Turkey plans to launch several major railroad projects. This was told by the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Thus, a railroad line will be laid from Ankara to Georgia, which will pass through Samsun, Orda, Trabzon and Rize. At present, the Black Sea coast in Turkey can be reached by plane from Istanbul and Ankara, while only bus service is developed between the cities.
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air will resume flights from Kutaisi to Madrid and Hamburg from April 29. Flights to both destinations will be operated twice a week – on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The cost of tickets: to Madrid – from 79 euros one way, to Hamburg – from 43 euros. The airline will also fly more often from Kutaisi to Prague, Larnaca, Athens and Thessaloniki.
Check prices and buy tickets you can on Wizz Air official website or on the Trip.com.
A tourist from Russia was kidnapped and killed in Georgia. The criminals have been detained, a case of murder, robbery and illegal acquisition of firearms has been opened, the investigation is ongoing. This was reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
It is specified that a married couple from Russia was going to a ski resort in Upper Svaneti, on January 2 they left Moscow in their own car. On their way from Tbilisi to Tetnuldi on January 5, another car blocked them on the mountain road. Unknown men first asked for a pump, then tried to take away the Russians’ cell phones, threatening them with weapons.
When the man asked not to touch his wife, he was shot twice and taken away, and one of the criminals got into the car of the Russians and stole it together with the wife of the murdered man. The woman was later dropped off on the side of the road and immediately called the police. The man’s body was found in the Nakra River.
The police found and arrested both criminals, they are men aged 32 and 38, one of them has a criminal record. They face prison sentences ranging from 16 years to life.
A Russian-speaking blogger in Georgia has incurred the wrath of local residents. He published a video in which he complains to a bakery seller about financial difficulties and asks for free baked goods. He was given khachapuri, but after that he defiantly throws it in the trash can.
The video gained hundreds of thousands of views, and the blogger started receiving threats. So far, he only jokes back.