According to Geostat in Jan-Jul, 2024 Georgia exported #wine worth of $173.7 million. 81% of the exported wine went to 🇷🇺 followed by 🇵🇱 (share 5.2%), 🇺🇦 (3.9%); 🇰🇿 (3.5%); 🇨🇳 (2.7%).

Per Geostat 1.3 mln. people are employed in 🇬🇪320K (every 4 person) works in public sector. # of people working in public by years: 2013 - 252K 2014 - 258K 2015 - 286K 2016 - 271K 2017 - 283K 2018 - 299K 2019 - 299K 2020 - 294K 2021 - 301K 2022 - 308K 2023 - 320K

Georgia's Constitutional Court of Georgia starts considering lawsuits against the #Russianlaw. It has a unique chance to: 1. save 🇬🇪 European future 2. prove its independence 3. Protect and enforce art. # 78 of GEO Constitution that determines Georgia's European future.

Happy to see that #Armenia slowly but gradually progresses on #EU path. Starting #visa liberalization dialogue with the EU is an important milestone leading to scrapping visa requirements of citizens of 🇦🇲 and demolishing the #Schengen paper wall between Armenia and EU.

Morning in the capital of freedom with people who love it. In Kyiv for #Ukraine. Слава Україні!

Starting from Spring, 2025 two large aircompanies British Airways and easyJet will start flights to and from Tbilisi Airport named after Shota Rustaveli. Excellent opportunity for travellers to visit beautiful 🇬🇪.

According to the Geostat data the Georgian export to the EU market is the lowest since the DCFTA is in force starting from 2014: 2014 - $276 mln. 2015 - 374 2016 - 339 2017 - 400 2018 - 439 2020 - 446 2021 - 382 2022 - 517 2023 - 456 2024 (Jan-Sep) - 294.

The pivotal moment for Georgia is close. The total number of voters for the upcoming elections scheduled on 26/10/2024 is 3,508,294. The majority of them, 3,113,747, will vote using new electronic technologies. 135,922 are first-time voters. 95,910 Georgian voters live abroad.

There are 30,701 students pursuing their studies in Georgian universities in 2023-24. Out of which 53% come from India. The second biggest group (2,104 students) comes from Jordan. # of foreign students in last years: 2021-22 - 17,501 students 2022-23 - 25,069 students

Georgia keeps on banging on the Guinness Men's Six Nations door. Today there is the great test game in Genova #Italy. The Italian national team Italrugby plays against Georgian Rugby 🇮🇹vs🇬🇪

Per Irakli Kobakhidze #Georgia suspends EU accession process until 2028. European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺

Honored of being part of this great team and contribute to the monthly magazine Geopolitics. This time my contribution politicsgeo.com/article/107 analyzes the EU Enlargement report 2023 and compares 🇺🇦🇲🇩 and 🇬🇪 performance on 🇪🇺 path.

Interesting data from 7th report of European Commission under visa suspension mechanism. Number of asylum seekers in 🇪🇺from 2023: 🇬🇪 - 24,375 (recognition rate 7%) 🇲🇩 - 5945 (3%) 🇽🇰 - 3075 (10%) 🇷🇸 - 4690(2%) 🇦🇱 - 9100 (10%) 🇲🇰 - 6855 (1%) 🇧🇦 - 1610 (6%) 🇲🇪 - 375 (3%)

Georgia takes second plays (after Thailand) in the world when it comes to Russians buying real estates. 13.6% of real estates bought by Russians in the globe in 2024 comes to Georgia.

As of November, 2024 there were 685,942 persons getting social allowance in Georgia (18.5% of total population). On average every fifth citizen dependence on it. According to the state budget 1.7 billion GEL (app. EUR 560,000) is earmarked to cover social allowance in 2025.

In Jan-Nov,2024 #Georgia exported 90,250 liters of #wine. This time last year it was 83,159 liters. The average price for 1 liter of wine was $2.89. #Russia remains the main export destination with share of 71.6% of the total export. It is followed by 🇵🇱🇺🇦🇰🇿🇧🇾🇨🇳🇩🇪🇺🇸

The 14th issue of GEOpolitics is out. It is dedicated to the ongoing protests and the precarious crisis in which #Georgia finds itself at the outset of the year. Interesting articles politicsgeo.com/journal/19 are waiting for the reader.

MAC responds to the illegal detention of Mzia Amaghlobeli, Director of ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge. She was re-arrested just minutes after her release following hours of unjust detention—all occurring today. We demand her immediate release! #MediaFreedom 🇬🇪 🔗shorturl.at/dnRFe

It was my immense pleasure & great honour to be back to my alma mater this time as a speaker from #Georgia. Tremendous thanks to College of Europe in Natolin for this event. Will be always proud of being the first ever alumnai of #Natolin from 🇬🇪 and will do my best to make sure that 🇬🇪 joins 🇪🇺.

Tomorrow the occupied #Sokhumi airport receives the test flight operated by Russian air company #UVTAero. The airport remained closed since 1993. It is violation of #ChicagoConvention principles. Just to recall that in Georgia accepted resuming direct flight with Russia in 2023.