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ON SUCCESS Ministerial in Brussels the Silk Road Forum 2019 NEWS PAGE 2 Wraps up with Numerous Positive Messages for Ruling GD Praises Bera Georgia's Future Issue no: 1197 • OCTOBER 25 - 28, 2019 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... Georgian Defense FOCUS Minister to Attend NATO ON SUCCESS Ministerial in Brussels The Silk Road Forum 2019 NEWS PAGE 2 wraps up with numerous positive messages for Ruling GD Praises Bera Georgia's future. PAGE 4,6 Ivanishvili for Donating $1.1m to Amazon Forest Saving Fund NEWS PAGE 3 PM: Support Act Advances Relations between Georgia & the US to a New Level POLITICS PAGE 7 Female Judges Outnumber Men in Georgia but are Underrepresented in Managerial Positions POLITICS PAGE 9 Veon Group Holds its Third Global Hackathon First Cancer Screening Center Opens in Zugdidi for Employees BUSINESS PAGE 10 BY VAZHA TAVBERIDZE Huawei Ships 200 Million n October 22, Caritas Czech Repub- Smartphone Units For 2019 lic in Georgia, together with the Ambassador Extraordinary and In Record Time Plenipotentiary of Czech Republic to Georgia, H.E. Petr Mikyska, BUSINESS PAGE 10 ODeputy Minister of Health of Czech Republic Radek Policar, Deputy director of NCDC (at Ministry of Health of Georgia MoIDPsLHSA) Georgian Astrophysicist on Alexandre Turdziladze, Samegrelo-upper Svaneti deputy Governor Nino Vibliani and City Mayor Why We Can't See Aliens of Zugdidi Municipality, Giorgi Shengelia offi - SOCIETY PAGE 11 cially opened Zugdidi Screening Centerat the address 198 K. Gamsakhurdia Str., Zugdidi. At the opening event, the Caritas Czech Repub- Exhibition Dedicated to lic in Georgia offi cially handed over the Zugdidi Cancer Screening Center to local non-govern- Zviad Gamsakhurdia to mental organization Cancer Prevention Center with the fi nancial support of the Czech Devel- zia given the proximity of the border, to ensure (CPC) for management. Project Donor CzDA opment Agency (CzDA) in the frame of the timely detection of oncological diseases. The Open at Art Palace and the NCDC signed a bi-lateral Memorandum project “Establishment and Promotion of Can- Center will start receiving patients from Novem- of Understanding as an expression of the further cer Screening Center in Zugdidi”. Center is ber. CCR further supporting the Zugdidi Screen- CULTURE PAGE 13 commitment to and support of the implementa- equipped with up-to date offi ce and medical ing Center through consultations and meth- tion of National Cancer Screening Programs in devices, including a digital mammography odological assistance together with partner the region. With this action the parties join the machine. The project aims at enhancing the organization “Tanadgoma”. The campaign aims campaign “Pink October” to raise awareness accessibility to National Cancer Screening Pro- at educating the population as well as health- Special Offer for readers about the breast cancer, marked internationally grams (Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancer care professionals about the importance of since 1997. screening programs, Prostate Cancer manage- cancer prevention and early detection and of Georgia Today The Screening Center was constructed and ment program) in the Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti engagement of the population in cancer screen- equipped by Caritas Czech Republic (CCR) region, as well as for the population of Abkha- ing programs. -15% off all Diet Plans! PAGE 9 GEORGIA TODAY 2 NEWS OCTOBER 25 - 28, 2019 Georgian Defense Minister to Attend NATO Ministerial in Brussels Georgia Ranks BY ANA DUMBADZE 7th among 190 eorgian Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili will attend the meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Countries in the GDefense Ministers at the NATO Head- quarters, which is held in Brussels. In particular, Minister Garibashvili will attend a meeting of the NAC with reso- World Bank Doing lute support operational partner nations and potential operational partner nations on Friday. He will speak on the importance of ensuring global security and Georgia’s Business 2020 contribution to this process through the est number of procedures required, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in BY ANA DUMBADZE survey reads, adding that “in dealing Afghanistan. with construction permits, Georgia Within the framework of the Minis- improved its building quality control by terial, the Georgian Defense Minister eorgia has ranked 7th with increasing public access to information.” will meet with the NATO Secretary 83.7 points out of 190 coun- In the ranking, Georgia is ahead of General, where the sides will discuss tries in terms of Ease of Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Germany, NATO-Georgia cooperation mecha- Doing Business, the World Lithuania and other countries. nisms. He will also meet with foreign Bank Report 2020 says. The list is led by New Zealand, followed counterparts and discuss bilateral GLast year, Georgia ranked 6th on the by Somalia. defense cooperation issues with the list. The World Bank has been publishing Ministers of Defense of Finland, Poland, “For starting a business, for example, the Ease of Doing Business rating since Germany, Sweden and the United King- Georgia and New Zealand have the low- 2003. dom. GEORGIA TODAY OCTOBER 25 - 28, 2019 NEWS 3 Ruling GD Praises Bera Ivanishvili for Donating $1.1m to Amazon Forest Saving Fund “Any contribution, regardless of quan- comes to the topical issue in the world, what the Ivanishvili family have done tity, is significant and important. the Amazon forest. for Georgia, including those who criti- Together, we can make a change. Thank “It is hard to make a comment on such cize Bera. you and God bless you,” Bera tells view- a criticism towards a kind step, espe- “They are donating this money from ers. cially when the philanthropy of Bidzina their own pockets and why it should Bera Ivanishvili’s announcement was Ivanishvili’s family is immeasurable,” become a subject of such an uproar, I followed by controversial comments he added. have no idea,” her post reads. from society, the majority of whom took Minister of Economy and Sustainable Brazilian environmental organization to social networks, to criticize him for Development of Georgia Natia Turnava ISA, the Social-Ecological Institute, helping Brazil and not Georgia. also made a comment, saying Bidzina reports that Bera Ivanishvili has become Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakh- Ivanishvili and his family are always the new ambassador of the campaign aria responded to the criticism of Bera, helping Georgia, and it is no surprise "Forest People" (#PovosDaFloresta). saying it is unfair to slam a person for that they pay attention to global prob- The organization writes on its website a charitable act. lems too. that the Georgian musician will spread "It is unfair to attack a charitable act, “Bidzina Ivanishvili has done and does the voice of Brazilians to Europe and Image source: 1tv.ge and in this case twice as unjust because a lot for Georgia directly. Billions are enhance the organization's environmen- and is the founder of the Georgian record Bidzina Ivanishvili’s family has been being spent by him to develop our tour- tal work. BY TEA MARIAMIDZE label and production studio ‘Georgian helping our country to preserve our ism infrastructure, restore cultural her- The proliferation of fi res in the Ama- Dream.’ He published a video a few days historical heritage for years and is spend- itage sites, and develop the Georgian zon rainforest drew international atten- ago in which he speaks about the need ing hundreds of millions of dollars on economy in general. He is a philanthro- tion in August. The number of fi res uling party Georgian Dream to save the Amazon forest, which is the educational projects for our future gen- pist on a global scale, and it is no sur- decreased by 35% in September, but (GD) has praised Bera Ivan- “lungs of our planet, our life and the erations," he said. prise that he focuses not only on Geor- experts say this is merely a slowdown ishvili, son of former Prime future of our children.” Gakharia added that it is absolutely gia's development, but also on global in a crisis with global repercussions. Minister of Georgia, bil- “This is a call to action. Today, I want unacceptable when a young person's issues such as climate change. We live There were still 19,925 fi re outbreaks lionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, to help my Brazilian friends… Despite philanthropy becomes the “subject of in a global world and everything affects in September on the Brazilian part of Rfor his announcement that he will trans- the fact that I live thousands of miles a political attack due to a political con- Georgia too. Ecological challenges are the rainforest, which accounts for nearly fer $1.1million to the Amazon Forest away, my Brazilian fans treat me … as a text.” one of the major threats that everyone 65% of the Amazon basin. Moreover, Saving Fund. family member. In the spirit of such The Ministry of Environment Protec- should take care of,” Turnava said. through the fi rst nine months of the Bera is a Georgian singer, rapper, song- love, I want to help them as much as tion and Agriculture of Georgia pub- Sopho Kiladze, Chairman of Parlia- year, the number of fi res soared by 41% writer, record producer, and entrepre- possible,” he said. lished the comment of Minister Levan ment's Human Rights Committee, took compared to the same period in 2018, neur. He established his music career The video also voices a call to partici- Davtashvili, who says that criticizing to Facebook to express her support to Brazil's National Institute for Space in both Georgia and the United States, pate and act in order to save the Amazon. Bera is shameful, especially when it Bera, claiming that everyone knows Research (INPE) says. GEORGIA TODAY 4 POLITICS OCTOBER 25 - 28, 2019 The Tbilisi Silk Road Forum Ends with Success politicians, potential investors from 60 BY EMIL AVDALIANI countries, visited the Georgian capital.
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