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April 15, 2016 FPI | Are Georgian Wheat Flour Prices Reflecting Global Trends?
15 April 2016

Retail food prices decreased by 1.3% y/y and 0.2% m/m. Compared to the end of March, the biggest drops in prices happened in the vegetable category: eggplants are down by 11.8%; cucumbers by 11.2%; and cabbage by 5.3%.

Nodar Okroshiashvili and Dace Javashvili Win the March 2016 Blog Comment Competition
12 April 2016

We are pleased to announce the winners of our March 2016 Blog Comment Competition. Nodar Okroshiashvili (class 2017) and Dace Javashvili (class 2014) received certificates and cash prizes of $200 and $100 respectively.

The Samtredia Redemption
11 April 2016

Nino Kakulia was born in Samtredia on 15 October 1991, in the last days of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. By the time Nino and independent Georgia were celebrating their 13th birthdays, the Georgian government embarked on a series of long-overdue reforms, one of which was about cleansing the country’s higher education system from corruption.

April 11, 2016 Kh-Index | Khachapuri index is down 5% m/m as milk production picks up. Particularly in imereti
11 April 2016

Spring is already here. Seeing more sunshine and rains, Georgia’s western provinces are enjoying the sharpest seasonal increases in the supply of fresh milk and dairy products, such as Imeretian cheese. This cheese is the main (and most expensive) component of the Georgian khachapuri, driving the sharp seasonal fluctuations of the Khachapuri Index.

Norwegian School of Economics in Borjomi
11 April 2016

Borjomi was the final stop and the highlight on a four-day anticorruption program ISET organized for students and faculty of its partner university, the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen. The tour was hosted by Borjomi LTD, producer of Georgia’s most famous mineral water – the “Coca Cola of the Soviet Union”, in the words of Jacques Fleury, the company’s former CEO.

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