Issue #949

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Issue no: 949

• MAY 26 - 29, 2017

• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY

FOCUS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY Noe Jordania's descendants describe Independence Day and all it means for Georgia- past and present PAGE

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In this week’s issue... Georgia Saddened by Manchester Arena Blast NEWS PAGE 2

$34.1m to Be Allocated for Georgia from US 2018 Budget POLITICS PAGE 4

Georgia's Political Climate: Election Update POLITICS PAGE 8

Accor Group Opens IBIS Hotel in Tbilisi BUSINESS PAGE 10

26th MEF International Research Projects Contest Commences

Swiss Lessons for Georgia – Neutrality, Diversity and Resource Management BY VAZHA TAVBERIDZE

SOCIETY PAGE 11

Sine Qua Non of GermanGeorgian Relations SOCIETY PAGE 13

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oday, Switzerland is considered and perceived as a very successful country politically, economically, and socially. GEORGIA TODAY, alongside the Panorama TV Show, met with the Ambassador of Switzerland to Georgia, H.E. Lukas Beglinger, to talk Swiss know-how, excluding watches and papal guard that is, and what Georgia can learn from Switzerland. At a meeting that took place at the International Black Sea University, Ambassador Beglinger addressed the crowded audience consisting of students and free listeners alike and was keen to answer each and every question posed to him. “The Swiss worked hard to get where we are today,” the Ambassador tells us. “And that work is ongoing. Actually, Switzerland was quite a poor country until almost the end of 19th century. What brought us forward was industrialization. Switzerland was the first country on the continent after England to become industrialized. So, Switzerland, a poor country with practically no resources except water, clean air and a very beautiful nature, had to find a specialty in order to survive. Continued on page 2

Bulgaria Celebrates Education and Culture Day at TSU CULTURE PAGE 15


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