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Smaller nuclear reactors spark renewed interest in a once-shunned energy source
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 1, 2025
Bolstered by $3.2 million from a former Midland oilman, Abilene - the West Texas city of 130,000 people - is helping the Lone Star State lead a national nuclear energy resurgence. Doug Robison’s 2021 donation to Abilene Christian University helped...
Summertime is big for road construction projects. Here's where Macon-Bibb County GDOT projects stand
13 WMAZ - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
Warmer weather brings the perfect conditions for crews to safely and efficiently complete major roadwork projects, according to GDOT. GEORGIA, USA — If you've noticed more orange barrels and hard hats along Georgia roads lately, you're not...
Geopolitical Risk June 2025: Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East
SpecialEurasia
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July 1, 2025
Executive Summary This June 2025 report on geopolitical risks in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus focuses on rising tensions, key factors, and future predictions. This helps stakeholders understand emerging threats, thus informing...
Ukrferry: Ukraine can become one of the ferry transportation hubs on the Black Sea
The Odessa Journal
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Ukraine has the potential to become a major ferry transportation hub on the Black Sea, according to Ukrferry, the national shipping company. At the Ukrainian Transport Forum 2025, Ukrferry outlined several promising long-term ferry routes,...
RA Minister of Economy discussed Armenian cargo carriers` situation with his Georgian counterpart
Finport
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ArmInfo. The Minister of Economy of Armenia Gevorg Papoyan met with the Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Georgia, David Songulashvili, in Rome within the framework of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome. As...
Armenia and Georgia Reach Agreement to Ease Brandy Transit to Russia
MassisPost - California
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June 24, 2025
YEREVAN — The Armenian and Georgian governments have reached an agreement that is expected to remove major obstacles to the transit of Armenian brandy exported to Russia through Georgia, according to Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan. Shipments from...
Armenia and Georgia reportedly settle brandy export delays
Open Caucasus Media
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June 24, 2025
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Azerbaijan Portrays Work Progress On Baku-Alat-Gazakh-Georgia State Border Highway (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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June 24, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. A total of 90 percent of the work on the access roads within the Baku-Alat-Gazakh-Georgia state border highway has been completed, and the final finishing work is underway, Mahir Babayev, an...
What Has Been Done to Develop Tbilisi Kindergartens? – City Hall Report
Business Media Gerogia
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June 30, 2025
Tbilisi City Hall has invested 1.5 billion GEL in preschool education in recent years, Deputy Mayor Andria Basilaia announced during a presentation on the city’s social and healthcare policy. The Tbilisi Kindergarten Management Agency currently...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to...
Adjara Government inspects infrastructure projects in Batumi
Georgia Online
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June 30, 2025
Batumi, Georgia: The Chairman of the Adjara Government Sulkhan Tamazashvili got acquainted with the medical infrastructure works in Batumi on June 28, 2025, Saturday. The government of Adjara shared glimpses of the Minister’s visit on its official...
More than 100 trucks with Armenian brandy entered Russia – Papoyan
ARKA
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From June 1 to 29, 106 trucks loaded with Armenian cognac (brandy) crossed the Georgian-Russian border and entered Russia, 19 of them in the last three days, Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said. YEREVAN, June 30. /ARKA/. From June 1 to...
Georgian fighter Vano Nadiradze dies in Ukraine
Georgia Today
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June 23, 2025
Georgian fighter, Lieutenant Colonel Vano Nadiradze, head of the Georgian unit within Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, has reportedly died of a heart attack in Ukraine. The news was shared on Facebook by fellow Georgian fighters currently in...
Azerbaijani Parliament adopts new law on heat supply
APA
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A media tour was organized regarding the works on the section of the Baku-Alat–Gazakh–Georgia state border highway passing through Yevlakh city, APA reports. Mahir Babayev, an engineer at the Azerbaijan State Agency of Automobile Roads, informed...
OPINION: The South Caucasus Powder Keg
Kyiv Post
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June 30, 2025
A swift ceasefire in the Israel-Iran War came as a relief to a global public bracing for a wider regional conflagration. Yet for one actor – Russia –the brief war offered a timely opportunity to advance its military and geopolitical aims...
The Market Is Unprotected, Next Year I Might Stop Selling Meat in Georgia – "Chirina"
Business Media Gerogia
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June 30, 2025
Revaz Vashakidze, founder of Chirina, expressed serious concerns about the state of Georgia’s poultry industry during an interview on Business Morning. According to him, although the company has the capacity to triple its chicken meat production,...
20% Decline in Retail Trade, Consumers Spending Less - Tbilisi Central Director
Business Media Gerogia
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June 30, 2025
The management of Tbilisi Central reports a continuing downward trend in retail sales. According to Levan Karalashvili, Director of the shopping center, retail turnover has dropped by approximately 20% amid the growing instability in the country....
Tbilisi invests over GEL 1.8 billion in infrastructure
Georgia Today
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June 23, 2025
Tbilisi City Hall has allocated more than GEL 1.8 billion to improve infrastructure in recent years, focusing on urban safety, transportation upgrades and housing rehabilitation, as it was revealed in the progress report presented by Mayor Kakha...
Japan’s regulatory regime and recent cases underscore focus on Russian and North Korean sanctions
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Overview Japan is currently implementing economic, financial and trade sanctions against various foreign countries, including North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, South Sudan, Russia, Belarus, parts...
Review | What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? — A Georgian ode to everyday wonder
Open Caucasus Media
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June 30, 2025
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