Author: Keto Amiranashvili

While the recent British Open wrapped up golf’s slate of traditional major tournaments for 2023, the season is still in full swing. The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs will be held at events throughout August, while the biennial Ryder Cup will pit America and Europe’s best pros against one another this September, and the LIV Golf Tour will end its season in late October. Fans of the game still have plenty of high-level events to look forward to before the quieter fall and winter portions of the calendar. The past few years have been transformational for golf’s reach and popularity.…

A reliable air defense system (AD) must be created in Russia. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. According to him, it should ensure security in the special operation zone and at civilian facilities. “We really need to create a reliable air defense system both in the special military operation zone and for <…> civilian facilities,” Medvedev wrote in his telegram channel . According to him, the whole country is waiting for this event. Medvedev clarified that it is necessary to calculate all the threats to which the sky of Russia is exposed in order to make correct changes…

Ukrainian troops will continue offensive operations and destroy Russian depots of equipment, weapons and ammunition in the Melitopol direction. The situation in Kharkiv and Lugansk regions Russian troops carried out ground attacks along the administrative border of the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions and south of Kremennaya. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian troops were trying to advance northwest of Svatovoye near Berestovoye, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhivka and south of Kremennaya near Berestovoye and Vesely. A Russian military blogger claimed that Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to cross the Zherebets River between Svatov and Kremennaya and attacked from Karmazinovka towards Chereshchina. Russian sources…

The Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, Giorgi Zakarashvili, left Kyiv. Giorgi Zakarashvili had to leave Kyiv by the decision of the President of Ukraine. In particular, on July 3, Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to contact the Georgian Ambassador and ask him to leave Kyiv and return to Tbilisi for consultations on the issue of Mikheil Saakashvili within 48 hours. “We have repeatedly called on the official Tbilisi to stop this abuse and agree on Saakashvili’s return to Ukraine. Our partners, in coordination with Ukraine, have also offered various rescue options. Today, I have instructed the Ministry…

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday discussed bilateral ties, prospects for further strengthening of cooperation and his country’s aspirations to join the European Union with Sean O’Farrell, the Chairman of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament. The meeting at the PM’s Tbilisi office also highlighted the importance of “high-level” bilateral meetings and “dynamic” relations between the legislative bodies of the two countries, the Government Administration said. The sides pointed to the “great trade and economic potential” between Georgia and Ireland, and a “favourable” business climate in Georgia for Irish investors.  The PM told the visiting official his country…

Over a year after a 17-year-old was shot and left for dead at a graduation party in a Marietta gated community, authorities say they’ve arrested three suspects connected with his murder. Marietta police said 17-year-old Grayson Green was killed during a chaotic night at Walton Village, a gated community located on the 1600 block of Roberta Drive on May 21. Around 10 p.m., officers were called to the scene after reports of shots being fired. Neighbors estimated about 200 teens were gathered in the street at the time. Once on scene, officer-worn body camera footage shows officers rushing into the gated community with…

A veteran suffering from dementia who went missing from the Atlanta VA Medical Center on Wednesday has been found safe. Randy Nelson Clark, 66, was found on the morning of Sunday, June 4, 2023. Clark has been reunited with his family and is being medically evaluated. The Atlanta VA Healthcare System said they thank their community partners and staff who worked tirelessly to find him. They did not specify where he was located. Source: WSB-TV

President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili is currently on a working visit to Brussels. During her visit, she has met with Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, and Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament. On May 31, President Zurabishvili addressed the European Parliament. Meeting with the President of the European Council During the meeting on May 30, Salome Zurabishvili and Charles Michel discussed Georgia’s future in Europe, EU’s 12 recommendations, and the challenges associated with implementing reforms. President Michel expressed a positive assessment of the President of Georgia’s role in advancing Georgia’s path…

Next Tuesday, 2 May, Commissioner Simson will host in Brussels the EU-Azerbaijan Energy Dialogue with the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov. Following their meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, earlier this year at the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Advisory Council, they will take stock of the cooperation in energy between the EU and Azerbaijan and discuss how to take it forward. In particular, the EU and Azerbaijan will exchange on the gas supply situation, including the measures put in place by the EU over the past year to diversify energy supplies and end Russian fossil fuel imports…

Heidelberg Materials has been looking to simplify its portfolio and reposition the company on a net zero path. This has seen divestment and merger ripples recently reach the cement markets of Georgia and Tanzania. Creating funds to reallocate for investments in the circular economy and the wider building materials sector has seen Heidelberg Materials start to accelerate divestment activity this year. The group’s divestment of its eastern European joint venture in Georgia, where it held a 45 per cent participation in Caucasus Cement Holding BV, the parent company of HeidelbergCement Georgia Ltd and Terjola Quarry Ltd, was completed in the…