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Bulloch County Commissioners review waste services, property tax relief, and storm readiness
Grice Connect
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Bulloch County Commissioners on Tuesday voted on property tax relief by placing a Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) referendum on the November ballot and heard a presentation from AllGreen Services on plans to overhaul the county’s waste...
Over 80 percent of Georgia's car exports go to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
24.kg
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July 31, 2025
14:54, 31 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA 14:54, 31 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Baktygul OSMONALIEVA According to research by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), more...
Georgia’s Drug Treatment Ban Is a Page from Russia’s Playbook
Talking Drugs
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July 22, 2025
On 25 June, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze of the Georgian Dream party announced the closure of all private facilities offering Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT, also known as OST), claiming that only the state should be responsible for...
Georgia cracks down on civil servants amid anti-government dissent
Equal Times
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July 22, 2025
Since 28 November 2024, daily protests have gripped Tbilisi and other cities across Georgia, as citizens voice their anger over the suspension of the country’s EU accession process – announced that day – and, more broadly, a steady drift towards...
OP-ED. The Apology Economy: On Pardons, Protest, and the Performance of Guilt in Georgia
Georgia Today
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July 31, 2025
Somewhere between the solemn hush of a courtroom and the subterranean hum of the Tbilisi metro, a new kind of transaction is taking shape in Georgia. It isn’t written into the criminal code, nor does it belong to any known judicial ritual. It...
Top stories in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia from 28 July-1 August, 2025
JAMnews
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August 1, 2025
● A ministerial-level meeting between Syria and Israel will take place today in Baku, according to The Times of Israel and AFP. Israel’s Minister of Strategic Planning Ron Dermer and Syria’s Foreign Minister Asad al-Shibani are expected to attend....
Azerbaijan Expects Rapid Growth In E-Commerce - Visa's Senior (Exclusive Interview)
MENAFN
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July 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 22. Azerbaijan is on the verge of rapid growth in the digital commerce sector, in line with global trends, said Yevgen Lisnyak, senior director of Visa for strategic partnerships and fintech, and...
Why I’m begging the universe for Azerbaijan not to recognise the Circassian Genocide
Open Caucasus Media
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July 31, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
Georgia mDL now valid at traffic stops, Louisiana wallet valid for TSA nationwide
Biometric Update
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July 21, 2025
In Georgia, digital drivers licenses stored in secure mobile wallet apps are now valid for identification during traffic stops. News outlet 11Alive says House Bill 296 is now law, marking the state’s first step in embracing mobile drivers licence...
Neutral status makes Moldova, Georgia ideal proxies for deterring Russia — expert
TASS
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July 30, 2025
MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Non-NATO members Moldova and Georgia are ideal proxy springboards for confrontation with Russia, since they are not covered by Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which the West actively uses by deploying its weapons and...
An English Rose in Georgia: Weather and shipping forecasts
Bryan County News - Georgia
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July 31, 2025
It is the season for hurricane warnings in Coastal Georgia and we are also experiencing lots of extreme heat advisories, so many of us are paying more attention to weather forecasts than we normally do. When I first moved to the USA 16 years ago,...
Rezonansi: “SUPPLY OF FUEL FROM RUSSIA IS PROHIBITED AGAIN – WILL THIS AFFECT THE GEORGIAN MARKET?”
Sarke
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Economic Press Monitor: Energy, Oil & Gas July 31, 2025 Russia’s decision to ban petrol exports from the country until August 31 will cause a 5% increase in fuel prices in Georgia at the initial stage, considers Nika Shengelia, vice president of...
‘Your Parents Don’t Want You—but Russia Does’
theTrumpet
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What do you call kidnapping tens of thousands of children and brainwashing them to become soldiers for the kidnapper? ‘Diabolical evil on the level of Joseph Stalin.’ “Your parents didn’t want you.” This is what 15-year-old Lisa was told by her...
New Tbilisi program offers financial assistance to small enterprises
Georgia Today
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July 30, 2025
Tbilisi City Hall has launched a new initiative to strengthen micro and small enterprises by providing co-financing for equipment and technology. The initiative was revealed at a recent municipal government meeting where Mayor Kakha Kaladze...
Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials. See a recap.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Trump says Smithsonian focuses too much on ‘how bad slavery was’ — 9:53 p.m. By the New York Times President Donald Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday of focusing too much on “how bad slavery was” and not enough on the “brightness”...
Azerbaijan-Türkiye gas corridor to Syria under fire
Sabah
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July 21, 2025
Türkiye has moved beyond its conventional role as a natural energy bridge between Europe and Asia, emerging as a strategic hub that not only facilitates regional energy flows but also expands its political and diplomatic influence. Following its...
As powerful 8.8 earthquake triggers Pacific-wide tsunami alert, Georgia scientists are tracking the seismic and tidal waves
11 Alive - Georgia
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Dr. Andrew Newman's team from Georgia Tech has instruments deployed in the waters off Alaska, gathering data from the event. ATLANTA — A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula late Monday, triggering a tsunami...
Trump’s India Tariffs Crack Down on Real Russian Collusion
The American Spectator - Virginia
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President Donald Trump announced that a 25 percent blanket tariff on imports from India will come into effect on Aug. 1, 2025. Trump noted the high tariff rates India maintains on the import of American goods and honed in on India’s close...
Top officials visit Batumi Maritime Academy to boost maritime education
Georgia Online
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July 30, 2025
Batumi, Georgia: The Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Guram Guramishvili, took part in the information meeting, which was held at Batumi Maritime Academy. The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
Troy Athletic Director Brent Jones departs for Georgia Tech
The Troy Messenger - Alabama
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July 30, 2025
Published 3:44 pm Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Troy Athletic Director Brent Jones is on his way to the ACC, to serve as the school’s executive deputy athletic director. Georgia Tech formally announced the move on July 30. Jones has been the athletic...