TBILISI, May 5 – Nearly 245,000 socially vulnerable people in Georgia benefited from a state-backed public employment scheme in 2025, according to a new government report. The figure appears in the 2025 report on employment policy planning and implementation, cited by BPN. The program covered 54,842 families and 244,895 people last year. If at least … Read more
TBILISI, May 2 – A Georgian parliamentary commission set up to study high prices has concluded that the main problem is not excessive profits, but a long and inefficient supply chain. Georgia’s cost of living debate began with a Christmas Eve video message by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, and eventually led to a parliamentary commission … Read more
TBILISI, May 2 – Couriers and taxi drivers protested in several parts of Tbilisi on Friday, drawing attention to low fares, commissions, fines and rising costs. The protesters said they are unhappy with current working conditions and the rates they receive for rides and deliveries. One courier told Interpressnews that delivery workers can no longer … Read more
TBILISI, April 29 – Georgia’s Orthodox Church has narrowed the race for its next patriarch to three candidates, opening the final stage in the selection of a successor to Ilia II. The Holy Synod met on Tuesday, April 28, at the Patriarchate residence in Tbilisi and selected three candidates for the expanded church meeting that … Read more
TBILISI, April 25 – Georgia’s Orthodox Church marked 40 days since the death of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II on Saturday, with a service at Sioni Cathedral in central Tbilisi attended by senior clergy and government officials. The liturgy began at 10am and was led by Metropolitan Shio Mujiri, the locum tenens of the patriarchal throne, together … Read more
TBILISI, April 17 – Georgia plans to build three new municipal animal shelters as part of a reform aimed at tackling dog overpopulation through what officials describe as more humane and effective methods. The announcement came Friday from the National Food Agency, which said the new shelters will be built under the state’s 2026 dog … Read more
TBILISI, April 15 – Georgia’s opposition has asked the country’s president to pardon four jailed miners from the western town of Chiatura. The appeal came from the opposition party For Georgia, led by exiled former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, MP Shalva Kereselidze said the party would send a formal petition … Read more
TBILISI, March 28 – After the burial of Patriarch Ilia II last Sunday, debate in Georgia has shifted from national mourning to the question of who will eventually lead the country’s powerful Orthodox Church. The core official message so far is that the decision belongs to the Holy Synod, while church officials have also tried … Read more
TBILISI, March 23 – Georgia on Sunday buried Patriarch Ilia II, following a week of mourning for the country’s long-time spiritual leader. Ilia II died late on March 17 at the age of 93. The Holy Synod later decided that he would be buried on Sunday, March 22, at Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, in line … Read more
TBILISI, March 19 – Georgia’s mourning for Patriarch Ilia II moved into a public phase on Wednesday and Thursday, as the late church leader was transferred to Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi (pictured) and the cathedral was opened around the clock for mourners. Ilia II, who led the Georgian Orthodox Church for nearly half a … Read more