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Economics
The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. As a result of trading on December 25, the U.S. dollar weakened and stood at 2.6966 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.6970 lari.
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Politics
World
An armed clash occurred on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan between Tajik border guards and three “terrorists who had entered the country from Afghanistan,” Tajikistan’s state news agency Khovar reported, citing a statement from the press service of the country’s border troops. According to the local bureau of Radio Liberty, the shootout involved Afghan smugglers.
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Belarus on Saturday released 123 political prisoners, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, in a US-brokered deal involving a partial lifting of Western sanctions, according to rights groups and state media.
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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters his intention to conduct nuclear tests, explaining it by saying that “other people are conducting them.” When asked about the timing, Trump replied: “Very soon.” The U.S. president did not specify the date of the possible tests or whether they would involve detonating a nuclear warhead.
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Members of the U.S. Republican Party are drafting a bill that would allow sanctions to be imposed on any country that continues doing business with Russia during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump said this on Sunday, November 16, while speaking to the media near the presidential aircraft in Florida.
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Other news
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has announced the detention of Bacho Akhalaia, a former senior security official in the government of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili. The detention is linked to the October 4 rally, during which the opposition planned a “peaceful overthrow of power.” The SSS claims that the organizers of the rally repeatedly contacted Akhalaia online before announcing a plan to “seize” the presidential palace.
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission of Mongolia. The Memorandum was signed by the Chairman of GNERC, Mr. Davit Narmania, and the Chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission of Mongolia.
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Officers of the Adjara Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia detained, hot on the trail, a citizen of Turkey, A.T., born in 1980, on charges of attempted premeditated murder. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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The National Environmental Agency is releasing information about the weather conditions expected in Georgia from the second half of December 12 until the morning of December 14.
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