TBILISI, May 14 – Three people were killed in a road accident in Gardabani, southeast of Tbilisi, Interpressnews reported Thursday. According to Ambebi.ge, cited by Interpressnews, a BMW traveling at high speed crashed into a tree. Early reports said the victims were not residents of Gardabani. Gardabani is a municipality in eastern Georgia, close to … Read more
TBILISI, May 13 – Georgia’s foreign trade turnover reached USD 8.13 billion in the first four months of 2026, up 1.7% from the same period last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Office. The figure covers trade in goods from January through April and does not include undeclared trade. Exports showed the … Read more
TBILISI, May 12 – Georgia’s new Orthodox patriarch, Shio III, was enthroned Tuesday at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, opening a new chapter for one of the country’s most powerful institutions. The festive service began at 10:00. During the liturgy, the new patriarch received the symbols of church authority: the patriarchal mitre, head covering, cross-panagia and … Read more
TBILISI, May 11 – Georgia’s Orthodox Church has elected Metropolitan Shio Mujiri as its new leader, making him the country’s 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch after the death of longtime church head Ilia II. The vote was held Monday at an expanded church council at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi. Shio, who had served as locum tenens of the … Read more
TBILISI, May 10 – About 1,200 delegates are expected to attend an expanded church meeting on Monday to elect the next patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The meeting will be held at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze, head of the Patriarchate’s public relations service, said entry into the cathedral will … Read more
TBILISI, May 10 – Georgian journalist Gela Mtivlishvili says he was attacked shortly after appearing on air, leaving him with injuries to his face. Mtivlishvili wrote on Facebook that the attack happened immediately after he left a broadcast. He accused a person he described as a hydropower lobbyist and a Georgian Dream-linked “street thug element” … Read more
TBILISI, May 9 – Georgian courts have ordered five law enforcement officers held in custody over violence during the 2024 protests, including attacks on Formula TV journalist Guram Rogava, protester Zviad Maisashvili and opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili. The cases mark one of the most concrete legal moves so far over police violence during the protest … Read more
TBILISI, May 8 – A new row has broken out in Georgia over how to mark May 9, a date that carries two very different meanings: Europe Day for the European Union and Victory Day over Nazi Germany for many post-Soviet countries. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has written to EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, accusing him … Read more
TBILISI, May 7 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met U.S. State Department official Sonata Coulter in Tbilisi on Thursday, as both sides looked for a way to repair relations after years of tension. Coulter is a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. State Department. Her visit is being watched closely in Georgia, where the … Read more
TBILISI, May 6 – Georgian journalist Guram Rogava has been called for questioning after Formula TV aired an investigation claiming to have identified the person who allegedly attacked him while he was working. Rogava, a journalist with opposition-leaning Formula TV, is not currently in Georgia, so the questioning will take place online, Rezonansi reported, citing … Read more