Georgian Qvevri Wines & Winemaking Culture Presented in France
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facebook.com/ georgiatoday Issue no: 1022/116 • FEBRUARY 13 - 15, 2018 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... Georgian Post to Launch an E-commerce Platform in May 2018 NEWS PAGE 3 In Optimism We Trust! ISET PAGE 4 Source: caucasusjourneys.com Naftogaz Ukraine ON THE PROS & A look at the reality to Resume Gazprom of making Georgia's Purchases from March CONS OF TOURISM economy 'tourism fi rst.' PAGE 9 FOCUS BUSINESS PAGE 5 Georgian Qvevri Wines Nenad Pejic: Partnership with Rustavi 2 “Out of & Winemaking Culture the Question” Presented in France POLITICS PAGE 10 EP Vice BY NINO GUGUNISHVILI President on eorgian Qvevri wines and Georgia’s winemaking traditions the Muktharli were presented in France, the National Wine Agency of Georgia (GNWA) reports, with Georgian Qvevri wine pro- Case ducers participating in two exhibitions of natural wines, ‘Les Penitentes’ in the city of Anzhe and ‘La Dive Boutteille’ in POLITICS PAGE 10 theG city of Saumur, France. ‘La Dive Boutteille’ is one the largest natural wine exhibitions in France, James Blunt will and is hosted by famous French winemakers, while the most famous nat- ural wine producers from all over the world traditionally attend the ‘Les Perform Famous Hits on Penitentes’ exhibition. “The Georgian wine stand this year was visited by internationally renowned wine expert, Isabel Lejeron,” the GNWA stated. Photo: Georgian wines presented in France. 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BY THEA MORRISON State University to the old parliament The employer company, Capital Con- on Rustaveli Avenue. Auditorium 115 also struction, says the worker was instructed plans to hold a similar rally in Georgia’s to work inside the building and claim n February 14, Tbilisi State Black Sea coastal city Batumi. the incident was an accident. University students’ move- The rally was organized after a 26-year- The Non-Governmental Organizations ment Auditorium 115 plans old construction worker, Jarji Janjalash- (NGOs) believe the State has no proper to hold a protest rally and vili, fell off the 5th fl oor of a building and labor law to prevent such cases in future march in solidarity with died fi ve days ago. His death allegedly and is calling on Parliament to speed up OGeorgian workers who were injured or occurred due to a breach in safety norms adoption of the Labor Safety Law already killed due to a lack of safety norms in at the construction site. initiated. Photo: Tbilisi is the most populated place in Georgia. Source: bpn.ge the country. Janjalashvili is the third construction The draft Law on Labor Safety was “From 2011 to 2017, 1,209 workers died worker to die at work this year. The submitted to Parliament on June 1, 2017 people per km2. The least densely pop- or received injuries due to the absence Ministry of Internal Affairs has already and approved by MPs at the fi rst hear- BY THEA MORRISON ulated areas in Tbilisi are: Samgori dis- of proper state labor safety laws. This is launched an investigation into the case. ing. On February 5, 2018, when the Par- trict, where the population density on a war between the people and the pro- The Labor Inspection Service of the liamentary had to discuss the draft with one square kilomenter is 1,386.5 people, business elite state,” the Movement Ministry of Labor, Health and Social a second hearing, the government asked he National Statistics Offi ce Krtsanisi district - 1,269.5 people and stated. Affairs is also studying the case. They for additional time, adding that they of Georgia (Geostat) has Mtatsminda region - 654.2. The protesters will march from the have stated that safety norms were not needed to discuss the issue further. prepared a number of inter- The interactive thematic maps were active maps according to prepared on the level of regional and the 2014 General Population self-governing units and for different TCensus results, through the Geographic types of settlement. Information Systems, according to which The maps cover information about the most populated area in Georgia is geographical distribution, density, age, the capital - Tbilisi. gender, ethnicity, knowledge of the Geor- According to the interactive maps, the gian language, religion, level of educa- population density in the capital is 2198.8 tion, economic activity, households and people per square kilometer, which is living conditions. the highest indicator in the country. According to Geostat, the interactive After the capital, the Adjara region is maps were processed in line with Euro- the most densely populated area with stat recommendations. Furthermore, 1 115.2 people per square kilometer, fol- km2 geographic grid was used for dis- lowed by Imereti - 83.2 people per sq. tribution of the number of population. km, and Shida Kartli Region - 76.8 peo- The above-mentioned approach is used ple per sq. km. by the statistical institutes of the EU Less densely populated regions of member states and provides exhaustive Georgia are: Samtskhe-Javakheti - 25.0 visualization of census results that is people km2, followed by Mtskheta-Mti- especially important in terms of spatial aneti - 16.9, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo analysis. Svaneti - 7.0 people per km2. Geostat implemented Geographic The most densely populated area within Information Systems during the 2014 the capital, is Didube district, where the General Population Census fi eld work. population density is 8,523.1 people per It improves data accuracy and quality, km2. Didube is followed by Isani - 7,360.2 saves resources, and simplifi es data col- people, and Chugureti district - 4,547.4 lection and monitoring of fi eld work. Photo source: Netgazeti Azeri Journalist Says Georgian PM Is Linked to His Abduction me,” the journalist said. “The whole Interior Ministry of Geor- for their support. ment of State have called for the release BY THEA MORRISON He told Rustavi 2 that after changing gia and Lagodekhi Police Department "I want to thank the Georgian people of the Azeri journalist several times, three cars, he realized he was in Azerbai- Chief were also involved,” he added, and my colleagues for their solidarity. I claiming his detention is politically moti- jan, where money was planted on him and accusing both the Georgian and Azer- lived in Tbilisi for 2 years and gained vated. zerbaijani journalist Afgan he was accused of “police resistance, smug- baijani sides of cooperation against him. many friends during this time,” he said. Eka Beselia, Chairperson of the Parlia- Mukhtarli, allegedly gling and illegal crossing of the border.” The journalist says the reason for his Mukhtarli is a political migrant who ment’s Legal Issues Committee, says the abducted in Tbilisi in May “My abduction was perfectly planned abduction and transfer is that he, like left Azerbaijan around four years ago. allegations of the Azerbaijani journalist 2017, and sentenced to six as no-one hindered my transfer to the many other Azeri journalists, is in oppo- In Tbilisi, he held protests in front of against the Georgian government and years in prison by the Bal- Azerbaijani side. I am sure that the Prime sition to the President of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Embassy and wrote about Prime Minister are “slander.” Aakan District Court in Azerbaijan in Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili Ilham Alyiev. the persecution of Azerbaijani activists "This is a classic example of defama- January 2018, has accused Georgian Prime is linked to this case, otherwise the peo- “My family and other activists knew in Georgia.