🇬🇪🏆 The best athletes of 2022 have been declared in Georgia.

According to the voting results of the association of sports journalists, the first place went to the weightlifter, Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze, and the top three included the football player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and the judoka Tato Grigalashvili. The best woman athlete of the year is judoka Eter Liparteliani. Giorgi Asanidze (coach of the weightlifting team) was chosen as the best coach of the year. The best young athlete - Kvaratskhelia. The best parasportsmen Irma Khetsuriani and Akaki Dzhincharadze.

🇬🇪💔🇺🇦 The Georgian and Ukrainian authorities argued once again.

The conflict between them has been going on for a long time, mutual accusations seem to be heard on a weekly basis. This time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Georgian authorities poisoned Saakashvili and now are slowly killing, as well as publicly torture him, a Ukrainian citizen, every day. He also showed at a press conference a photo of the ex-president of Georgia from yesterday's court session.
❗️ The head of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Rati Bregadze, has already responded to the words of the Ukrainian president, calling the statement unfair and insulting, demanding evidence of torture and inhuman treatment. At the same time, he recalled that torture and inhuman treatment were common thing during the reign of Saakashvili, but remained long in the past.

🇬🇪 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in an interview told Bloomberg that Russia should abandon its almost 15-year occupation of the country's territory as part of a possible future peace agreement with Ukraine.

“Russia needs to find out where its borders are. The issue of Georgia's territorial integrity should also be on the negotiating table, because no one should think that this war can be resolved without Russia's retreat from all the occupied territories."
At the same time, she added that the Georgian authorities should be careful in their statements, because the country is not under the protection of NATO and the EU. The president refused to comment on the issue of pardoning Mikheil Saakashvili.
🇺🇦 Representatives of Ukraine said that such statements require more active participation of Georgia in the events.

🇷🇺🚫 The opposition party "For Georgia" (6 seats in Parliament) proposes to reduce the period of visa-free stay in the country for Russians.

What does it mean? Nothing. Earlier, other deputies and even President Zurabishvili came up with a similar initiative, but no real steps were taken to adopt such documents.
The ruling Georgian Dream party, which has an overwhelming number of deputies, has repeatedly expressed that it sees no reason to revise the deadlines or introduce visas.

🇬🇪🚧⛔️🇷🇺 The land Georgian-Russian border through Upper Lars is closed to all types of transport.

Due to the deterioration of weather conditions and the impossibility of ensuring the safe passage of vehicles, as well as taking into account the recommendations of the border police, the movement of all types of vehicles across the border is prohibited.

🇬🇪📊 National Democratic Institute (NDI) survey results: the report is produced in Georgia on a quarterly basis and covers various areas of life.

I have collected all the most important and interesting things for you:
📍81% support the country's accession to the European Union
📍73% consider it important and necessary to join NATO
📍48% answered that the economy is in a bad state
📍51% support the activities of the Government, 39% rate it as bad
📍34% do not feel safe
📍20% want to leave the country
📍20% unemployed
📍39% answered that none of the parties represents their interests, 25% would vote for the ruling Georgian Dream, 6% for the opposition United National Movement, 13% for other parties, 10% refused to answer, 7% Don't know
📍69% support the introduction of visas for Russians, 21% believe that it is not necessary to introduce visas
📍69% negatively assess the migration of citizens of the Russian Federation, 17% consider it positive
📍80% have a negative attitude towards the government of the Russian Federation, while 56% have a positive attitude towards ordinary Russian citizens
ℹ️ The study was conducted from December 3 to December 20, 2022 using the method of 2519 personal interviews, the statistical error is +/- 1.6%

🇬🇪➡️🇪🇺 The European Commission has released its reports on bringing Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine into line with EU law.

This analytical paper complements the opinions of the European Commission published in June 2022, which covered only some key areas of cooperation, and provides an assessment of the readiness of each of the three countries to join the EU. The reports were compiled on the basis of responses to EU questionnaires and information obtained during the meetings. The document uses four readiness levels for such indicators as: public procurement, freedom of speech, movement of goods, financial services, corporate law , social policy, science and research, environment, agriculture, etc.
✔️ Early stage: Georgia is evaluated in 6 indicators; Moldova at 12; Ukraine at 8.
✔️ A certain level of training: Georgia in 16 indicators, Moldova in 17, and Ukraine in 14.
✔️ Moderately prepared: Georgia is evaluated in 9 indicators, Moldova in 2, and Ukraine in 5.
✔️ Good level: Ukraine is evaluated in 4 indicators, Georgia and Moldova do not have a “good level” mark.
❗️Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has already commented on the results of the document: "The report of the European Commission clearly demonstrates that Georgia is worthy of being granted the status of a EU candidate"