Author: Tamazi Donauri

We have solid evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede – the solar system’s biggest moon — for the first time. The frozen water on Ganymede’s surface may have sublimated, moving from solid to gas without becoming liquid. The surface of Ganymede is a mix of dark, cratered regions and bright grooved terrain that produces fascinating patterns. Researchers have long thought that Ganymede has a large amount of water — possibly more than the Earth — but because Ganymede is so far from the Sun, water could only remain liquid behind a thick covering of ice.…

In Georgia’s remote Imereti region, monks scale the 40m-high Katskhi Pillar in a daring, nerve-jangling ascent. The reason: to get closer to God. As I drove through the remote Imereti region of central-western Georgia, rolling hills and lush pine forests flanked the empty roads and grazing cows dotted the verdant landscape. It was a picture-perfect rural scene. Suddenly, the car rounded a bend and an incongruous sight appeared high above the canopy: up ahead, a massive limestone monolith jutted into the sky, about 40m tall, with a small church perched on the top. I’d finally reached the Katskhi Pillar. I…

Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Vakhtang Tsintsadze on Saturday said the revised rating of the financial outlook for Georgia’s fiscal development from “stable” to “positive”, by a global financial ratings firm Fitch, was owing to the Government’s macroeconomic policy, pursued “for years”, including the steps taken in terms of fiscal consolidation, high economic growth indicators and the structural reforms. Tsintsadze said while the outlooks on the ratings of the Black Sea region and European countries were “mostly unchanged”, the improvement of Georgia’s perspective in this regard was an “important message” to international financial institutions. He added it meant that the country…

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday highlighted the latest resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by saying “everyone [except] a part of our opposition” could see the progress mentioned in the document. In his remarks over the matter, Papuashvili noted the matters related to the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status that were “dependent on the Parliamentary majority” had been implemented. “Everyone sees the progress – unlike a part of our opposition, unfortunately. Everyone sees that there is progress and many of the recommendations have already been implemented. But at…