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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. As a result of trading on July 18, the U.S. dollar depreciated and is now valued at 2.7118 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.7121 lari.
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Tens of thousands marched in Budapest Saturday, boldly defying a new law by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling coalition that bans Hungary's annual Pride celebrations. The revellers kicked off the march in festive style at the opposition-run city hall, staging a direct challenge to the nationalist prime minister.
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Some 140,000 anti-government protesters clashed with police in Serbia’s capital Saturday evening demanding the populist government hold early elections. Students have kept up protests in recent months demanding justice for 16 people killed when a train station collapsed last November – a tragedy blamed on government ineptitude and corruption.
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that law enforcement agencies had foiled a large-scale plan by what he called a “criminal oligarchic clergy” to destabilize the country and seize power. He made the statement on his social media accounts.
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U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to NATO allies in Europe that Russia would not attack any NATO member states as long as he remains in office, The Washington Post (WP) reports.
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Other news
In the second quarter of 2025, revenues from travel (tourism) in Georgia increased by 5.0% year-on-year, reaching a record high for the second quarter — USD 1,145.0 million.
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Cole Palmer scored two goals and set up another as Chelsea won the first edition of the expanded Club World Cup by beating European champions Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in Sunday's final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Palmer netted twice in the opening half-hour and Joao Pedro added the third before the break, with a roundly beaten PSG having Joao Neves sent off late on.
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Rising air temperatures increase the risk of forest fires. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia is urging the population to exercise special caution when moving through forests and to comply with all established regulations.
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Officers of the Migration Department and Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, as a result of joint complex operations, detained 6 citizens of foreign countries — Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, and Egypt. This was reported by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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