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Georgian officials said they hope to increase power generation 2.5 times by 2036 through new investments, presenting a 10-year vision focused on “self-sufficiency,” expanded renewable generation, a greater role in energy transit, and an upgraded transmission g
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the State Grant Management Agency, created last year as part of the civil society crackdown, is “phasing out” and will close by the end of the year, in media remarks where he also described NGOs as an “artif
Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Tarashvili sentenced former head of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG), Grigol Liluashvili, to 13 years in prison after finding him guilty in four episodes related to alleged bribery. Liluashvili, who headed the SSSG fro
A U.S. federal court has ruled in favor of Turkish company ENKA Renewables in its bid to enforce a 2024 international arbitration award of approximately USD 350 million plus interest against Georgia over the termination of a contract to build the Namakhvani Hy
The disputed Parliament led by Georgian Dream on September 16 approved the merger of the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure, with 83 MPs voting in favor and one against. Current Infrastructure Minister Revaz Sokhadze is expecte
Georgian Dream MPs blamed “inertia” and “technical error” after several MPs from the parliamentary majority voted during a September 15 parliamentary hearing in favor of an opposition-tabled legislative proposal seeking to scrap protest-related changes adopted
Georgian officials and business representatives unveiled the Trump Tower project in Tbilisi during a launch ceremony on September 15. The event was attended by Georgian Dream leaders, executives from The Trump Organization and its Georgian partners, while Eric
The disputed Parliament on September 15 elected Davit Mamiseishvili as a judge of Georgia’s Supreme Court, with 85 MPs voting in favor and 12 against. Mamiseishvili will serve a lifetime term, with his appointment taking effect on April 30, 2027, according to
The ruling Georgian Dream party plans to raise the annual income threshold for individual property tax from GEL 40,000 (USD 15,386) to GEL 100,000 (USD 38,466) per household, following longtime concerns that the threshold was outdated and added to existing fin
Money transfers to Georgia from abroad totaled USD 295.17 million in August 2026, up 8.2% year-on-year, according to the latest data published by the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) on September 15. The European Union and the United States remained the largest
Author: Gvantsa Lomaia. *All photographs by the author I only go to a small neighborhood grocery store – a “minimarket” – near my apartment block for two reasons: to buy cheap sausages for Rizha, the ginger stray dog we all have joint custody of, and whenever
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has appointed ruling party MP and former Tbilisi Deputy Mayor Maia Bitadze as Minister of Culture, replacing Tinatin Rukhadze, who resigned in July. Bitadze, who has served as a member of Parliament since 2020 an
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The ruling Georgian Dream party announced it would include the For Georgia party, led by exiled former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, in a constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban opposition parties, in what critics see as a tactic to further extend the deadline
Georgia’s transport and logistics sector recorded “decade-high” figures in January-August 2026, with “improved historic maximums” in maritime ports and terminals, as well as in rail freight and civil aviation, the Economy Ministry reported on September 14. Acc
New heads of the Finance Ministry’s Revenue Service and Investigation Service were announced on Monday following weekend reports of the resignation of previous heads. Levan Kharabadze has stepped down as head of the Finance Ministry’s Investigation Service, a
Former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze got his 10-year prison sentence reduced to three years as part of the second plea agreement in two criminal cases linked to an alleged corrupt deal involving the purchase of medical equipment while he was h
Hours after Geka Geladze announced his resignation as State Security Service (SSSG) chief just five months into the post, Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze nominated Geladze’s deputy, Tamaz Borashvili, to replace him, with Geladze set to become D
Georgia’s State Security Service Chief Geka Geladze announced his resignation on September 14, marking the fourth time the agency’s head has left the post in less than two years. It has yet to be announced who will replace him. Geladze, a former Interior Minis
The detention of Maia Kokhtashvili, a neurologist in the Akhmeta municipality of Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region, over alleged violations in prescribing psychotropic drugs has drawn questions and discontent, as the local community and medical circles have exp
Giorgi Baramidze, a member of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) and former Interior and Defense Minister, was detained at his apartment in Tbilisi on September 11 on “high treason” charges over remarks about Georgians not taking prisoners during th
Georgia’s 15-year-old students improved their results in mathematics, reading and science compared to 2022 in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), although their scores remain significantly below the Organisation for Economic Co-op