Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday said Georgia had reached historic progress in employment and poverty reduction, citing new data from the third quarter of 2025. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the 2026-2030 UN Sustainable Development C...
Georgia’s new five-year cooperation framework with the United Nations will serve as the foundation for future partnership, aligning national priorities with the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at ...
Murtaz Zodelava, one of several individuals detained over alleged calls to overthrow the constitutional order in October, told a court hearing on Tuesday that restrictions on his contact with the outside world had been extended for a further two mont...
Irakli Kirtskhalia, leader of Georgia’s parliamentary majority and chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream faction, has accused the UK government and British media of spreading a “torrent of disinformation” about Georgia. Speaking in parliament on Tue...
Georgia’s parliament speaker, Shalva Papuashvili, has accused the British ambassador, Gareth Ward, of personally spreading disinformation, saying it was particularly concerning that this occurred during a meeting with students. Papuashvili was respo...
Georgia’s parliament speaker, Shalva Papuashvili, has said that if a protest does not involve a sufficient number of participants, it should not obstruct the movement of other pedestrians, and police will have the authority to direct people along alt...
Security expert Andro Gotsiridze has warned that “without an official invitation and access to materials, no one will be able to investigate anything” in relation to the recent protest crackdown in Georgia. He said a credible international inquiry w...
Zaza Bibilashvili, founder of the Chavchavadze Center, has drawn a parallel between the current controversy over alleged unlawful crowd-control measures and the 9 April 1989 crackdown in Tbilisi, saying the government was repeating tactics once used ...
Giorgi Botkoveli, a senior figure in the opposition United National Movement (UNM), has accused the Georgian government of using criminal charges to target political opponents and entrench what he described as an emerging dictatorship. Botkoveli sai...
Georgia’s 2026 state budget, amounting to ₾36.3 billion ($13.47bln), will be approved this week, the highest figure in the country’s history, the leader of parliamentary majority, Irakli Kirtskhalia announced on Monday. He added the budget growth wa...
