President Mikheil Kavelashvili has described the restoration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church as an event of both practical and “profound symbolic importance”, saying it helped unite the nation. In a social media statement marking ...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said Georgia is marking the restoration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church under the shadow of national mourning for Ilia II. In a statement on Wednesday, Kobakhidze described the anniversary a...
Georgian First Lady Tamar Bagrationi on Tuesday stressed the shared global responsibility for children’s wellbeing and future while addressing a working session of a global summit organised at the US First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative, entitled Fo...
Detained Georgian opposition figure Aleko Elisashvili has called on both domestic and international actors not to include his name on any list of political prisoners, saying he wants to facilitate the release of others. In a letter released from pri...
The European Parliament has expressed full solidarity with the Georgian people and what it described as political prisoners, according to Rasa Juknevičienė. In a statement posted on social media on Tuesday, Juknevičienė said this position was reaffi...
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has condemned the one-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed to Elene Khoshtaria, leader of the Droa party, calling for her immediate release. In a statement, ALDE described the sentence as “w...
Georgia ranks ahead of two member states of both the EU and NATO in terms of perceived freedom from corruption, Levan Zhorzholiani, head of the government administration, said on Tuesday. Zhorzholiani attributed the result to what he described as t...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with outgoing Turkish Ambassador Ali Kaan Orbay, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Georgia. During the meeting, Ambassador Orbay expressed his condolences once again on the passing of His Holin...
Georgia is expected to achieve the highest average economic growth among regional and European countries over the next five years, according to the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said. Speaking at an international ...
Georgian conflict analyst Paata Zakareishvili has said the large crowds seen in recent days reflected a deep national sense of loss following the death of Ilia II. Speaking about the public response on Tuesday, Zakareishvili described the turnout a...
