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Message for U.S. Citizens – Drop your ballots at the Embassy by noon on Friday, October 23

If you plan to vote in the November 2020 election it is important to ACT NOW! Dropboxes are available at the public entrances to the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi and if you choose to drop off your ballot, it must be in a dropbox by noon on Friday, October 23. Dropoff is possible starting at 8:30 am. Place your ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 October, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Consular Affairs, Embassy, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Notification, Public Affairs, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services, U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi

USAID supports the right of all people to participate in democratic elections and political processes

USAID supports the right of all people to participate in democratic elections and political processes. Along with our partners at the International Republican Institute, we encourage everyone to get out and vote on October 31!

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 October, 2020 | Topics: News, U.S. & Georgia, U.S. Agencies, Video | Tags: Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy - EECMD, IFES Georgia, IRI Georgia, ISFED, NDI Georgia, USAID

U.S. Ambassador Sam Brownback on religious freedom

To mark International Religious Freedom Day, ShareAmerica spoke with the U.S. State Department’s Sam Brownback, ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Here are his answers, slightly edited for length, to our questions: Q: Why is defending freedom of religion an objective of U.S. diplomacy? A: With more than 80 percent of the world’s population living ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: China, cultural preservation, freedom of religion, Iran

China’s development projects export environmental devastation

The People’s Republic of China’s state-owned companies are destroying the environment in countries around the world, one corrupt infrastructure project at a time. The PRC is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases and mercury pollution and the leading consumer of illegal wildlife and timber products. And the PRC’s state-owned companies are exporting the Chinese ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: China, corruption, endangered species, water pollution

How vaccines work

As people worldwide await approval of one or multiple COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., it’s important to understand how vaccines work. Several vaccine candidates against the novel coronavirus have shown promise in animal studies. Now, clinical trials are underway to find out if these same vaccines are safe and effective in humans. Vaccines 101 “Vaccines work by training ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 October, 2020 | Topics: Education, Health Issues, News | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine, Vaccine

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