An infected passenger flies from Wuhan to Milan, a computer virus invades an internet connection, subprime defaults in the US Midwest trigger a global economic crisis. The super-spreaders of the goods of globalization—airport hubs, fiber-optic cables, global financial centers—are also the super-spreaders of the bads. This is the “butterfly defect” of globalization, the systemic risk
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330 entries have been amended on the consolidated list and remain subject to an asset freeze. The EU also has its own sanction regime, which allows it to autonomously apply sanctions against ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaida and against persons and entities associated with or supporting them.
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The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:
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The FINANCIAL — The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK. This list includes the President of Belarus, his son and six other senior government officials judged to be responsible for rigging the August presidential poll and suppressing subsequent street protests. The sanctions include an asset freeze and travel ban imposed on
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Renox Color, a Georgian brand of varnishes for buildings, plans to open a new factory that will supply the construction and retail market of Georgia with a variety of glue cement modifiers.
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Georgian company Kula, which produces eco-friendly fruit and vegetable juices, has launched the production of sugar-free muraba (Georgian sweet fruit preserves) in 2020.
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The world’s largest food and beverage company Nestlé plans to expand its business and bring children’s nutrition productions to various, difficult-to-reach mountain regions in Georgia in 2020.
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