Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent a letter of condolence to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. In his message, Erdoğan said he was saddened to learn of the Patr...
The US Embassy in Georgia has extended its deepest condolences following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. In a statement on Wednesday, the Embassy highlighted the Patriarch’s lifelong dedication to Georgia’s spiritual and cu...
State flags have been lowered on government buildings across Georgia following the death of Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. The Government Administration building, the Presidential Palace, as well as administrative buildings in the Aut...
President Mikheil Kavelashvili held a farewell meeting with Turkey’s Ambassador to Georgia, Ali Kaan Orbay, at the presidential palace. During the meeting, Kavelashvili thanked the diplomat for his successful tenure and his role in strengthening Geor...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said the state will do everything possible to ensure continued care for Patriarch Ilia II, who is undergoing treatment at the Caucasus Medical Centre. Kobakhidze on Tuesday visited the clinic to receive updates f...
Elene Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, has said she ‘strongly opposes” any negotiations over her imprisonment, according to a letter sent from detention. In the statement on Tuesday, Khoshtaria described herself as a polit...
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has said the global order shaped by the Cold War and post-Cold War era had come to an end, describing the emergence of a new order as a painful but inevitable process. Speaking during the annual report ...
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has said that responsibility for the current tensions between Georgia and the European Union “lies with European leaders,” accusing them of turning the relationship into a tool of their political agenda....
Shalva Papuashvili, delivering the annual report of the eleventh convocation of the Parliament of Georgia, on Tuesday stressed that Georgia’s European identity was rooted in history, culture, and values, not in membership of the EU or external approv...
Kakha Kaladze, the mayor of Tbilisi, has criticised the recent visit to Georgia by the author of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism report, claiming the two-day visit was a formality and that the conclusions were predetermined. Speaking to journalists on T...
