Georgia
Georgian Central Bank eyes yuan reserves in diversification strategy
Georgia joins a limited group of central banks permitted to operate in the market.
Helena Bedwell
Helena Bedwell is a veteran journalist of 30 years, splitting her time between Norfolk, UK and Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly focuses on financial stories, the government, the economy, lifestyle, and banking in Georgia. She also holds child development and psychology diplomas and is a certified translator and interpreter registered in the UK.
Economy
Georgian National Bank holds interest rate at 8% as inflation concerns linger
Annual inflation in Georgia rose to 4.8% year-on-year in January up from 3.9% the previous quarter.
Georgia
Georgia’s price wars: what’s really behind increasing costs
Economists and government officials have differing opinions over why domestic inflation is increasing in Georgia.
Georgia
Georgia’s energy sector is leaking money — into Russian coffers
Strategic energy projects remain stalled or abandoned with millions instead going to pay arbitration disputes led by Russia and Turkey.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Opinion | Tracing Ivanishvili’s rise to power
A deep dive into Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili — the billionaire who sees himself as ‘Georgia’s disappointed saviour’.
Women’s Rights
Opinion | Trump once tried to belittle me — a misogyny Ivanishvili and others later embraced
Trump may not have invented misogyny. But he turned it into a political brand that spread across the world.
