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Georgia takes up Chairmanship of CoE

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Delta’s Plans in Military Industry

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Spotlight 2019 – Tbilisi to host Key Marketing Event of 2019

Rumsfeld Foundation Program and its Opportunities

Municipal Foundation to assist Center Point Customers

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Flights between Georgia and Russia to resume Next Year

Rehabilitation of Soccer Field completed in Kaspi

Flights between Georgia and Russia will resume for the first half of 2020, Izvestia reports based on its own government source.

The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia (MDF) has completed rehabilitation of soccer field at Saakadze St. in Kaspi.

Georgia takes up Chairmanship of CoE Georgia and Iceland to plan Signing Air Transport Agreement It is planned to sign the air transport agreement between Georgia and Iceland.

Georgia will be Chairman of Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe from November 27, 2019, to May 15, 2020.

Nona Gaprindashvili became World Chess Champion again

ADB to help Construct, improve Part of Georgia's East–West Highway ADB has approved a $278 million loan to construct and rehabilitate about 30 kilometers (km) of main and secondary roads between the towns of Shorapani and Argveta on Georgia's highway.

According to the chess federation, Nona Gaprindashvili played brilliantly among women chess players over 65, gained 8.5 points and became world champion.

Late Antiquity remains of Architectural Complex in Dzalisa, Kartli The archaeological site of Dzalisa is situated in central Kartli in the Mukhrani Valley. This significant archaeological settlement bears witness to the developed urban life in Kartli (Iberia) in the first centuries AD.

Levan Kakava to be appointed As New Head of Revenue Service Today, the Minister of finances, Ivane Machavariani presented Levan Kakava as a new head of Revenue Service.

Trams in Strasbourg decorated with the posters of Georgian alphabet Regarding the chairmanship of CoE Georgia takes up today, trams in Strasburg have been decorated with the posters of Georgian alphabet.

Electricity Imports grow by 14.5%; What is Russia’s Ratio According to ESCO indicators, in January-October 2019 electricity imports grew by 14.5% to 1 215.8 million kw/hours, while the figure was 1 061.9 million kw/h in the same period of 2018.

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Spotlight 2019 – Tbilisi to host Key Marketing Event of 2019 Spotlight 2019 is coming - the event full of inspirational stories and motivation. This platform enables many successful people to introduce their interesting innovations and extraordinary ideas in 2019.

The Spotlight 2019 festival will be held on December 15. Ako Akhalaia, the founder of the Marketer.ge site, noted that the event is traditionally sponsored by the Bank of Georgia.

“We invite people engaged in marketing, PR, design. We will listen to their stories, and so on”, Ako Akhalaia noted.

The event is primarily composed of three formats. The first part includes panel discussions on interesting topics. Simultaneously, lectures will be delivered.

The most important part will be in the evening, where speakers will transmit their inspirations to other participants for

15 minutes, Ako Akhalaia said.

“Spotlight was first held in 2013.

4,000 applicants were registered that year. Because of our format, we do not want to hold this event at the Tbilisi Philharmonic or similar locations, because this format doesn’t work. The objective of the project is to bring the art industry closer to their customers.

Consequently, relevant and interested agencies will be allowed to host industry representatives at their own offices. According to my information, we have already received many requests”, Akhalaia noted.

As for outcomes and specific changes in the industry that have taken place since 2013, Ako Akhalaia noted that, previously, people engaged in this industry were less well known, and they were not invited anywhere. Today, the situation has changed radically, he said.

“Our project has actualized these people. Moreover, our efforts have become international in scale.

Thanks to the knowledge and experience acquired in Georgia, people receives international orders. For example, in 2013 Vato Kavtaradze won the most prestigious ad award-Eurobest.

When they published this information, it had only 20 LIKES. Nobody appreciated this back then. Today, it has received 1,200 LIKES from only our team. People share this information and, in general, this has become very popular.

We believe in creativity, because all

these efforts are driven by the economy”, Ako Akhalaia said.

Bank of Georgia Brand Manager Solo Tsitsuashvili explains that the objective of the campaign is to unite and promote people.

As for the interests of Bank of Georgia, Tsitsuashvili explains that banking institutions are to foster interested and zealous people, to demonstrate and bring about their real potential. Consequently, Spotlight, with its speakers and relevant topics is a platform where beginners can use this opportunity.

Specific issues, specific cases will be represented and discussed at the event.

As to how important these events are for Bank of Georgia, and whether Spotlight and other events are part of the bank’s ecosystem, if the bank is a sponsor or promoter, Tsitsuashvili states that Bank of Georgia has made this a priority.

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ta factory in Tbilisi requires our special efforts”, Dzodzuashvili noted.

The Didgori Warrior combat vehicle was designed and manufactured

by DELTA, and is being interest and this tested in two countries.

If the tests are finished successfully, the Defense Ministries of these countries will buy these combat vehicles, avi-ation factory is a competitive company on the international market.

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various functional modules, and is being tested in two countries in three different models. And these countries plan to purchase these machines”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili noted.

DELTA is a competitive company on the international market, thanks to its intellectual resources he added.

fulfilling orders represents our competitor. However, we’ve man-aged to set prio-rities. Our intellectual resources allow us to satisfy our clients’ special requirements in the shortest possible period. Consequently, there is a certain competitive advantage. The competitive advantage is that DELTA is able to hold resource exams or various ballistic tests in Georgia in a very brief period. Ultimately, we act faster than our competitors”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili said. According to the DELTA director general, its products are widely employed by Georgian military forces, and this cooperation will further deepen.

“The Georgian Defense Ministry has shown a lot of interest in our products, and has undertaken all possible efforts to widely introduce DELTA products into the Georgian armed forces. Over the past few years, our company has supplied personal safety systems to our armed forces. This tendency will further develop. Our combat vehicles are used in the army. Intensive work will be needed to adjust our facilities to the Defense Ministry’s internal regulations, and fit the army’s operational structure. On this topic, we have received great support from the Defense Ministry, and we believe we are able to satisfy the Defense Ministry requirements thanks to DELTA’s technical capabilities”, Dzodzuashvili noted.

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aviation industry, and we have signed agreements on the Su-25, a fixed-wing warplane, helicopter support agreements, and contracts on missile systems, which are the jewels of the aviation industry. Namely, we plan to repair Air-to-Air missile systems for one of these countries. At this stage, negotiations are underway, with our active participation, to begin the project, and to convert Air-to-Air missiles into the Surface-to-Surface missiles, and to launch the supply of new missiles to various countries.

International partners have shown a lot of interest in these projects”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili noted.

This agreement was concluded with TbilAviaMsheni to make use of disordered factories and equipment, he explained.

‘We have signed this agreement to respond to this challenge. As a result, Delta will restore machineries and equi-

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pment that are of crucial importance for high-standards in the aviation industry.

This will enable us to receive larger orders in the future, and to better satisfy our clients. We will employ our current, famous assets in the aviation sector. It is of vital importance for Georgia to develop this sector, and we will provide serious work in this field.

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The LEPL DELTA military-technical center has concluded a new agreement with JSC TbilAviaMsheni (TAM) to develop the aircraft industrial base, and introduce new exports products to the plant. The new products include projects for transforming Air-toAir missiles into the Surface-to-Air missiles, Delta director general Ucha Dzodzuashvili told BusinessPartner.

Based on a recently signed agreement, DELTA is entitled to restore the outdated and disorderly industrial works owned by TbilAviaMsheni, and use them in its production. DELTA will use this authority and its international reputation to strengthen the aviation sector, Dzodzuashvili said.

DELTA has accumulated a great reputation, and this is shown by the delivery of certain military systems to military organizations of the USA, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and so on, Dzodzuashvili noted.

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Municipal Foundation to assist Center Point Customers The Tbilisi City Hall has decided to establish a special foundation to assist customers hurt by the Center Point development company. The foundation is to attract money transfers from various development companies in exchange for providing various preferential municipal services.

The accumulated funds will be spent on finishing Center Point projects.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze introduced the mentioned project to representatives of construction companies.

Deputy Mayor Ilia Eloshvili explained that those companies wishing to take over unfinished or unconstructed projects of Center Point are able to make use of city hall services with exceptional regulatory preferences, within reasonable.

‘We have differentiated between two key problems in the Center Point case: first, unconstructed buildings, which have not been built physically and secondly, those buildings that are considered finished, and where customers have received apartments, but living conditions remain unbearable. Consequently, today, we offered the construction sector the ability to accumulate financial resources for a special foundation in exchange for our preferences.

As a result, initially, seven unrepaired buildings will be completed.

As for the unconstructed buildings, we are conducting negotiations, and we have offered development companies the ability to finish these projects under competitive and acceptable conditions. We have already established a commission for unfinished projects. The commission is authorized to provide certain regulatory preferences for companies engaged in finishing these projects. Naturally, these preferences will remain within a reasonable framework. These preferences must not distort or damage other buildings, other zones of the capital city”, Eloshvili noted.

How have municipal preferences inspired companies to transfer finances to these foundation? What kind of preferences should the city hall offer to companies to accumulate the required sums for foundations? Who will control the reasonability of these preferences?

The Caucasus Business Week (CBW) has contacted representatives of the construction companies, who have attended this meeting with the Tbilisi Mayor.

The majority of them welcome the idea of accumulating financial resources in exchange for enjoying bureaucratic preferences, obtaining coefficients and so on, if the relevant finances tackle the problems of customers damaged by Center Point. However, the control mechanism, the reasonable employment of these services, and the process’ transparency, must be ensured. At the same time, some mistakes may emerge in the initial phase of the project, as representatives of the development companies noted.

“As the meeting at City Hall updated us on problems in the enforcemen mechanisms of the resolution, and inquired as to our position, and we appreciate these efforts. As for services today, granting additional coefficients are banned in the capital city, but city hall assures us that it is possible to increase the coefficient if companies are ready to pay additional money. Today, there is no coefficient fee. Consequently, the state budget loses nothing. At the same time, the service includes a resolution of certain bureaucratic barriers at the city hall; if the process is protracted and problematic and so on, we appeal to city hall, and say that we are ready to pay a certain amount to the foundation for damaged customers. For example, If I am obliged to arrange a parking place for 200 vehicles, I would offer to arrange a parking place for 100 vehicles, and pay the relevant fees to this foundation.

City Hall prefers that a smaller parking place, or one additional floor, in exchange for resolving the problems of 6,000 injured customers.

City Hall is ready to offer certain reasonable concessions, if these efforts ensures real assistance for Center Point’s injured customers.

If I were an opposition member, I would say that this is a mechanism for corruption, but I am an unbiased person, and I believe this is a good idea in general, though a control mechanism is required”: ARCI company director Tornike Abuladze said.

“The point is that a developer is able to spend money to get certain preferences, but this is less of a problem when compared to the problems of Center Point. If it turns out that somebody builds multistoried buildings after having paid 5,000 GEL, naturally, similar cases raise questions.

Building one structure must not distort 10 others.

However, decision-making is a huge problem in the country, and City Hall may make mistakes, but it fails to take decisions.

I do not agree with the City Hall in many issues, and I do not think anybody criticizes the municipality more than me, but I believe this is the right idea. Certain defects are expected to emerge in the initial phase, but we should correct them. We should not consider this a corruption scheme, and we should not refuse this project”, Abuladze said.

Irakli Rostomashvili, director of the Developers Association, assures that the offer mechanism for accumulating required funds is a right decision.

“We should somehow free these 6,000 customers from their burdens. Half of these families live in unbearable conditions. The majority of their apartments remain without doors and windows. I believe that certain decisions should be taken. Our industry genuinely regrets this situation. I most definitely back the idea that our sector does its best to arrange elevators, facades, power supply and so on in these buildings.

What other steps should we take? Rcheulishvili cannot stay imprisoned forever. They have made mistakes, and disappointed so many people, but we live in a merciful country. City Hall sees that Center Point is a huge headache, and they offered this mechanism.

There is a path for cooperation, while the National Bank has set regulations. It is great that City Hall does not have a habit of making serfs of people”, Rostomashvili noted.

Rumsfeld Foundation Program and its Opportunities The Rumsfeld Foundation’s program for Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Mongolia and Afghanistan contains countries with different political and economic systems and potential, with a focus on economic and business relations between these countries.

What specific opportunities does this program provide for Georgia?

Special guests have analyzed this issue for BusinessPartner.

A special business platform will be prepared to make use of the opportunities in the 100-milion large market of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The focus will be placed on trade and tourism development between the countries, Nona Mamulashvili, founder of Caucasus Economic Institute and President of

Swiss Chamber of Commerce told the TV Program BusinessPartner.

The TV program participants discussed the Rumsfeld program’s potential. The program unites the 10 countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus, including Mongolia and Afghanistan.

This program was launched 10 years ago, and it allows representatives of the participant countries to pay a 6-week visit to USA to meet US officials, representatives of private companies, media agencies and nongovernmental organizations.

The last visit took place on October 1 to November 7. The participants discussed the outlook for developing economic relations between these countries. At the same time, the format placed special emphasis on

establishing a free trade regime between the USA and Georgia.

“This was one of our topics, and a lot of questions were posed about this issue. The point is that Georgia, with 3.7 million residents, seems to be a less attractive market for the USA, but symbolism really matters. This is a political decision about deepening the relationship with Georgia and develop our partnership with the USA”, Nona Mamulashvili said.

During their last visit, the participants stressed that Georgia is a leading reform-minded country in the region, and it acts as a certain bridge to alleviate access to countries in Greater Asia. At this stage, the volume of trade between these 10 countries does not exceed 11 billion USD, and this 100-million market is not made good usage of, Mamulashvili stressed.

“During this 6 week period, we have seen that trade relations and tourists turnover between these countries aren’t very important. Many of these countries do not have even direct contacts, despite being neighbors.

Thanks to these 6-week program, we have realized that this region has enormous potential, but this potential remains unemployed.

There is no platform to meet and talk with each other. In this case I mean business – what opportunities exist, what barriers exist, how to overcome these barriers and improve economic relations”, Nona Mamulashvili explained.

Because of these circumstances, the 10 participant countries agreed to establish a joint business platform, she noted.

“Consequently, we had the idea to establish a new business platform, where business organizations from these countries talk with each other about the available potential and opportunities, and establish tighter and a more useful, cooperation format. This platform will operate as an organization. Further details will be unveiled in the next TV program”, Nona Mamulashvili told BusinessPartner Rusudan Mamatsashvili, Deputy

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Director of National Tourism Administration, says that Georgia is an example for these countries.

Namely, Georgia ranks first in terms of revenues and international tourists. Kazakhstan ranks second.

As for tourism potential between these countries, there are serious opportunities to expand in this direction, she pointed out.

Phenomenal growth is seen in Uzbekistan, she explained. After the beginning of direct flights, growth was at 120%. Mamatsashvili explains that the National Tourism Administration has been working to popularize Georgia’s tourism potential in the field of recreation healing.

“Our cooperation is of crucial importance for attracting attention from distant markets. We have paid

visits to the USA, come up with many plans on how to arrange a joint product that would be attractive for American tourists. We desire and hope that we can appoint direct flights to the USA and tourist turnover will considerably increase”, Mamatsashvili noted.

As for the benefits the proposed business platform is expected to bring to 10 countries in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Mamatsashvili explained that the National Tourism Administration of Georgia will actively participate in platform development, because cooperation with these countries and attracting tourists is of vital importance for Georgia. This platform creates additional opportunities in this regard, she concluded.

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Giorgi Lolua: :The Best Marketing is the Product that we create’’ Interview with the Head of Marketing at Hausart Ltd and Hausart Development Ltd, Giorgi Lolua.

Tell us about how you got into the field of marketing, and what factors played an important role in choosing this profession?

I entered marketing from business, spontaneously. I had no practice or education in this field. I have been in this company for 15 years, since its beginning. I am also a co-founder.

What challenges do you face as a leader in marketing, during a time of technological change?

All the new things that come with time, change every year in small steps. Looking at it 15 years ago, the situation today is radically different. Trends that are introduced in marketing and PR, and the approach to advertising marketing, is gradually improving. Today, for example, television is replaced by social networks. Social media is much more popular and productive than it was 10-15 years ago.

This niche has actively taken over the television space. In general, like everyone else, we try to stay in fashion.

What has changed in the field in the last 5 years, and what changes are expected?

I find it difficult to make a specific forecast. Changes will definitely happen in 5-6 years, however, and it’s unknown to what extent. I think that dynamic will continue.

That is, social media is conquering the market, and has not yet come to terms with what we need replaced. 10 years ago, we couldn’t have imagined that social media would become so active, thus there might see a new field, and need to do some replacement, quickly.

What do you think are the most important qualities a marketing manager should have, and what is his or her role in the organization

in general?

For the last 5 years, we have not really taken the costs and priorities of marketing, as we consider the best marketing the product we create. Marketing is a way of wrapping up. This packaging comes in two forms: first - when you want it to look better than it actually is, and the second -to deliver all the great things you do for the customer. We chose the second path, that is, we are quality oriented, so our product does its own marketing. That's why we don't devote much time and resources to marketing tricks.

What do you do to keep the organization from falling behind on new trends, and keep applying innovative approaches to marketing?

We are actively working on social networks. We keep up-to-date on our activities, keeping users informed about the processes. In

terms of visuals, the website, interface updates and social media is in constant control. We are trying to deliver a new version every 2-3 years, so that it won't be boring.

What’s your organization’s business model, in terms of marketing?

The development model, the marketing strategy that we have developed is primarily expressed by its self-descriptiveness, its quality.

All this creates a background for the client to be interested in all the innovations and objects we carry out.

One word that describes your job.

Time.

The most useful advice you’ve ever received in your life?

One can’t go far without diligence.

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MYMARKET is the most needed place on the Georgian Internet, which has 900,000 unique users each month and has over 100,000 items or services. Mymarket has been practicing Georgian E-Commerce for 16 years.

Former Minister of Education Mikheil Batiashvili will implement the first largescale project of artificial intelligence university in the region in partnership with international companies - HP and Microsoft.

Business Bootcamps promote Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship Forty local entrepreneurs joined a threeday business bootcamp in Chakvi on 22-24 November, designed to show how to start, run and grow a rural business enterprise, generate creative ideas and find the realistic ways of their implementation.

Irakli Lekvinadze appointed as Competition Agency Director

Giorgi Urushadze became a Social Media Manager at Miami Ad School Berlin and Miami Ad School Hamburg

Ex Business Ombudsman Irakli Lekvinadze will head the Competition Agency.

Giorgi Urushadze is the social media manager at Miami Ad School Berlin and Miami Ad School Hamburg.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to expand in Georgia and Neighbouring Countries with 15 New Hotels by 2021 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company with over 9,200 hotels and 20 brands across more than 80 countries.

Mikheil Chkhenkeli and KĹ?ichi Hagiuda to agree on Future Collaborations Mikheil Chkhenkeli, who is now the Minister of Science and Education of Georgia, paid an official visit in Japan and met Koichi Hagiuda, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technologies of Japan.

Georgian Applciation KOLO to take Your Care, Wash and Bring it Back Georgian application KOLO allows its users to book the service via the application, that will wash your car.

ADB raises 85.05 Million Georgian Lari in Offshore Bond Market The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised 85.05 million lari ($28.6 million) from its first Georgian lari-denominated bonds issued in the offshore market.

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11 December 2, 2019 #306 Embassy United States of America Embassy 11 Balanchivadze St., Dighomi Dstr., Tbilisi Tel: 27-70-00, 53-23-34 E-mail: tbilisivisa@state.gov; askconsultbilisi@state.gov United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Embassy 51 Krtsanisi Str., Tbilisi, Tel: 227-47-47 E-mail: british.embassy.tbilisi@fco.gov.uk Republic of France Embassy 49, Krtsanisi Str. Tbilisi, Tel: 272 14 90 E-mail: ambafrance@access.sanet.ge Web-site: www.ambafrance-ge.org Federal Republic of Germany Embassy 20 Telavi St. Tbilisi Tel: 44 73 00, Fax: 44 73 64 Italian RepublicEmbassy 3a Chitadze St, Tbilisi, Tel: 299-64-18, 292-14-62, 292-18-54 E-mail: embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it Republic of Estonia Embassy 4 Likhauri St., Tbilisi, Tel: 236-51-40 E-mail: tbilisisaatkond@mfa.ee Republic of Lithuania Embassy 25 Tengiz Abuladze St, Tbilisi Tel: 291-29-33 E-mail: amb.ge@urm.lt Republic of Latvia Embassy 16 Akhmeta Str., Avlabari, 0144 Tbilisi.

E-mail: embassy.georgia@mfa.gov.lv Greece Republic Embassy 37. Tabidze St. Tbilisi Tel: 91 49 70, 91 49 71, 91 49 72 Czech RepublicEmbassy 37 Chavchavadze St. Tbilisi ;Tel: 29167-40/41/42 E-mail: czechembassy@gol.ge Web-sait: www.mzv.cz Japan Embassy 7 Krtsanisi St. Tbilisi Tel: +995 32 2 75 21 11, Fax: +995 32 2 75 21 20 Kingdom of Sweden Embassy 15 Kipshidze St. Tbilisi Tel: +995 32 2 55 03 20 , Fax: +995 32 2 22 48 90 Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy Pixel Center, 34, Ilia Chavchavadze Ave. 3rd floor Tel: +995 32 227 62 00 People’s Republic of China Embassy 52 Barnov St. Tbilisi Tel: 225-22-86, 225-21-75, 225-26-70 E-mail: zhangling@access.sanet.ge Republic of Bulgaria Embassy 15 Gorgasali Exit, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia Tel: +995 32 291 01 94; +995 32 291 01 95 Fax: +99 532 291 02 70 Republic of Hungary Embassy 83 Lvovi Street, Tbilisi Tel: 39 90 08; E-mail: hunembtbs@gmail.com State of Israel Embassy 61 Agmashenebeli Ave. Tbilisi Tel: 95 17 09, 94 27 05 Embassy of Swiss Confederation’s Russian Federation Interests Section Embassy 51 Chavchavadze Av., Tbilisi Tel: 291-26-45, 291-24-06, 225-28-03 E-mail: RussianEmbassy@Caucasus.net Ukraine Embassy 76-g Chavchavadze Ave., Tbilisi Tel: 231-11-61, 231-14-54 E-mail: emb_ge@mfa.gov.ua Consular Agency: 71, Melikishvili St., Batumi Tel: (8-88-222) 3-16-00/ 3-14-78 Republic of Turkey Embassy 35 Chavchavadze Ave., Tbilisi Tel: 225-20-72/73/74/76

embassy.tbilisi@mfa.gov.tr Consulate General in Batumi 9 Ninoshvili Street, Batumi Tel: 422 25 58 00 consulate.batumi@mfa.gov.tr Republic of Azerbaijan Embassy Kipshidze II-bl . N1., Tbilisi Tel: 225-26-39, 225-35-26/27/28 E-mail: tbilisi@mission.mfa.gov.az Address: Dumbadze str. 14, Batumi Tel: 222-7-67-00; Fax: 222-7-34-43 Republic of Armenia Embassy 4 Tetelashvili St. Tbilisi Tel: 95-94-43, 95-17-23, 95-44-08 Kingdom of Spain Embassy Rustaveli Ave. 24, I floor, Tbilisi Tel: 230-54-64 E-mail: emb.tiflis@maec.esRomania Embassy 7 Kushitashvili St., Tbilisi Tel: 38-53-10; 25-00-98/97 E-mail: ambasada@caucasus.net Republic of Poland Embassy Oniashvili str. 24, Tbilisi Tel.: +995322 920398; Fax: +995322 920397 Email:tbilisi.amb.sekretariat@msz.gov.pl Web-site: www.tbilisi.polemb.net Republic of Iraq Embassy Kobuleti str. 16, Tbilisi Tel: 291 35 96; 229 07 93 E-mail: iraqiageoemb@yahoo.com Federative Republic of Brazil Embassy Chanturia street 6/2, Tbilisi Tel.: +995-32-293-2419 Fax.: +995-32-293-2416 Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy 80, I.Chavchavadze St. Tbilisi, Tel: 291-36-56, 291-36-58, 291-36-59, 291-36-60; Fax: 291-36-28 E-mail: iranemb@geo.net.ge United Nations Office Address: 9 Eristavi St. Tbilisi Tel: 225-11-26/28, 225-11-29/31 Fax: 225-02-71/72 E-mail: registry.geo@undp.org Web-site: www.undp.org International Monetary Fund Office Address : 4 Freedom Sq., GMT Plaza, Tbilisi Tel: 292-04-32/33/34 E-mail: kdanelia@imf.org Web-site: www.imf.ge Asian Development Bank Georgian Resident Mission Address: 1, G. Tabidze Street Freedom Square 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia Tel: +995 32 225 06 19 E-mail: adbgrm@adb.org; Web-site: www.adb.org World Bank Office Address : 5a Chavchavadze Av., lane-I, Tbilisi, Georgia ; Tel: 291-30-96, 291-2689/59 Web-site: www.worldbank.org.ge Regional Office of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Address: 6 Marjanishvili St. Tbilisi Tel: 244 74 00, 292 05 13, 292 05 14 Web-site: www.ebrd.com Representation of the Council of Europe in Georgia Address : 26 Br. Kakabadze, Tbilisi Tel: 995 32 291 38 70/71/72/73 Fax: 995 32 291 38 74 Web-site: www.coe.ge Embassy of the Slovak Republic Address: Chancery: 85 Irakli Abashidze St. Tbilisi, 0162 Georgia Consular Office: 38 Nino Chkheidze St. Tbilisi, 0102 Georgia Phone: 2 222 4437, 2 296 1913 e-mail: emb.tbilisi@mzv.sk European Investment Bank Regional Representation for the South Caucasus Address: 1,G.Tabidze Street, Freedom Square

Phone: +995 322 006284 Embassy of The Republic of Korea 12, Titsian Tabidze Str. Tbilisi 0179, Geogia Tel: (995 32) 297 03 18; 297 03 20; Fax: (995 32) 242 74 40; Email: georgia@mofa.go.kr Hotels in Georgia TBILISI MARRIOTT Tbilisi , 13 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 77 92 00, www.marriott.com COURTYARD MARRIOTT Tbilisi , 4 Freedom Sq. Tel: 77 91 00 www.marriott.com RADISSON BLU HOTEL, TBILISI Rose Revolution Square 1 0108, Tbilisi Tel: +995 32 402200 radissonblu.com/hotel-tbilisi RADISSON BLU HOTEL, BATUMI Ninoshvili Str. 1, 6000 Bat’umi, Georgia Tel: 8 422255555 http://radissonblu.com/hotel-batumi SHERATON METECHI PALACE Tbilisi , 20 Telavi St. Tel: 77 20 20, www.starwoodhotels.com HOLIDAY INN TBILISI Business hotel Addr: 1, 26 May Square Tel: +995 32 230 00 99 E-mail: info@hi-tbilisi.com Website: http://www.hi-tbilisi.com RIVER SIDE HOTEL With incredible service and views Addr: Mari Brosse street turn, Old Tbilisi.

Tel: +995 32 2242244; +995 32 2242288 Fax: +995 32 2 242277 Email: info@riverside.ge Website: www.riverside.ge Restaurants CORNER HOUSE Tbilisi, I. Chavchavadze ave. 10, Tel: 0322 47 00 49; Email: contact@cornerhouse.ge RESTAURANT BARAKONI Restaurant with healthy food.

Georgian-European Cuisine Agmashenebeli Alley 13th Phone: 555 77 33 77 www.barakoni.com CHARDIN 12 Tbilisi , 12 Chardin St. , Tel: 92 32 38 CAFE 78 Best of the East and the West Lado Asatiani 33, SOLOLAKI 032 2305785; 574736290 BREAD HOUSE Tbilisi , 7 Gorgasali St. , Tel: 30 30 30 BUFETTI - ITALIAN RESTAURANT Tbilisi , 31 I. Abashidze St. , Tel: 22 49 61 DZVELI SAKHLI Tbilisi , 3 Right embankment , Tel: 92 34 97, 36 53 65, Fax: 98 27 81 IN THE SHADOW OF METEKHI Tbilisi , 29a Tsamebuli Ave. , Tel: 77 93 83, Fax: 77 93 83 SAKURA - JAPANESE RESTAURANT Tbilisi , 29 I. Abashidze St. , Tel: 29 31 08, Fax: 29 31 08 SIANGAN - CHINESE RESTAURANT Tbilisi , 41 Peking St , Tel: 37 96 88 VERA STEAK HOUSE Tbilisi , 37a Kostava St , Tel: 98 37 67 BELLE DE JOUR 29 I. Abashidze str, Tbilisi; Tel: (+995 32) 230 30 30 VONG 31 I. Abashidze str, Tbilisi

Tel: (+995 32) 230 30 30 BRASSERIE L’EXPRESS 14 Chardin str, Tbilisi Tel: (+995 32) 230 30 30 TWO SIDE PARTY CLUB 7 Bambis Rigi, Tbilisi Tel: (+995 32) 230 30 30 Cinemas AKHMETELI Tbilisi. “Akhmeteli” Subway Station Tel: 58 66 69 AMIRANI Tbilisi. 36 Kostava St. Tel: 99 99 55, RUSTAVELI Tbilisi. 5 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 92 03 57, 92 02 85, SAKARTVELO Tbilisi. 2/9 Guramishvili Ave. Tel: 8 322308080, Theatres A. GRIBOEDOV RUSSIAN STATE DRAMA THEATRE Tbilisi. 2 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 93 58 11, Fax: 93 31 15 INDEPENDENT THEATRE Tbilisi. 2 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 98 58 21, Fax: 93 31 15 K. MARJANISHVILI STATE ACADEMIC THEATRE Tbilisi. 8 Marjanishvili St. Tel: 95 35 82, Fax: 95 40 01 M. TUMANISHVILI CINEMA ACTORS THEATRE Tbilisi. 164 Agmashenebeli Ave. Tel: 35 31 52, 34 28 99, Fax: 35 01 94 METEKHI – THEATRE OF GEORGIAN NATIONAL BALLET Tbilisi. 69 Balanchivadze St. Tel: (99) 20 22 10 MUSIC AND DRAMATIC STATE THEATRE Tbilisi. 182 Agmashenebeli Ave. Tel: 34 80 90, Fax: 34 80 90 NABADI - GEORGIAN FOLKLORE THEATRE Tbilisi. 19 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 98 99 91 S. AKHMETELI STATE DRAMATIC THEATRE Tbilisi. 8 I. Vekua St. Tel: 62 59 73 SH. RUSTAVELI STATE THEATRE Tbilisi. 17 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 93 65 83, Fax: 99 63 73 TBILISI STATE MARIONETTE THEATRE Tbilisi. 26 Shavteli St. Tel: 98 65 89, Fax: 98 65 89 Z. PALIASHVILI TBILISI STATE THEATRE OF OPERA AND BALLET Tbilisi. 25 Rustaveli Ave. Tel: 98 32 49, Fax: 98 32 50 Galleries ART GALLERY LINE Tbilisi. 44 Leselidze St. BAIA GALLERY Tbilisi. 10 Chardin St. Tel: 75 45 10 GALLERY Tbilisi. 12 Erekle II St. Tel: 93 12 89

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