TBILISI, September 10 – Georgia says it will enforce newly expanded U.S. sanctions that affect airlines currently operating flights between Georgia and Iran. The announcement came Thursday after the United States expanded sanctions against Iran’s aviation sector, including measures targeting companies that continue to support Mahan Air and 27 other Iranian airlines. U.S. Treasury Secretary … Read more
TBILISI, August 23 – A Georgian studies program at Harvard University has been suspended after funding from the Georgian government stopped. The program at Harvard’s Davis Center began academic and research work in January 2022. It was created under the leadership of American scholar Stephen Jones with USD 2.3 million in funding from Georgia’s Education … Read more
TBILISI, August 22 – The White House has named Georgia among dozens of nations it says China uses as third-country routes to avoid US tariffs. A White House report published on August 13, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam“, says Chinese-made goods are increasingly sent first to third countries before being exported to the United States. … Read more
TBILISI, August 5 – Georgia says it is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Nauru after the Pacific island state ended its ties with the Russian-backed authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Wednesday that Nauru’s government made the decision on July 21. He described it as a victory for … Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – Georgia says it is ready to continue political dialogue with the United States and wants to rebuild the countries’ strategic partnership “from a clean sheet,” Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said. Her comments followed criticism from the US Embassy over Georgia’s creation of a unit to combat hate speech. According to Rezonansi, … Read more
TBILISI, July 3, 2026. Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili attended the funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Friday, a visit that quickly turned into another flashpoint in Georgia’s tense foreign policy debate. Kavelashvili wrote on social media that he attended the ceremony together with leaders from the region and other countries. During the … Read more
TBILISI, July 2 – Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was welcomed Thursday at the Georgian presidential palace in Tbilisi at the start of an official visit. The welcoming ceremony was held at the Palace of the President of Georgia, where Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili received the Uzbek leader. During the visit, Mirziyoyev is scheduled to meet … Read more
TBILISI, June 21 – A Georgian political movement has accused Moscow of showing “colonial ambitions” after Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized its protest against a Russian language event in central Tbilisi. Members of the movement Georgian Republic gathered at Pushkin Square in Tbilisi on Saturday and responded to Zakharova’s comments about the marking … Read more
TBILISI, June 9 – The US House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring the Trump administration to assess Russian and Chinese intelligence activity in Georgia. The bill, H.R. 7668, is called the Countering China’s Control of the Caucasus Act, according to Interpressnews and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. It was introduced in Congress on February … Read more
TBILISI, June 9 — A 43-year-old Georgian immigrant has died while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a detention facility in Louisiana, Anadolu reported Tuesday. The man was identified as Mamuka Artmeladze. According to ICE, he died on June 4 at the Winn Correctional Center. ICE told lawmakers that Artmeladze was … Read more