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Issue no: 856/33
Source: BFI Film Academy 3, Autumn 2014, background photo by Tony Hanmer/GT
• JUNE 28 - 30, 2016
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
FOCUS ON LOCATION
Georgia G eorgia looks to H Ho llywood for investment Hollywood
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PRICE: GEL 2.50
In this week’s issue... Tbilisi Airport to Get New Terminal in 2017 PAGE 2
Georgia to Introduce Strict Smoking Laws from July 1, 2017 PAGE 2
We Want to Take Our Countries Back, and We Will! ISET PAGE 4
Georgian Foreign Minister Pays First Official Visit to Liechtenstein
Brexit and Georgia
T
he Georgia Analysis is a twice monthly analysis of political and other major developments in Georgia. Lincoln Mitchell is a political development, research and strategic consultant who has worked extensively in the post-Soviet space. He has agreed to share some of his analyses exclusively with GEORGIA TODAY. Thursday’s vote in the UK, in which a slight majority voted for their country to leave the EU, will have substantial and immediate impacts on domestic politics in the UK as well as on the foreign policy, trade and economic future of that country. Continued on page 5
Cartoon: Dr Meddy. Source: www.Cartoonmovement.Com
OP-ED BY LINCOLN MITCHELL
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Georgia’s Location Both a Blessing and a Curse, Former US Ambassador Says
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Markets As of 27ͲJunͲ2016
STOCKS Bank of Georgia (BGEO LN) GHG (GHG LN) TBC Bank (TBCB LI)
COMMODITIES Crude Oil, Brent (US$/bbl) Gold Spot (US$/OZ)
INDICES
Price
w/w
m/m
BONDS
Price
w/w
m/m
GBP 24.5
Ͳ1,7%
Ͳ2,0%
GEOROG 05/17
101.81 (YTM 4.75%)
Ͳ0,2%
Ͳ0,1%
GBP 2.7525
Ͳ3,3%
+11,7%
GEORG 04/21
109.96 (YTM 4.54%)
Ͳ0,5%
Ͳ0,6%
US$ 12.6
Ͳ3,1%
+5,0%
GRAIL 07/22
111.00 (YTM 5.58%)
+0,5%
+1,2%
GEBGG 07/17
103.75 (YTM 3.95%)
Ͳ0,2%
Ͳ0,2%
Price
w/w
m/m
48,41
Ͳ1,5%
Ͳ0,4%
CURRENCIES
1 315,75
+1,3%
+7,2%
GEL / USD
2,3100
+6,0%
+7,7%
GEL / EUR
2,5455
Price
+4,6%
w/w
+6,2%
m/m
Price
w/w
m/m
GEL / GBP
3,1621
+1,1%
+0,6%
FTSE 100
6 138,69
+2,0%
Ͳ1,3%
GEL / CHF
2,3725
+4,5%
+9,9%
FTSE 250
16 088,05
Ͳ2,0%
Ͳ6,1%
GEL / RUB
0,0356
+5,6%
+9,9% +8,4%
DAX DOW JONES NASDAQ
9 557,16
Ͳ0,8%
Ͳ5,0%
GEL / TRY
0,7889
+5,9%
17 400,75
Ͳ1,6%
Ͳ1,7%
GEL / AZN
1,4994
+4,8%
+4,1%
4 707,98
Ͳ1,9%
Ͳ3,1%
GEL / AMD
0,0049
+6,5%
+8,9%
121,19
Ͳ0,6%
Ͳ0,6%
GEL / UAH
0,0934
+6,6%
+9,4%
805,87
Ͳ0,0%
+2,3%
EUR / USD
0,9005
+1,5%
+0,3%
SP 500
2 037,41
Ͳ1,6%
Ͳ1,9%
GBP / USD
0,7314
+5,0%
+7,0%
MICEX
1 884,41
+0,4%
Ͳ2,2%
MSCI FM
MSCI EM EE MSCI EM
+0,0%
CHF / USD
0,9720
+1,3%
2 498,85
Ͳ3,0%
Ͳ0,2%
RUB / USD
65,1206
+0,6%
GT Index (GEL)
842,35
+2,7%
+5,7%
TRY / USD
2,9279
+0,0%
Ͳ0,6%
GT Index (USD)
762,96
+0,3%
+4,1%
AZN / USD
1,5425
+1,3%
+3,4%
Ͳ1,7%