🦠 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%)

🇬🇪 The main political events of the day in Georgia.
📍 the petition for the introduction of visas for citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus gained 15 thousand signatures in the first day
📍 politician Anna Dolidze held a rally near the parliament demanding a moratorium on the sale of real estate to citizens of the Russian Federation
📍 The chairman of the parliamentary committee on legal issues, Anri Okhanashvili, said that the introduction of visas for Russians is not being considered and, moreover, “will pose a threat to the interests of the country and increase the risks of war”
📍 “If we had a visa regime, thousands of persecuted Russians and Belarusians would not be able to enter the country,” said Tsagareishvili, deputy of the ruling party
📍 The media in Russia are discussing verification for citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus by the bar "Dadaena" (although it has existed for a long time), and representatives of the Russian Internet community "Men's State" worsen the ratings of the institution in social networks
📍 48 opposition MPs have asked the authorities to immediately stop the disinformation campaign against the US and the EU
📍 "Saakashvili must leave, and Ivanishvili must return to politics" - such a statement was made by deputies from the opposition parliamentary parties "Citizens" and "Girchi"
📍 A fund has been created to help refugees from Ukraine to provide them with housing, the first contribution of $ 50,000 has already been made, the project website https://razom.ge/
📍 The Partnership for Human Rights (PHR) applied to the court for asylum and necessary conditions for children from Ukraine

📈🏦Deposits of foreign citizens in Georgian banks have reached a historical maximum.
As of June 2022, the amount on the accounts of foreign individuals is 4.77 billion lari ($1.76 billion), which is 870 million lari ($321 million) more than in January.
ℹ️ According to the National Bank, foreigners keep most of their funds in the accounts of large banks:
📍Bank of Georgia - 2.14 billion lari
📍TBC — 1.91 billion lari
📍Liberty - 123 million lari
Most (88%) of these portfolios are dollarized, and 12% are placed in lari.
The report does not indicate which country's citizens own these deposits. However, according to the annual report of SEB, in 2021, the largest number of deposits (14%) were from citizens of the Russian Federation.
❗️As for the total amount of deposits, in June it amounted to 38.2 billion lari, therefore, the portfolio of foreign citizens is 12.5% ​​of bank deposits.

🚑 The Georgian Ministry of Health issues a statement that emergency medical care services in Georgia remain free for local residents and foreign citizens.
“The services of the Center for the Coordination of Emergency Situations and Emergency Assistance were and are free of charge for Georgian citizens and guests arriving in the country. No changes are planned in this direction,” the message says.
ℹ️ This information had to be disseminated after offering additional non-standard services to private insurance companies, for example, hospitalization in a private clinic, based on the wishes of the patient or other special cases.
❗️In a normal situation, emergency medical care is provided to everyone in Georgia free of charge. To call an ambulance, call the general short number: 112.

🇬🇪🍷 Large article in English about Georgian wines.
Jaime Goody of Wineanorak examines 69 local qvevri wines.
The spread of estimates is from 85 to 95 points. Everyone who is interested in Georgian wine must read:
https://wineanorak.com/2022/07/25/qvevri-wines-from-georgia-69-wines-tried/

👮🏻‍♂ In the Dermatovenerological Dispensary of Tbilisi, after a quarrel, one of the doctors wounded the head of the center with a firearm.
Giorgi Galdava, director of the dispensary, was hospitalized.
❗️An attempted murder investigation is underway.
The alleged accused has been arrested.

👨🏻‍⚕️🧳 The head of the Center for Disease Control, Amiran Gamkrelidze, is leaving his post.
The information was disseminated by the Ministry of Health of Georgia late yesterday evening. Temporarily, his duties will be performed by Deputy Minister of Health Tamar Gabunia.
Gamkrelidze was the head of the Center for Disease Control for almost 10 years, starting in 2013. Became most famous since 2020, during the covid-19 pandemic. From laudatory reviews and articles, when, together with their colleagues, Imnadze and Tsertsvadze received the nickname “three musketeers at the post of fighting the virus” to burning posters with his image at anti-vaxxers’ actions. Most often, he was under fire: either for being too soft during the period when Georgia ranked first in terms of infection in the world, or for being too tough when he proposed strict restrictions.
🤝 For my part and this channel, I want to thank Batono Amiran for his work, the Center for Disease Control was always ready to provide prompt and useful information for readers.

🛫❌ The regulator has suspended the certificate of Myway Airlines.
The reason for the suspension was the shortcomings identified as a result of an unscheduled inspection. Airlines are prohibited from operating flights until special permission.
ℹ️ Myway Airlines is a Georgian airline based in Tbilisi and has been operating since 2018. It has two Boeing 737 aircraft.

📥 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili refused to nominate a representative of the ruling party for the post of CEC chairman.
The day before, she presented two candidates to the parliament, among whom the incumbent Giorgi Kalandarishvili was not.
The term of office of the current head of the CEC expires in August and there is a high probability that he will be nominated by the opposition.

❗️The government of Georgia is not considering the introduction of a visa regime with Russia and Belarus.
📍Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili believes that the part of the opposition that demands the introduction of a strict regime deliberately wants to damage the economy. Answering a journalist's question, he clarified that “since the ill-wishers saw that it was impossible to open a second front, now they want to harm our citizens by interfering with tourism. Whom does it concern? It affects the country, the economy and the people.”
📍Parliament speaker Papuashvili adds about the requirement to introduce visas: “this is populism, which eventually grew into xenophobia, what we see from propaganda techniques, this is whipping up hysteria, which ultimately gives rise to xenophobia.”
📍The leader of the Lelo opposition party, Japaridze, said that “the proposal to introduce visas has nothing to do with xenophobia or limiting the number of tourists, but only the introduction of additional regulations.”

🇬🇪❤️ 15 streets of Tbilisi will be named after the national heroes of Georgia and the fighters who fell in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008: the corresponding decision was made by the city council of Tbilisi.
They are: Alexander Oniani, Georgy Antsukhelidze, Levan Devdariani, Ilya Babutsidze, Georgy Dzhodzhua, Levan Chochua, Koba Sergius, Georgy Berikashvili, Georgy Gviniashvili, Anzor Geldiashvili, Natalya Samkanashvili, Giga Chikhladze, Alexander Klimchuk and Stan Storimans.
ℹ️ The initiative was discussed at today's meeting of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo, which was attended by family members of the dead soldiers. The meeting participants honored the memory of those killed 14 years ago with a minute of silence.