TBILISI, October 1 – Bidzina Ivanishvili, honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, marked the anniversary of the party’s 2012 election victory with a lengthy statement on October 1, describing it as a defining moment in the country’s modern history. Ivanishvili said October 1, 2012, when Georgian Dream defeated then-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National … Read more
TBILISI, September 30 – Georgia’s central bank president Natia Turnava has stepped into the global spotlight at Swift’s flagship Sibos conference, in a push to integrate more deeply with Western-led financial networks, seeming to counter criticism abroad that describes Georgia’s ruling party as drifting closer to Moscow. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Swift has … Read more
TBILISI, September 30 – Tbilisi became the stage for a global debate on how to measure and fight inequality when top UN-backed experts on gender statistics gathered in Georgia’s capital this week. The 19th session of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS), coordinated by the United Nations Statistics Division, drew specialists from … Read more
TBILISI, September 30 – Two villages in western Georgia’s Kharagauli municipality have been abandoned after a massive landslide worsened, swallowing farmland and edging toward rivers and roads. Residents of Khvemaghali and Ghverki have already left their homes as cracks widened across hillsides in recent weeks. Locals say the disaster struck quickly. Some point to tectonic … Read more
TBILISI, September 30 – Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has launched criminal proceedings against the parents of Giorgi Bachiashvili, a man already convicted in a high-profile cryptocurrency fraud case. Prosecutors say that between 2015 and 2017, Bachiashvili misappropriated nearly 9 bitcoins (8,986.8675 BTC) that legally belonged to billionaire and ruling party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili; an amount corresponding … Read more
TBILISI, September 29 – A court in Tbilisi has ruled that former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and a former top security official must repay nearly 9 million lari (about USD 3.3 million) to the state budget over the alleged misuse of public funds. The decision, issued by Judge Aleksandre Gzirishvili of Tbilisi City Court, sided … Read more
TBILISI, September 27 – Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili attended a formal dinner in New York hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The event was held in honor of the heads of delegations participating in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Kavelashvili shared a photo with the U.S. … Read more
TBILISI, September 27 – Torrential rains have triggered flooding in several villages of Georgia’s Lagodekhi municipality, leaving homes, farmland, and roads under water. The worst-hit areas are Verkhvisminda and Kabali, where the strong downpours caused the Areshi and Kabali rivers to overflow. First floors of houses, courtyards, and agricultural plots have been inundated, disrupting daily … Read more
TBILISI, September 26 – Georgia’s foreign minister Maka Botchorishvili used this week’s UN General Assembly in New York to launch a whirlwind of meetings that seemed to cover the so-called multipolar world. The outreach came as Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili told the Assembly that the UN must guide the world’s transition to a “peaceful, stable … Read more
TBILISI, September 25 – Georgia’s president used the UN General Assembly’s 80th session to call for dialogue and cooperation at what he described as a turning point in modern history. Mikheil Kavelashvili told delegates that the world is living through a transitional era, with the shape of the future international order still unclear. He said … Read more