German Ambassador Peter Fischer has expressed condolences to the people of Georgia following the death of Ilia II. “My sincere condolences to the people of Georgia on the passing of His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Geo...
Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, on Tuesday said Georgia had gained a “heavenly protector” following the death of Ilia II. Speaking to journalists outside the Caucasus Medical Centre, Metropolitan Shio ...
Ilia II, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the longest-serving religious leaders in the Orthodox Christian world, has died at the age of 93 following a period of critical illness. He had been receiving intensive treatment at the Ca...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States no longer needs assistance from NATO countries after most allies reportedly refused to participate in a military operation against Iran. Trump said the majority of NATO allies informed Wash...
Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat for foreign affairs and security, on Tuesday warned the bloc cannot return to normal relations with Russia in its current form, as doing so could only fuel the aggressor’s appetite. Kallas made the rema...
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...
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the State Security Service of Georgia have detained 72 people in Adjara, western Georgia, during overnight operations targeting alleged links to organised crime. At a briefing on Tuesday, Interior Mini...
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 ...
