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The News in Brief

Tuesday, July 9
By Nika Gamtsemlidze



“United Russia” intends to ban import of wine and water from Georgia

As the Vice Speaker of the Russian Duma fraction United Russia, Sergey Neverov, said, the fraction plans to present an initiation regarding a ban on the import of wine and water, as well as money transfers from Georgia.

According to Neverov, these measures need to be taken into consideration because of the unfriendly actions against the citizens of the Russian Federation in Georgia.

The International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma supported the proposal to restrict the import of wine and water from Georgia to Russia.



TBC Bank named as the best bank in Georgia

TBC Bank was named as the best bank of 2018 by EMEA Finance magazine for the eighth consecutive year.

Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, CEO of TBC Bank, noted that this award “is a huge honor for us.” As he said, “this emphasizes our leading position in the Georgian banking market as well as our growing regional importance.”

EMEA Finance is a bi-monthly magazine focused on the financial markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Since its launch in 2008, the magazine has become a leading source of information for its executive-level audience across the financial services and corporate sectors.



Alexandre Zazarashvili wins Ukrainian “Kids’ Voice”

12-year-old Georgian singer Alexandre Zazarashvili won the Ukrainian music show, Kids’ Voice Ukraine.

The Ukrainian media reports that the Georgian singer won as an indisputable leader of the show.

It is also must be noted that Alexandre Zazarashvili was included in the worldwide ranking of the best vocalists of the project “Voice.”

Aleksandre Zazarashvili also participated in the Georgian musical project of the First Channel “Ranina” in 2018.

The winner company in the tender for construction of Anaklia Port to be announced in one week

The winner company in the tender for construction of Anaklia Port will be announced in one week – Badri Japaridze, one of the founders of Anaklia Development Consortium, said.

According to Japaridze, the construction of Anaklia port will not be stopped.