
Georgia
The UN joins Norway and Sweden in condemning Georgia’s new ‘restrictive’ and ‘repressive’ laws
The latest statements came in the wake of several new pieces of legislation critics argue are aimed at cracking down on media and civil society.
The latest statements came in the wake of several new pieces of legislation critics argue are aimed at cracking down on media and civil society.
Norwegian hydropower company Clean Energy Invest will invest 8 billion kroner ($960 million) in a hydropower plant project (HPP) in Georgia, Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv reported. ‘This will be the biggest HPP ever built by a Norwegian company outside of Norway’, the company’s administrative director Bjørn Brandtzæg told journalists about the bid which was won last week. According to the newspaper, approximately 1.5 billion kroner ($180 million) will come from investors, while t