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  • [:ka]First session spokesman calls for reforms to curb China’s air pollution[:en]First session spokesman calls for reforms to curb China’s air pollution[:]

    [:ka]First session spokesman calls for reforms to curb China’s air pollution[:en]First session spokesman calls for reforms to curb China’s air pollution[:]

    [:ka] The spokesman for the national political advisory body on Friday called for the reform of China’s structures of industry, energy consumption, and transportation to curb air pollution as the country shifts to high-quality growth. “Development with high emissions and pollution affects not only the long-term economic development but also people’s health. That is not […]

  • [:en]Stable growth pursued in 2018[:]

    [:en]Stable growth pursued in 2018[:]

    [:en] GDP target set at 6.5 percent as opening-up, quality and efficiency are emphasized, Li says in annual Government Work Report China will continue to pursue stable economic growth this year, setting its GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent, and further open up its economy to foreign investors, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday […]

  • [:en]EXPREAD Platform aims to reshape the conventional infrastructure for Crypto Currency Trading[:]

    [:en]EXPREAD Platform aims to reshape the conventional infrastructure for Crypto Currency Trading[:]

    [:en] EXPREAD platform (expread.io), incorporating Blockchain-based solutions, proposes to completely change the way cryptocurrency exchanges are opened and operated, making it easy for new crypto currency exchanges to be established as well as allows already operating ones that are facing liquidity and security problems to join the platform. The start-up has already generated much buzz […]

  • [:en]New laurel processing factory opens in western Georgia[:]

    [:en]New laurel processing factory opens in western Georgia[:]

    [:en] A brand-new laurel processing factory has opened in Georgia’s western region of Imereli. The Georgian Laurel factory has been built within the framework of the United Agro Project. A total of $597,482 has been invested in the factory including $239,000 of state co-financing. 53 people are employed in the new factory, and the laurel […]

  • [:en]Major topics at 4th World Internet Conference[:]

    [:en]Major topics at 4th World Internet Conference[:]

    [:en] The annual World Internet Conference will be held from Dec 3 to 5 in the river town of Wuzhen, East China’s Zhejiang province. With a theme of “Developing Digital Economy for Openness and Shared Benefits – Building a Community of Common Future in Cyberspace”, the conference will welcome 1,500 guests from five continents, including […]

  • [:en]Guinness Book of Records declares Georgian wine as world’s oldest wine[:]

    [:en]Guinness Book of Records declares Georgian wine as world’s oldest wine[:]

    [:en] After the recently announced findings of international group of scientists on archaeological evidence discovered near Tbilisi, Georgian wine was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest wine. “Chemical evidence of wine, dating back to 6000 BC, was obtained from residues of ancient pottery excavated in the archeological sites in Georgia”, […]

  • [:en]Jessica Lam’s Tips for Entrepreneurs[:]

    [:en]Jessica Lam’s Tips for Entrepreneurs[:]

    [:en]  Tbilisi: For the first time Georgia hosted the Global Business Forum. The event was organized by “Union of Business Ladies” and was attended by representatives of governmental, non-governmental and private sectors. The delegates of 17 countries, including Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Greece, India, Czech Republic, United Nations, Turkey, China and the United States attended the […]

  • [:en]Georgian Zurab Pololikashvili confirmed UNWTO Secretary General[:]

    [:en]Georgian Zurab Pololikashvili confirmed UNWTO Secretary General[:]

    [:en] Georgian Zurab Pololikashvili was confirmed as the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General for 2018-2021 at the General Assembly today. Zurab Pololikashvili was elected by the UNWTO General Assembly within its 22nd session taking place in Chengdu, China, from September 12 to September 15. After being elected, Pololikashvili said this was a […]

  • [:ka]Five-day war that Shook the World[:en]Five-day War that Shook the World – 08.08.08[:]

    [:ka]Five-day war that Shook the World[:en]Five-day War that Shook the World – 08.08.08[:]

    [:ka]9 years ago, on the night of 7th to the 8th August 2008, Russian military supported South Ossetia-separatists to begin attacking Georgian peacekeepers. In response, Georgian government sent troops into South Ossetia. Russia responded by moving her troops to the border, flying aircraft over Georgia, and beginning air strikes in South Ossetia. Georgia was involved […]

  • [:en]Interview with SINOMEDIA: The Chinese dean of Confucius Institute at Free University of Tbilisi, Che Rushan[:]

    [:en]Interview with SINOMEDIA: The Chinese dean of Confucius Institute at Free University of Tbilisi, Che Rushan[:]

    [:en] Interview/SINOMEDIA: Guest: The Chinese dean of Confucius Institute at Free University of Tbilisi, Che Rushan Please Introduce yourself…  – I’m a professor from Lanzhou University,have been  working in Tbilisi for two years as the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institutes at Free University of Tbilisi. Your Hometown… – I was born in Ningxia Hui autonomous region […]

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