Economics

July 06, 2020 23:42

• Postponement of border opening affects tourism industry of Georgia

  Owners of travel agencies make staff redundant, and hoteliers reduce staff salaries because of the delay in opening Georgian borders to foreigners, travel agencies claim.

July 02, 2020 19:33

• Activists succeed in seeking withdrawal of armed guards from Amulsar mine in Armenia

  In Armenia, residents of the resort town of Jermuk blocked a road in protest against a new security company in the territory of the Amulsar field. The protest ended with the withdrawal of armed guards from the territory of the mine.

July 02, 2020 11:34

• Opening Georgia to foreign tourists postponed until August

  Georgian authorities have postponed the opening of regular international flights by at least a month. Foreign tourists will be able to visit Georgia no earlier than August.

July 01, 2020 23:46

• Residents of Chechnya criticize mass cut-off of gas for debtors

  In Chechnya, gas services conduct raids and cut off supply of gas for bad debtors. Instagram users explained large debts for gas by the poor situation after self-isolation.

June 29, 2020 14:35

• Chechnya: resort opening surprises local residents

  The resorts "Veduchi", "Kezenoi-Am" and "Sernovodsk" in Chechnya were opened as part of the third phase of lifting restrictive measures introduced because of coronavirus. Local residents treat it inappropriate to open resorts under restrictions on entry to and exit from the republic.

June 27, 2020 10:53

• Authorities of Prokhladnensky District ignore local residents' pickets

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the villages of the Prokhladnensky District lack drinking water and have problems of emergency houses, solo picketers assert. Officials from the district administration failed to go out to the protesters, Anastasia Emelyanova, a blogger, has stated.

June 22, 2020 21:47

• Makhachkala salesmen demand from authorities to open markets

  The Makhachkala City Mayoralty promises to consider opening markets if salesmen confirm their readiness to comply with sanitary requirements. Entrepreneurs claim they lost their income in the absence of support from the local authorities.

June 19, 2020 23:54

• Nagorno-Karabakh tourism industry stays on verge of bankruptcy because of pandemic

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, the tourist flow and revenues of the tourism industry fell by 90 percent because of the coronavirus epidemic, entrepreneurs complain. The authorities of the region report a 76 percent drop in the number of tourists.

June 18, 2020 21:57

• Chechen residents express dissatisfaction with distribution of food by Kadyrov Foundation

  The Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation is conducting a charity action to distribute 350,000 food aid packages to the people in need. Local residents claim the food aid is being distributed unfairly.

June 16, 2020 09:10

• North-Caucasian believers ready to postpone the Hajj because of pandemic

  Over 3000 Dagestani Muslims have paid for their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, but in case this year's Hajj is cancelled due to the pandemic, they may have their money back or book tours for the next year, the "Marva Tour" travel agency has promised. The residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Ingushetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", said they were ready to cancel their trips.

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