Ketevan Shoshiashvili

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Zenger News • 24th August 2020

Four New COVID Vaccines Being Tested in the Netherlands

The world is rushing to develop a vaccine against Covid-19—and in the Netherlands, several partnerships between public institutions and private companies show promising signs. Four studies are underway in collaboration with the Dutch government, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, university researchers, multinational health care company Johnson & Johnson, and nonprofit research and development vaccine institute Intravacc. Researchers at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research and Utre

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Zenger News • 3rd June 2020

US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic

A piece of legislation aimed at economic relief from the coronavirus pandemic is in front of the Senate, but experts are divided on how the virus—and federal relief efforts in its wake—will affect the economy. The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal g

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Zenger News • 28th March 2020

U.S. helps broker political deal in Georgia

Last year, the Georgia government cracked down on pro-democratic protesters. Now the U.S. embassy is getting involved in a new political agreement hailed by pro-democracy forces in the U.S. ally. The Trump administration and U.S. politicians from both parties have been concerned about the increasingly authoritarian tilt of Georgia. A new political deal struck earlier this month between the opposition and the ruling government may help further peace in a country which fought a disastrous war wit

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Medium • 26th July 2017

On My Way To The Tech World

Why a social sciences student joined an IT company I am always at awe with the speed at which new ideas, concepts and inventions are invading the world. I am Katie Shoshiashvili, junior at Governance and Social Sciences School of Free University, Tbilisi, Georgia. My area of studies covers law, governmental and non-governmental sectors. Spacing to enter the tech world may come as unexpected, shocking even, to the most people. But, you should know two things about me: • I want to keep up with

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Speak Freely • 14th March 2017

‘kNOw Gazprom’: Discussing Georgia’s New Gazprom Contract

On the 2nd of March, Georgian Students For Liberty organized a panel-discussion titled “kNOw Gazprom” as a part of the Defend Your Wallet campaign. Together with the audience, the speakers discussed the current news on Georgian gas deals and their local economic effects. Georgia’s new contract with Gazprom is currently one of the most important issues in the Georgian political and economic landscape. Recently, there has been a secret meeting of Georgia’s Minister of Energy, the Deputy Prime Min