Day: March 13, 2024

Azerbaijan has once again extended the “special quarantine regime” until July 1, 2024 6 AM “in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the country and the consequences it may cause,” according to the decision of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers on March 11. The quarantine measures have been in place since spring 2020.

Speaking at the presentation on the achievements and plans of the Georgian tourism and aviation industry on March 5, Georgian Deputy Minister of Economy Mariam Kvrivishvili said that Georgia has lost more than 1.5 million tourists due to the Azerbaijani land border closure, which amounts to about $400 million in lost revenues.

Also Read:

• 25/09/2024 – Georgia-Azerbaijan Land Border to Remain Closed until 2024

On March 13, the National Statistics Service of Georgia (Geostat) published express data indicating that the external merchandise trade (excluding non-declared trade) of Georgia decreased by 5.0% in January-February 2024 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, amounting USD 2,941.5 million.

Source: Geostat

According to Geostat, Georgia’s external merchandise trade saw exports decreased by 12.2% to reach USD 803.2 million, while imports decreased by 2.0% and totaled USD 2,138.2 million. The trade deficit amounted to USD 1,335.0 million, representing 45.4% of the overall trade turnover.

Geostat will publish the detailed data on external merchandise trade of Georgia on March 19, 2024.

Also Read:

• 19/02/2024 – Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 14.8% in January 2024
• 13/02/2024 – Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 14.9% in January 2024
• 22/01/2024 – Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 12.5% in 2023
• 15/01/2024 – Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 12.5% in 2023
• 13/12/2023 – Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 14.7% in January-November 2023

Германия приводит в готовность все свои ракеты TAURUS, сообщает газета Die Welt. По данным издания, правительство ФРГ приняло решение модернизировать и вернуть в строй все дальнобойные крылатые ракеты TAURUS.

Их в арсенале – около 600 штук, но только половина считается… pic.twitter.com/3jmF85n5Jd

— DW на русском (@dw_russian) March 13, 2024

Flight 3 end of week, pending weather https://t.co/DLGD6Vj7SB

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2024

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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) March 13, 2024

The Kremlin has made it abundantly clear that the only negotiated end it will accept is Ukraine’s surrender, while the Ukrainians have made it equally plain that they will continue to resist being subsumed into Moscow’s empire. So what happens next? https://t.co/smIjtgHzPs

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) February 21, 2024

Ryazan from a different angle.#OSINT #Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/hqkBoq0Vs4

— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) March 13, 2024