Georgia News Digest - June 17, 2011

Georgia Tourism May Grow to 11% of GDP in Future, Kobalia Says

Bloomberg
"Tourism is growing fast, but we must not be dependent just on it," Kobalia said in an interview today after appearing at a transportation conference in Tbilisi, the capital. "Agriculture and transit routes are also important." Georgia will attract as ...
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Georgia-UK relations discussed in Tbilisi

News.Az
... Senior Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom in Tbilisi. The sides noted the high-level cooperation between Georgia and EU and a need to sign several agreements soon, ...
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Miller Brands Ukraine starts supplying Sarmat and Zhigulevskoye beer to Georgia

Interfax
Beer under these brands has appeared in trade outlets in Tbilisi and nine largest regions in Georgia. Miller Brands Ukraine plans in the very near time to increase the supply of Sarmat and Zhigulevskoye beer to Georgian regions. ...
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Spending the summer in 'the other Georgia'

Globe and Mail
So common is the misunderstanding that our four-year-old son, Bodi, now routinely describes our upcoming destination as "the other Georgia. You know… the Republic of!" Earlier this week, my wife and I packed up our two young sons and flew to Tbilisi. ...
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IRU hold conference

Irish Trucker Magazine
The 6th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting opened today in Tbilisi, Georgia, bringing together more than 350 leading political and business representatives to identify political and operational measures to promote and ...
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