🚕 Drivers of taxi service "Bolt" will hold protest in Tbilisi on February 5.

They will gather University Street and will demand better working conditions and an increase in the amount of payments. The company, which recently lowered its rates, kept a high (23.6%) percentage of the commission for drivers, so that it became unprofitable for them to work. According to them, when Bolt first entered the Georgian market, the commission was only 10%. The organization only notified them of the changes by email.
"They treat us like slaves and ignore our problems," the 260 drivers who signed the appeal said.
❗️If their demands are ignored, they do not rule out a general strike.

🇬🇪❤️ Mestia has been named one of the best tourist destinations by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

The organization dedicated an article to the region, calling it the cleanest and most environmentally friendly tourist region in Georgia. The material says that here you can enjoy extraordinary landscapes, rich forests and alpine zones. Mestia, with its charming nature and rich history, has wonderful monuments of Georgian architecture and ethnography, including churches, monasteries and traditional towers.

🏊‍♂️ Henry Kuprashvili, 76yo, won 6 gold and 1 silver medal at the World Winter Swimming Championships.

At the tournament, which was held in Slovenia, in the 75+ age category, he was almost unbeatable. However, Kuprashvili is known not only for this. Last year, the athlete broke a Guinness record by swimming across the Dardanelles with his hands and feet tied, in the traditional Colchian style of swimming. The man covered 12 kilometers in three hours and 15 minutes. Particularly stands out, as you noticed, the style of swimming. The Colchian-Iberian or Georgian swimming style, in which the movement of the human limbs is not used, is considered rather uncommon. Swimming is carried out by dolphin-like movements of the pelvis and legs tightly pressed to each other. The pelvis is especially actively involved, the legs are also active helpers, especially in terms of maintaining balance, and the arms do not participate in movement at all.

🇬🇪 ⚽️ The Georgian Football Federation reminds about the recruitment of volunteers for the U-21 European Championship.

You can fill out the form and sign up at the link. And we will remind you that in the summer the country will host a big international football tournament.
It will run from June 21 to July 8. The Georgian part will be held in three cities at four stadiums: Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi. Adjara will host the Euro final.

Who will play in the country: Germany - the current champion, Portugal - the finalist of the last tournament. The latter will include Goncalo Ramos, who replaced Ronaldo at the 2022 World Cup. He is also the top scorer in the Euro qualifiers. Note the England team, consisting of players playing for the top clubs in the English Premier League. The cost of the players is estimated at more than 300 million euros.

🇬🇪The Georgian national team will play at the Youth Euro for the first time. By age, Khvicha, Mamardashvili (Valencia), Davitashvili and Mikautadze (playing in France) can go into it, but they already play for the main team and none of them have played a single match with the youth team over the past two years. The backbone of the team is made up of players from the Georgian Championship. The group is very strong and getting out of it in the playoffs will be a sensation.

🏆 The top three teams will qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
🎫 UEFA announced the start of ticket sales for the tournament in mid-March.

🇹🇷🛬❌🇬🇪 Due to heavy snowfall in Istanbul, airlines are canceling their flights from / to Turkey: at the moment, three cancellations are already known that were planned in Tbilisi.

Flight cancellations confirmed on February 6th:
📍Pegasus: 03:40 flight number PC 319;
📍 Turkish airlines: 06:05, flight number TK 377;
📍 Turkish airlines: 07:25, flight number TK 7723.
ℹ️ Information about the cancellation of upcoming flights will be posted on the website as it becomes available.

🌋 An earthquake that occurred in the Turkish province of Kahramanmarash (magnitude 7.4) was felt in Georgia.

The consequences of the natural disaster and the number of victims are being specified: Turkey and Syria have already reported about 250 dead. The aftershocks, at about 5:30 in the morning, were also felt in Georgia, it was especially noticeable in the seaside Batumi. Fortunately, there were no casualties.