Author: Goga Akhalkatsi

On August 24, 2023, Kazakhstan-Singapore Business Council #KSBC Chairman Mr. Sultan Marenov hosted a prominent Kazakh entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Mr.Kenges Rakishev in Singapore and arranged a meeting with the Senior Managing Director of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Mr. Pol de Win. The parties discussed the opportunities for Kazakh companies to list on the SGX and raise capital for investment in the growing economy of Kazakhstan. SGX is one of the leading and recognizable exchanges in the world, and deepening cooperation with Kazakhstan will raise the awareness of potential investors. We look forward to continuing our discussion and establishing fruitful…

Türkiye prioritizes stability and peace in the Caucasus and supports its sister nation Azerbaijan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said, Azernews reports. “We place great importance on stability in the Caucasus. We are making significant efforts to establish lasting peace in the region and continue to support our brotherly nation Azerbaijan with the understanding of ‘one nation, two states,’” Güler said at a ceremony held at the Defense Ministry marking Sept. 19, Veterans Day. In a speech, he said that Türkiye will continue contributing to regional and global peace in many regions. “We are continuing our constructive efforts to reactivate the Black Sea…

China Southern Airlines will launch daily flights from Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital to Ürümqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, starting later this month. TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports in the country, announced on Friday the new flights would start from September 27.  The airline currently offers three weekly flights between the destinations, it added. China Southern Airlines resumed flights to Tbilisi International Airport in January, following a three-year break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The addition of flights also follows the upgrading of Georgia-China relations to a “strategic partnership” level in…

TBILISI — When the European Union cracked open its door to Georgia last year, it made its invitation to formal candidate status conditional on the country reducing the polarization that has long vexed its domestic politics. But before Brussels makes its critical decision on Georgia’s candidacy in October, the country is embroiled in yet another bitter internal power struggle.President Salome Zurabishvili is on a tour of Europe that so far has taken her to Berlin, Brussels, and Paris to promote Georgia’s EU candidacy. But the Georgian Constitution requires the president — whose position is largely symbolic — to get permission…

Vienna, Brussels (26/9 – 36) David McCallum – the British actor who played as Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard, a pathologist on hit CBS TV program NCIS, has died aged 90 on Monday (25/09/2023). McCallum died on Monday of natural causes, surrounded by his family, at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement. NCIS executive producers Steven D. Binder and David North shared their memories of working with McCallum. “For over twenty years, David McCallum endeared himself to audiences around the world playing the wise, quirky, and sometimes enigmatic, Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard,” they shared in a statement. “But…

BPO Company Highlights Importance of Geographical Diversification as Natural Disasters Challenge National Resilience and Economy Clark Staff, a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, stands tall in championing the cause of geographical diversification amidst the harsh economic forecasts and devastating natural disasters plaguing the nation. As communities mourn the tragic loss of lives from Hawaii’s wildfires and the many other recent natural disasters, the economic and human toll from these events are becoming increasingly evident. Hawaii faces economic losses approaching $6 billion due to wildfires while California grapples with damages between $7 billion and $9 billion from Hurricane Hilary. Florida,…

Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan. They have arbitrarily detained hundreds of Pamiris, including civil society activists and human rights defenders, and imprisoned over 200 of them after convictions in unfair trials, in a campaign aimed at stripping the local communities of their leadership and dismantling their civil society. The authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Pamiri civil society activists, journalists and human rights defenders who have been detained solely…

From September 22 to 25, the “Fifth International Dance Festival” will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, Azernews reports. The festival, where mainly Latin American dances will be performed, will be organized by the Georgian National Federation of Social Dances and “Salsa Caliente Tbilisi” organization. During the three days, people from different backgrounds will be able to participate in the festival, master classes and shows. The organizers promise live concerts of bachata dancers, master classes from famous dancers, as well as Latin evenings and shows with dances such as salsa, bachata, kizomba and afro. Dancers from Azerbaijan, Spain, France, Turkiye, Cuba, Greece, Ukraine,…

Paris, Dublin, Johannesburg (20/9 – 15) The 2023 Rugby World Cup will contest what will arguably be the grandest game in the Pool Stage this weekend. On Saturday night, 23 September 2023, South Africa and Ireland go head-to-head in Pool B, at Stade de France, Paris: the world number two against world number one. All will witness a reigning world champion versus a team with a winning streak extending from July 2022. Both teams dive in with two wins from their opening games. The Springboks won 18-3 against Scotland – and then obliterated Romania 76-0. Meanwhile, Ireland have been barely…

The Georgian National Tourism Administration hosted a popular Dutch traveller, writer and photographer Chris Schalkx in the country to explore tourist potential and promote Georgia to international visitors through social media, the GNTA said on Friday. During his tour, Schalkx visited Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and the ancient capital Mtskheta, where he got acquainted with the cultural monuments and historical districts of the cities, as well as tourist destinations. The GNTA noted that the Dutch writer was preparing articles for famous publications and magazines, including CNTraveler, Travel + Leisure, Design Anthology, AD, Telegraph, Wallpaper, The Times, etc. Source : Agenda