project into the post.
UPD. According to representatives of Medvedev, his social networks were hacked.

🇦🇲🛫🇬🇪Armenian national air carrier Fly Arna will soon start operating flights to Tbilisi
Flights to the Georgian capital will be operated 4 times a week. We hope that the price tag will be humane.
ℹ️ Fly Arna (Armenia National Airlines) was established with the participation of the Armenian state fund ANIF and the Air Arabia group of companies.

🦠 Coronavirus statistics for the past (from 26.07 to 01.08) week: the number of infected people has increased again.
11802 new cases (1549)
10233 recovered ( 2725)
10 died
🧪 Detectability (number of positive results out of the number of tests) 15.47% (+1.66%)
Despite the fact that every sixth (!) test done in the country is positive, the government does not plan to introduce restrictive measures at the moment. Most new cases present with a high fever but do not require hospitalization.

🇬🇪 In Georgia, they said goodbye to the crew, doctors and rescuers of the helicopter that crashed in Gudauri.
A civil memorial service took place in Tbilisi's Sameba Church, after which the bodies were transported to family cemeteries and buried with military honors.
🎖 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili awarded them posthumously with the medal "For Civil Self-Sacrifice".
❗️According to the statement of the Prime Minister, family members will receive a lump sum payment of 100 thousand lari.
ℹ️ A helicopter belonging to the border police fell and crashed on July 29 during an operation to rescue paragliders who fell in Gudauri. 8 people died.
📷 photo 1tv

🇬🇪🚫🇷🇺 The Georgian opposition party Lelo demands the introduction of a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
This is stated in the party's statement:
"Lelo has demanded a tightening of the visa regime with the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. This issue is especially acute today, after the number of visitors from Russia has increased dramatically. The flow of visitors from the occupying country is out of control. The party proposes to introduce a visa regime for citizens Russian Federation and Belarus. Define the validity of tourist visas up to 30 days (issued directly at the border and / or online). Staying more than 30 days should be regulated by special procedures."
❗️The ruling Georgian Dream party does not see a problem in mass migration from the Russian Federation and Belarus, and if someone comes as a tourist, then this, in their opinion, only favorably affects the country's economy.

🇬🇪The UN Human Rights Committee has published its regular periodic report on Georgia.
The committee's main concerns are:
📍"Homophobic and transphobic rhetoric used with impunity by politicians, other statesmen and religious figures." As well as reports of hate speech and crimes against minority groups, including women, ethnic and religious minorities, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and migrants.
📍The reluctance of victims of violence against women, especially sexual violence, to report such cases, as well as the low level of prosecution and convictions, insufficient protection for victims and lack of psychological support.
📍 Lack of transparency in the procedure for appointing judges, concentration of power in the Supreme Court, including the power to nominate and appoint judges.
📍 Politically motivated arrests and trials, such cases include the case of the chairman of the largest opposition party, Melia, the arrest of former President Saakashvili, and the denial of a fair trial.
📍Media polarization, attacks on journalists, human rights activists and government critics, intimidation, threats and harassment, as well as political influence in the national communications commission.
📍 Lack of effective investigation of cases of corruption, including those involving high-ranking officials.
ℹ️ The full text of the report is here.

🏦 The National Bank of Georgia decided to reduce the rate on lending to individuals.
The maximum term for consumer loans, which is currently set at 4 years, will be reduced to 3 years from August 15th.
❗️The change will affect all categories of consumer loans.

❗️The ruling party of Georgia commented on the proposal of the opposition to introduce visas for citizens of Russia and Belarus.
📍Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashviili:
“Nothing has changed in terms of visitors. They compare with 2020-2021, but this is irrelevant. This campaign has grown into xenophobia and I am surprised that non-governmental organizations are also involved in this along with political parties. According to the study, young people with good incomes come to Georgia from the Russian Federation. This is the middle layer who left Russia because they want the stability that our country has,” Papuashvili said.
📍Georgian Dream Secretary and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze: “We welcome the arrival of tourists and citizens of different countries, we will always help to strengthen this direction. Of course, it is important that the economy of our country is growing and, in general, the development of the tourist destination is one of the most important components, and, of course, the authorities will do everything to promote this direction, since it is directly related to economic development, the creation of new jobs and employment of people".

🇬🇪 Post from the author of the channel.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that this resource has been created and developed all these years to help, support all those living in Georgia and I want to thank you. I have never divided people by nationality, gender or other criteria, helping and responding to all requests. So it will continue.
ℹ️ I wrote and will give the main news about Georgia, but I will not evaluate them now, everyone can do it themselves.
👍 Today, with part of the money from advertising in the main channel, I paid for the rent of a nursing home in Tbilisi, 30 people live there, the oldest of whom is 84 years old.
🖌 There are many plans and ideas. I will try to parse the unanswered messages, there are only 1458 of them left . If you have something important and urgent, please write to the mail: nlevshits@gmail.com
❤️ Georgia is with us in our hearts and we love it, and it will always respond to kind people in the same way.
📷 Photo of Tbilisi and Batumi by Kostya Voronov

🦠 Anthrax has been detected in Georgia: quarantine has been declared in one of the municipalities.
Cases were found in one of the villages of the Dmanisi municipality. The National Food Agency of Kvemo Kartli has confirmed two sick animals. They were slaughtered and burned, and quarantine measures were announced in the region: vaccination, restriction of the movement of livestock and a ban on the sale of livestock products.
ℹ️ Also, this week a man died from Crimean-Congo fever in Borjomi. This year, 42 cases of this serious disease have already been detected in the country.

📊🚘 The Georgian National Statistical Office has published statistics on vehicles: more than 80% of cars in the country are older than 10 years.
Total number of registered cars: 1 million 470 thousand
Types of transport:
🚗 cars — 1 million 125 thousand (77%)
🚛 trucks — 108 thousand (7%)
🚌 passenger — 54 thousand (3%)
🚒 special forces - 59 thousand (4%)
Age of cars in Georgia:
- over 10 years old - 1 million 220 thousand (82%)
- from 5 to 10 years - 186 thousand (13%)
- from 2 to 5 years - 32 thousand (2%)
- up to 2 years - 22 thousand (1.5%)
- age unknown - 7 thousand (0.5%)
Engine's type:
- petrol - 598000 (40%)
- diesel - 273000 (18%)
- gas - 143000 (10%)
- hybrid - 100000 (7%)
- electric cars - 2400 (0.16%)