Issue no: 1226/218
• FEBRUARY 11 - 13, 2020 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
In this week’s issue...
FOCUS ON TUSHETI
This week's ISET blog takes a look at how a community network is fueling Tusheti's development
PRICE: GEL 2.50
Weekly Entrepreneurial News @entrepreneur.ge NEWS PAGE 2
PAGE 4
Passenger Flow in Georgian Airports Down 3% in January BUSINESS PAGE 3
WHO Experts Leave for China As Mainland Deaths Rise Above 900 BUSINESS PAGE 3
Area Expo2020: A TwoDay Only Huge ExhibitionSale of Real Estate BUSINESS PAGE 5
EU Regards Georgia as Key Partner in the Region
State Audit Finds Flaws in Tbilisi Transport Company BUSINESS PAGE 7
Talakvadze Says Anaklia Port Must Go Ahead
BY TEA MARIAMIDZE
BUSINESS PAGE 10
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How the Demotion of Medvedev & Surkov Will Affect Georgia & Why Kadyrov Left Chechnya
he European Union says it considers Georgia a key partner in the region and continues to fully support its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The statement was made in a report which assesses Georgia’s fulfillment of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA), covering the period since the Association Council meeting in March 2019 and ahead of the next meeting in 2020.
POLITICS PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by
Markets As of 07ͲFebͲ2020
STOCKS
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Price
w/w
Bank of Georgia (BGEO LN)
GBP 16.08
+6,3%
+2,6%
Georgia Capital (CGEO LN)
GBP 7.72
Ͳ4,0%
Ͳ13,2%
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BONDS
Price
w/w
m/m
GEOROG 04/21
104.52 (YTM 2.91%)
+0,1%
+0,0%
GEORG 04/21
105.53 (YTM 2.06%)
Ͳ0,02%
+0,1%
GBP 1.23
Ͳ
+4,2%
GRAIL 07/22
109.99 (YTM 3.41%)
Ͳ0,02%
+0,1%
GBP 12.50
+0,8%
Ͳ0,5%
GEBGG 07/23
106.25 (YTM 4.04%)
+0,2%
+0,7%
COMMODITIES
Price
w/w
m/m
CURRENCIES
Price
w/w
m/m
Crude Oil, Brent (US$/bbl)
54,47
Ͳ6,3%
Ͳ20,2%
GEL / USD
2,8575
Ͳ1,1%
Ͳ0,0%
GEL / EUR
GHG (GHG LN)
The report speaks about the economic situation in Georgia, its place in international ratings, major political activities, the media environment and the involvement of the non-governmental sector in decision-making processes. The document underlines that Georgia continues to be fully committed to and actively participates in the Eastern Partnership multilateral architecture, and adds that the country has provided a contribution. Their expectations are then outlined for the future policy framework. Regarding the economic situation, the report says that the macroeconomic outlook remains stable, with some downward risks.
m/m
TBC Bank Group (TBCG LN)
1 570,44
Ͳ1,2%
Ͳ0,2%
3,1275
Ͳ2,4%
Ͳ2,0%
GEL / GBP
3,6828
Ͳ3,5%
Ͳ1,9%
INDICES
Price
w/w
m/m
GEL / CHF
2,9216
Ͳ2,5%
Ͳ1,0%
FTSE 100
7 466,70
+2,5%
Ͳ1,4%
GEL / RUB
0,0448
Ͳ0,9%
FTSE 250
21 499,29
+1,7%
Ͳ1,5%
GEL / TRY
0,4748
Ͳ1,7%
Ͳ1,0%
DAX
13 513,81
+4,1%
+2,2%
GEL / AZN
1,6846
Ͳ0,9%
+0,1%
DOW JONES
29 102,51
+3,0%
+1,8%
GEL / AMD
0,0060
Ͳ
9 520,51
+4,0%
+5,0%
GEL / UAH
0,1164
+0,3%
Ͳ3,4%
185,07
Ͳ0,02%
Ͳ4,9%
EUR / USD
0,9136
+1,3%
+1,9%
Gold Spot (US$/OZ)
NASDAQ MSCI EM EE
Ͳ3,0%
Ͳ
1 091,64
+2,8%
Ͳ2,2%
0,7761
+2,5%
+1,9%
SP 500
3 327,71
+3,2%
+2,8%
CHF / USD
0,9777
+1,5%
+0,8%
MSCI FM
2 696,22
+1,2%
Ͳ1,3%
RUB / USD
64,0542
+0,1%
+3,4%
GT Index (GEL)
1 582,68
Ͳ
Ͳ
TRY / USD
6,0146
+0,5%
+0,7%
GT Index (USD)
1 208,13
Ͳ
Ͳ
AZN / USD
1,6980
Ͳ0,04%
Ͳ
MSCI EM
GBP / USD