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Over 80% of all Georgian Business School Students in Employment

The FINANCIAL -- On average, over 80% of undergraduate students enrolled in the fourth year of their BA program at leading Georgian private universities manage to combine paid work with studying for their degree, according to the latest survey conducted by The FINANCIAL at leading universities in ...

36 Companies Receive Golden Brand Award in 2014

The FINANCIAL -- Golden Brand, the most influential business awards ceremony in Georgia, has revealed the 36 companies which have achieved the utmost success in the branding of their business ...

Ukraine: statement of the pre-electoral delegation

The FINANCIAL -- A pre-electoral delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Kyiv to evaluate the election campaign and preparations for the early ...

Tbilisi to Go Green with a Smaller Budget in 2014

The FINANCIAL -- A total amount of GEL 15 million will be spent on renovating parks and squares, planting trees and greening Tbilisi this year by the Ecology and Greenery Department of Tbilisi City ...

Georgia’s Influential CEOs Under 40

The FINANCIAL -- The FINANCIAL investigated Georgia's most infuential CEOs under ...

Germans on Doing Business in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- “When I first began it was not an easy time to start an agro business in Georgia, especially wine production,” Burkhard Schuchmann, of Schuchmann Wines, told The ...

m2 Issues Corporate Bonds

The FINANCIAL -- m2 has issued the first USD-denominated corporate bonds in Georgia. The initiative will enable the company to receive an alternative source of financing. At the same time bondholders ...

Georgian Wine Makers Still Dependent on Russian Market

The FINANCIAL -- Georgian winemakers are feeling the impact of the Ukrainian crisis. Exports of Georgian wine to Ukraine have dropped by almost 40% in Q1 2014, compared to the same period last ...

Despite Concerns about Governance, Ukrainians Want to Remain One Country

The FINANCIAL -- A clear majority of Ukrainians agree that their country should remain a single, unified state, according to a pair of new surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center in ...

Georgian Borrowers Encouraged to Take Out Loans in USD

The FINANCIAL -- The dollarization coefficient for deposits as of 1 January, 2014, was 59.85%. This factor has increased by 0.3 percent since 1 December last year, according to National Bank of ...

Reduced Remittances from Russia and Ukraine

The FINANCIAL -- Money transfers to Georgia constituted USD 323,559,100 during the first quarter of 2014, up from USD 310,518,400 in the same period of last year. In total the amount was 4 percent ...

TV Ad Sales Increased by 40% in 2014

The FINANCIAL -- The total profit of Georgian TV companies increased by USD 20,855,646, or more than 40%, during the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period of last year. TV company ...

World Bank: “There Is Urgent Need to Take Measures to Enhance the Education Quality”

The FINANCIAL -- Pension funds, unemployment and education remain longstanding problems in Georgia which need to be solved. World Bank recommends indexing inflation while introducing complementary ...