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Tbilisi's Whisky Festival 2025 invites whisky enthusiasts, industry professionals, and lovers of fine taste to explore the diverse and refined world of whisky. Over two vibrant days at Expo Georgia, visitors will experience:
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Economics
The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. Following trading on April 16, the US dollar decreased in value to 2.6946 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.6954 lari.
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Politics
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U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran against charging oil tankers for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. “There are reports that Iran is charging tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz — they’d better not do that,” he wrote on Thursday evening, April 9, on his Truth Social network. “And if they are doing it, they should stop immediately!”
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The Orion spacecraft, which performed a flyby of the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, on the night of Saturday, April 11.
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World
Thirty-nine people were killed when two high-speed trains derailed in Spain. About 100 others were injured, some of them seriously. Spain’s Ministry of the Interior reported this on the night of Monday, January 19. The tragedy occurred on the evening of January 18 in the Spanish province of Córdoba.
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The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iran immediately amid widespread protests in the country and the possibility of strikes by Washington. The corresponding notice was published on January 13 on the website of the U.S. Virtual Embassy in Tehran.
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Other news
In Jerusalem, the Holy Fire descended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Believers once again witnessed the greatest miracle of the Christian world.
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Today is Good Friday, the most solemn day of Holy Week. The Orthodox Church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, His removal from the cross, and His burial.
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According to the Roads Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Georgia, based on information from the National Environmental Agency, the avalanche danger level is high on the Gudauri–Kobi section of the international Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Lars highway, therefore traffic for all types of vehicles is temporarily prohibited on this section.
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Employees of the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, on charges of illegal purchase and possession of narcotic drugs, as well as facilitating their illegal sale, detained A.S. (born in 1991), previously convicted G.O. (born in 2005), and a foreign citizen A.G. (born in 1998). The arrests were carried out at different times in Tbilisi and Batumi.
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