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US Gov’t Gifts Two Patrol Boats to Georgia
The United States Government has transferring two Island-class patrol vessels to Georgia on October 18. The vessels Dioskuria and Ochamchire are fully equipped with modern navigation and communication systems. The ceremony of the conveying of vessels was held on the coast guard base in Poti. The event was opened by the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze and the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia. The ceremony was attended by members of the Government of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the US Embassy, the NATO Liaison Office, as well as representatives of diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia and defense attachés of different countries. "We are happy that our strategic partners understand well the role of the Black Sea Region and of our country in particular in ensuring global security,” The PM stated while delivering speech. According to Bakhtadze the handover of the vessels by the US to the Georgia side is important in that it emphasizes the unwavering support of the US for the security and stability of Georgia and the Black Sea Region as a whole. “Symbolically, the ships handover coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Coast Guard…The relations and partnership between Georgia and the US are at their highest today. I avail myself of this opportunity to thank everyone for advancing these relations to such a high strategic level. The Black Sea already plays and will further continue to play a special role in the architecture of global security,” he added.

First Midnight Performance Held in Georgia
On October 13-14, 01:35 AM,  the first 18 Midnight Performance “Fallen in Love After Death” was held in Tbilisi, at Nodar Dumbadze State Youth Theater.  Previously, the play has been successfully performed at  Nodar Dumbadze State Youth Theater for the two theatrical seasons already.  This year, the new season was opened in an unusual way, with the 18 midnight performance.  It is noteworthy that there is no midnight theater in Georgia and it was the first precedent.   Being 18 years older was the main condition for attending the performance. The attendees of the performance had to purchase the tickets in advance, as the cashboxes did not work at midnight.   The author of the play is Avgust Edemonis. It is a kind of a hard psychological drama. The fact that the play was intended for a high age segment is first of all conditioned by its hard psychological storyline, not by the intimate scenes of the performance, what can be called “playing with the subconscious”.  The psychological drama “Fallen in Love After Death” is a story about the Georgian woman, whose husband, a soldier serving at the state border, is killed by a Russian senior official. The woman searches for the murderer in Russia, finds him and starts an unprecedented revenge by trying to tempt him. According to the director of the play, Natia Sokurashvili, who also performs the main female role, the performance is based not on the theatrical, but cinematic principles, what itself “violates” the usual rules of the theater and that is the main reason why it becomes more interesting and intriguing for the spectators.  „We wanted the performance to be experimental and innovative, so we added the footages and movie effects to it. Additionally, we tried to act as naturally on the stage as we did in front of the cameras. We did not want the performance to be excessively theatrical. My character is a woman who has been hurt by life. But, if you do not have some hard psychological traumas in your life, then you might not be able to do the things she does,” she said.   As for the character of the Russian senior official, he constantly tries to overcome the psychological obstacles during the performance. “The play contains the messages about the war and Georgian-Russian relations, but not in the global aspect. This performance depicts the story of the one s individual tragedy.  It shows how terrible the politics can be,” said actor Giorgi Iaradjuli, a performer of the Russian senior official s role. The play is based on the Russian-Georgian relations. The Russian characters are the examples of the standard and stereotypical Russian thinking. In the performance, they are presented as the alcoholics and street musicians. „My character is a  subordinate officer of the Russian senior official. He would do anything, even very bad things, for the sake of his boss, as he is a very obedient person,” said actor Irakli Managadze, who plays the role of the Russian policeman. The performance was received warmly by the audience and received positive feedback.  The first midnight theater in Georgia is a part of the initiative of the Tbilisi Night Economy Development Project initiated by the Georgian government in 2018.  The sponsor of the first midnight performance in Georgia was Teliani Valley.  The first midnight performance had a great feedback among the members of Georgian society. All the tickets were sold in advance. “Fallen in Love After Death” will be performed again in the coming months.

Tbilisi Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019 Opens
After much anticipation, Tbilisi Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019 has finally begun.  Yesterday, October 18th was the opening day of the week at the Funicular restaurant on Mtatsminda.  The evenings ceremonies were dedicated to the Georgian actress and fashion icon Bela Mirianashvili the models participating last night acted out scenes from one of her films Last Day, First Day.  Georgian actresses Irinka Kavsadze and Gogola Kalandadze opened the event last night.  The actresses provided an indroduction for Bela Mirianashvili and otherwise commenced the night s festivities.   Tbilisi Fashion Week will run until October the 21st.  The week s programs will mostly be held at Ghvinis Ubani (Vera District).  And per usual, a winner of the competition will be determined at the end of the events.   The slogan of the Tbilisi Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019 is “We Must Take Care of Nature.”  Organizers of Tbilisi Fashion Week are only permitting designers who create clothing from natural textiles and materials in an attempt to spread the importance of environmental preservation through fashion.   The week s featured brands and designers are both Georgian and foreign.  Lasha Jokhadze is the Georgian designer present, and Georgian brands include MakMari, Lasha Devdariani, Keti Chkhikvadze, and more.  The foreign designers that will exhibit pieces are Miro (Russia), Sayya (Ukraine), and Rosella May (UK).  The blend of Georgian and foreign designers is essential as Tbilisi Fashion Week is covered internationally and seen in the likes of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, and others.   With the theme of eco-friendly fashion and a wide array of designers from around the globe, the Tbilisi Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019 is another stepping stone in the growth of Georgia s fashion industry and of Georgia’s presence in the international market.  

Mikheil Batiashvili Promotes ERASMUS Program to Students
Mikheil Batiashvili, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, delivered a speech at an event at the Erasmus National Office for Universities, Professors and Students today. He stressed that Erasmus is an exemplary program for Georgia, which shows the best example of integration into a common academic space with Europe. The Erasmus program has involved 40 higher education institutions in Georgia and Georgia is of the leading partner countries in terms of implemented projects and scholarship programs. In his speech, Batiashvili drew attention to the fact that in addition to the regional budget for Georgia, the Erasmus program was exclusively allocated an additional 6 million EUR, which means more projects and more than 800 scholarships for Georgian university students. "The fact is that the numbers are growing not only of Georgian students in Europe, but also of European students and professors who come to Georgia. The state has created all possibilities for more Georgian students to get a European education and experience in order to share European values,” said Batiashvili.

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