🕊 "Tbilisi is a city of peace": this phrase has been one of the main topics in Georgian social networks for two days now.
That's the slogan for the New Year holidays that government decided to write in the center of the capital, on Freedom Square. A number of opposition politicians and citizens said that during the war in Ukraine, such a message in Georgia is not appropriate and the text of solidarity would have looked much better. For the second night in a row, several dozen people come out to protest.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that the New Year's slogan contained no political message and peace is what everyone should strive for. And the actions of some politicians and the media are nothing but speculation and provocation. The leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, added sarcastically: "Then I suggest that we announce a one-year moratorium, for example, on the peace toast in Georgia - how can you drink a peace toast when there is a war in Ukraine?".
That's the slogan for the New Year holidays that government decided to write in the center of the capital, on Freedom Square. A number of opposition politicians and citizens said that during the war in Ukraine, such a message in Georgia is not appropriate and the text of solidarity would have looked much better. For the second night in a row, several dozen people come out to protest.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that the New Year's slogan contained no political message and peace is what everyone should strive for. And the actions of some politicians and the media are nothing but speculation and provocation. The leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, added sarcastically: "Then I suggest that we announce a one-year moratorium, for example, on the peace toast in Georgia - how can you drink a peace toast when there is a war in Ukraine?".
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👮🏻♂️Several officials have been detained in Georgia for appropriating state lands.
The investigation established that in the Imereti region, the defendants, using false documents, registered 11 state land plots with a total area of 17,650 sq.m. Two of the criminals are former public officials, and one is active public official. The illegally appropriated land plots have been seized.
❗️The defendants face 4 to 7 years in prison.
The investigation established that in the Imereti region, the defendants, using false documents, registered 11 state land plots with a total area of 17,650 sq.m. Two of the criminals are former public officials, and one is active public official. The illegally appropriated land plots have been seized.
❗️The defendants face 4 to 7 years in prison.
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🎄The main Christmas tree of Georgia near the Parliament building in Tbilisi and New Year's illumination in the capital will be turned on on December 9th.
On the video you can see how the streets were decorated last year. New illumination will not be purchased this year, and the Christmas tree will also remain the same, but its lighting will be changed. From 23.12 to 13.01 there will be children's concerts and performances, theatrical performances and other entertainment events for all age groups.
New Year's Village will open in Tbilisi on December 23 and will be located only on Orbeliani Square. In Batumi, New Year's events will begin on 25.12 and will last until 07.01. The main place for New Year's entertainment will be Europe Square.
On the video you can see how the streets were decorated last year. New illumination will not be purchased this year, and the Christmas tree will also remain the same, but its lighting will be changed. From 23.12 to 13.01 there will be children's concerts and performances, theatrical performances and other entertainment events for all age groups.
New Year's Village will open in Tbilisi on December 23 and will be located only on Orbeliani Square. In Batumi, New Year's events will begin on 25.12 and will last until 07.01. The main place for New Year's entertainment will be Europe Square.
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🏦💻 TBC Bank has begun cooperation with the international company Binance, the world's leading provider of blockchain systems and cryptocurrency infrastructure.
From 2023, anyone will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrency on the Binance platform using TBC Bank's payment channels. According to the memorandum, both companies are interested in the development of virtual asset markets in Georgia and long-term and sustainable cooperation. As a partner of Binance, TBC provides crypto-to-local currency conversion accounts so that local users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies on the Binance Georgia platform using GEL. In addition, TBC and Binance are considering issuing a Binance card. Binance, for its part, is considering providing a crypto broker API to TBC Bank and its subsidiaries to allow TBC users to access cryptocurrency investment platforms.
❗️During his visit to Georgia and after meeting with the Prime Minister, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that the company will definitely open a representative office in the country and significantly increase the number of team members in the country.
From 2023, anyone will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrency on the Binance platform using TBC Bank's payment channels. According to the memorandum, both companies are interested in the development of virtual asset markets in Georgia and long-term and sustainable cooperation. As a partner of Binance, TBC provides crypto-to-local currency conversion accounts so that local users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies on the Binance Georgia platform using GEL. In addition, TBC and Binance are considering issuing a Binance card. Binance, for its part, is considering providing a crypto broker API to TBC Bank and its subsidiaries to allow TBC users to access cryptocurrency investment platforms.
❗️During his visit to Georgia and after meeting with the Prime Minister, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that the company will definitely open a representative office in the country and significantly increase the number of team members in the country.
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🤵👰🏻♀️ The level of marriages among minors in Georgia reaches 14%.
This statement was made by the public defender Nino Lomdzharia.
"Despite the law prohibiting marriage to a person under 18 years of age, which has had a positive effect on reducing such cases, unregistered marriage or cohabitation with minors often takes place, which in most cases is a crime" the ombudsman said.
❗️According to her, to prevent such cases, it is necessary to take comprehensive measures aimed at expanding the educational, social and economic opportunities of young people.
This statement was made by the public defender Nino Lomdzharia.
"Despite the law prohibiting marriage to a person under 18 years of age, which has had a positive effect on reducing such cases, unregistered marriage or cohabitation with minors often takes place, which in most cases is a crime" the ombudsman said.
❗️According to her, to prevent such cases, it is necessary to take comprehensive measures aimed at expanding the educational, social and economic opportunities of young people.
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👁👁 Mascarons of Tbilisi.
Walking around the capital, you may not immediately notice that the city is watching us. And not with just one pair of eyes. Meet mascarons. They are different: this is a type of sculptural decoration of a building in the shape of a human or animal head from the front. Mascarons, unlike the intimidating gargoyles, can also wear a comic, neutral, or romantic guise. Usually, a mascaron is placed in a conspicuous place: in the arch lock, above a window or doorway.
❓Did you notice them in Tbilisi?
Walking around the capital, you may not immediately notice that the city is watching us. And not with just one pair of eyes. Meet mascarons. They are different: this is a type of sculptural decoration of a building in the shape of a human or animal head from the front. Mascarons, unlike the intimidating gargoyles, can also wear a comic, neutral, or romantic guise. Usually, a mascaron is placed in a conspicuous place: in the arch lock, above a window or doorway.
❓Did you notice them in Tbilisi?
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🇬🇪🧥Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi will be held in the Georgian capital in April-May 2023.
One of the largest cultural events in Georgia will bring together professionals from the fashion industry. The organizers have a lot of events in their plans, the announcements of which can be followed on their instagram.
🖌 By the way, they have already started accepting applications from interesting projects:
info@mbfashionweektbilisi.com
One of the largest cultural events in Georgia will bring together professionals from the fashion industry. The organizers have a lot of events in their plans, the announcements of which can be followed on their instagram.
🖌 By the way, they have already started accepting applications from interesting projects:
info@mbfashionweektbilisi.com
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✅ A queer "green" party has been established in Tbilisi.
The presentation took place in the capital's techno club "Mtkvarze". The main backbone of the movement is young people aged 25-35. According to one of the founders, Tamar Jakeli, “Green parties in Europe are very progressive organizations focused on equality: feminist, openly supporting queer people. In Georgia, the Green Party, which formally exists, has always lacked these progressive views. It was only a party of environmentalists. We believe that the party should deal with both environmental and climate issues, as well as issues of equality: the rights of women, queer people, people with disabilities, the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, social issues.”
❗️Member of the European Parliament from the Czech Republic, Marketa Gregorova, addressed the audience. The new Greens plan to take part in the 2024 parliamentary elections and hope that they will be able to get at least one of their representatives into Parliament.
The presentation took place in the capital's techno club "Mtkvarze". The main backbone of the movement is young people aged 25-35. According to one of the founders, Tamar Jakeli, “Green parties in Europe are very progressive organizations focused on equality: feminist, openly supporting queer people. In Georgia, the Green Party, which formally exists, has always lacked these progressive views. It was only a party of environmentalists. We believe that the party should deal with both environmental and climate issues, as well as issues of equality: the rights of women, queer people, people with disabilities, the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, social issues.”
❗️Member of the European Parliament from the Czech Republic, Marketa Gregorova, addressed the audience. The new Greens plan to take part in the 2024 parliamentary elections and hope that they will be able to get at least one of their representatives into Parliament.
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📈🏦 TBC Bank announced that from February 1, 2023, it will increase the percentage of commission for cash withdrawals at the cash desks.
The minimum commission for withdrawals up to 3000 GEL will be 2% (or at least 2 GEL), the same 2% will remain in case of withdrawal of foreign currency up to 1000 dollars / euros / pounds. The commission is currently 0.6%.
❗️For preferential or free cash withdrawal from the card account, according to the bank, TBC ATMs can be used.
The minimum commission for withdrawals up to 3000 GEL will be 2% (or at least 2 GEL), the same 2% will remain in case of withdrawal of foreign currency up to 1000 dollars / euros / pounds. The commission is currently 0.6%.
❗️For preferential or free cash withdrawal from the card account, according to the bank, TBC ATMs can be used.
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📹💰 Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze will donate 15,000 lari (about $5,000) to families in need in the capital.
That is what he promised to do if he won the trial against Maya Mamulashvili, a journalist from TV Pirveli. Today the trial ended in his favor. The court partially satisfied the claim of the mayor (instead of 100 thousand lari, only 15 thousand were issued). Also, the TV company was instructed to refute the claim that Kaladze allegedly embezzled 60 million lari ($22 million) from city tenders.
That is what he promised to do if he won the trial against Maya Mamulashvili, a journalist from TV Pirveli. Today the trial ended in his favor. The court partially satisfied the claim of the mayor (instead of 100 thousand lari, only 15 thousand were issued). Also, the TV company was instructed to refute the claim that Kaladze allegedly embezzled 60 million lari ($22 million) from city tenders.
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❓What is happening with ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili now?
There is a lot of news related to him, so I have collected all the most important things over the past year about the eccentric and flamboyant polititian.
🗓2021:
01.10. - Mikheil Saakashvili returned to Georgia, where he was arrested, as he had previously been sentenced in absentia in his homeland to imprisonment in two criminal cases
02.10. - went on a hunger strike
25.10. - the state of health began to deteriorate, the first consult with the resuscitator
03.11. - President Zurabishvili ruled out his pardon
08.11. - transported to hospital
18.11. - went to intensive care
19.11. - stopped the hunger strike, transferred to the military hospital of the city of Gori
November/December – trials in several criminal cases continue
30.12. - returned to jail
🗓 2022:
21.02. - went on a hunger strike
10.03. - stopped hunger strike
20.04. - became ill during the trial, after which he was taken to the hospital and since May, the courts began to be postponed due to the weakness and poor health of the politician
12.05. - transported to the civil clinic "Vivamed", where he is to this day
31.07. - announced his retirement from politics
11.08. - Doctors assess his condition as critical
21.11. - the lawyer and relatives assumed that he was poisoned and are asking for an investigation
29.11. - the ex-president himself, according to the Ministry of Justice, refused a toxicological examination
01.12. - The Ministry of Justice ruled out the transfer of Saakashvili to foreign clinics, since such a procedure is not prescribed by law and can lead to evading responsibility
❓ What is expected in 2023? Discussion of the state of his health, consultations with foreign experts, resumption of court hearings. In the case of normalization of health, sentences in several cases.
There is a lot of news related to him, so I have collected all the most important things over the past year about the eccentric and flamboyant polititian.
🗓2021:
01.10. - Mikheil Saakashvili returned to Georgia, where he was arrested, as he had previously been sentenced in absentia in his homeland to imprisonment in two criminal cases
02.10. - went on a hunger strike
25.10. - the state of health began to deteriorate, the first consult with the resuscitator
03.11. - President Zurabishvili ruled out his pardon
08.11. - transported to hospital
18.11. - went to intensive care
19.11. - stopped the hunger strike, transferred to the military hospital of the city of Gori
November/December – trials in several criminal cases continue
30.12. - returned to jail
🗓 2022:
21.02. - went on a hunger strike
10.03. - stopped hunger strike
20.04. - became ill during the trial, after which he was taken to the hospital and since May, the courts began to be postponed due to the weakness and poor health of the politician
12.05. - transported to the civil clinic "Vivamed", where he is to this day
31.07. - announced his retirement from politics
11.08. - Doctors assess his condition as critical
21.11. - the lawyer and relatives assumed that he was poisoned and are asking for an investigation
29.11. - the ex-president himself, according to the Ministry of Justice, refused a toxicological examination
01.12. - The Ministry of Justice ruled out the transfer of Saakashvili to foreign clinics, since such a procedure is not prescribed by law and can lead to evading responsibility
❓ What is expected in 2023? Discussion of the state of his health, consultations with foreign experts, resumption of court hearings. In the case of normalization of health, sentences in several cases.
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👮🏻♂️🚘 The driving license exams in Georgia will be made harder again.
Those wishing to get a license, in addition to the “city ride” that appeared this spring (previously only a theory and a platform practice were needed), from September 1, 2023, the ability to check the technical condition of a car will be added. An applicant passing the theory, platform practice and city ride will have to answer questions about the technical serviceability of the car, either using a tools or orally.
Let me remind you that from January 2023, additional questions are introduced when taking the practical part of exam. You will have to answer verbally questions about the operation of the car (checking the oil, brake fluid, brake system, steering wheel, headlights, engine, etc.).
ℹ️ Any foreign citizen over 16 years old has the opportunity to pass exams for driving license in Georgia.
Those wishing to get a license, in addition to the “city ride” that appeared this spring (previously only a theory and a platform practice were needed), from September 1, 2023, the ability to check the technical condition of a car will be added. An applicant passing the theory, platform practice and city ride will have to answer questions about the technical serviceability of the car, either using a tools or orally.
Let me remind you that from January 2023, additional questions are introduced when taking the practical part of exam. You will have to answer verbally questions about the operation of the car (checking the oil, brake fluid, brake system, steering wheel, headlights, engine, etc.).
ℹ️ Any foreign citizen over 16 years old has the opportunity to pass exams for driving license in Georgia.
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