2025 in Georgia (country)
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Events in the year 2025 in Georgia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Mikheil Kavelashvili
- Prime Minister – Irakli Kobakhidze
- Chairperson of the Parliament – Shalva Papuashvili
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 5 January – Five children are killed in a fire in Gali District, Abkhazia.[1]
- 13 January – Former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia is injured following an attack in Batumi.[2]
- 21 January – The World Health Organization certifies Georgia as malaria-free after no cases are reported in the past three years.[3]
February
[edit]- 9 – 16 February – 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival[4]
- 15 February – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (first round): No candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round, with incumbent acting president Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba advancing to a runoff.[5]
March
[edit]- 1 March – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (second round): Acting president Badra Gunba is elected president with 55% of the vote.[6]
- 12 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for embezzling nine million laris ($3.2 million) in public funds from 2009 to 2012.[7][8]
- 17 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to another 4.5 years' imprisonment for illegally entering the country in 2021.[9]
April
[edit]- 16 April – Beka Jaiani is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender actor and model Kesaria Abramidze in 2024.[10]
May
[edit]- 22 May – Coalition for Change leader Zurab Japaridze is placed in pre-trial detention on charges of failing to appear before a parliamentary inquiry.[11]
- 30 May – Coalition for Change leader Nika Melia is detained on charges of verbally insulting a law enforcement officer.[12]
June
[edit]- 24 June – Opposition politician Giorgi Vashadze is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment on charges of refusing to testify in an official investigation.[13]
July
[edit]- 1 July – Opposition politician and Ahali party leader Nika Gvaramia is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and a two-year ban on holding public office on charges of refusing to testify in an official investigation.[14]
- 25 July – NATO’s Agile Spirit military exercise, involving 2,000 troops from 10 countries, is held near Tbilisi.[15]
August
[edit]- 6 August – A court in Batumi convicts journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli for slapping a police officer during the 2024–2025 Georgian protests in January and sentences her to two years' imprisonment.[16]
- 27 August – The Tbilisi City Court grants the Prosecutor’s Office's request to freeze the accounts of seven major NGOs, citing alleged activities against Georgia’s constitutional order and national security.[17]
September
[edit]- 15 September – Israeli fraudster Simon Leviev, subject of the 2022 Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, is arrested at Batumi Airport at the request of Interpol.[18]
October
[edit]- 4 October –
- 2025 Georgian local elections: The ruling Georgian Dream party wins a majority of seats in municipal councils and mayoralties nationwide.[19]
- An attempt is made by antigovernment protesters to storm the presidential palace in Tbilisi, resulting in at least five arrests including that of singer Paata Burchuladze.[20]
- 14 October – The European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to pay Georgia more than 250 million euros ($289,000,000) for violations committed following the Russo-Georgian War in 2008.[21]
- 17 October – The residence of former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and two other former officials are raided by police as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to overthrow the government.[22]
- 22 October – Imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli is awarded the Sakharov Prize for her reporting.[23]
Holidays
[edit]- 1–2 January – New Year's Day
- 7 January – Orthodox Christmas
- 19 January – Orthodox Epiphany
- 3 March – Mother's Day
- 8 March – International Women's Day
- 9 April – Independence Restoration Day
- 3 May – Orthodox Good Friday
- 4 May – Orthodox Easter Saturday
- 5 May – Orthodox Easter Sunday
- 6 May – Orthodox Easter Monday
- 9 May – Victory Day
- 12 May – Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
- 26 May – Independence Day
- 28 August – Saint Mary's Day
- 14 October – Svetitskhoveli
- 23 November – Saint George's Day
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 3 January – Niko Lekishvili, 77, politician, state minister (1995–1998), mayor of Tbilisi (1993–1995).[26]
April
[edit]- 22 April – Zurab Tsereteli, 91, sculptor[27]
September
[edit]- 22 September – Stanislav Lakoba, 72, Abkhaz historian, secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia (2005–2009, 2011–2013)[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "9 January declared national day of mourning for Saberio tragedy". 1TV. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Georgia's opposition demands probe into attack on leader Giorgi Gakharia". TVP World. 15 January 2025.
- ^ "World Health Organisation certifies Georgia as malaria-free country". agenda.ge. 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Borjomi and Bakuriani to Host European Youth Olympic Festival 2025". agenda.ge. 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Kremlin-Favored Candidate Faces Runoff in Georgia's Abkhazia". RFE/RL. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Breakaway Abkhazia's acting leader wins presidential election, state media says". Reuters. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Georgian court hands former president Saakashvili new prison term". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Saakashvili, ex-president of Georgia, gets 4 1/2 years more in jail, Interpress reports". Reuters. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia". AP News. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Georgia jails opposition leader amid crackdown on dissent". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ "Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests". AP News. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ "Georgia jails top opposition figures as authorities ramp up crackdown". AP News. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia jailed in Georgia amid deepening crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Georgia hosts NATO military drills despite cooling ties with the West". Euronews. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ "Georgian journalist is convicted of slapping a police chief at a protest and gets 2 years in prison". AP News. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Georgian Dream strikes at civil society, freezing NGO bank accounts". Eurasianet. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "'Tinder Swindler' con artist Simon Leviev arrested in Georgia". BBC News. 2025-09-16. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "Georgia Ruling Party Wins Local Polls as Mass Protests Flare". The Moscow Times. 2025-10-05. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "Georgia's prime minister says protesters want to topple his government and vows a further crackdown". AP News. 2025-10-06. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "European Rights Court Orders Russia to Pay Georgia Nearly $300M Over Violations After 2008 War". The Moscow Times. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Georgian police raid homes of former officials including ex-prime minister". Al Jazeera. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "Jailed journalists win Sakharov Prize for speaking against injustice, European Parliament says". AP News. 2025-10-23. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ "Georgia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Holidays and Observances in Georgia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "ნიკო ლეკიშვილი გარდაიცვალა" (in Georgian). 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Russian-Georgian Sculptor Tsereteli, Known for Monumental Projects, Dies at 91". US News & World Report. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Stanislav Lakoba, Leading Abkhaz Historian, Dies at 73". Abkhaz World. September 20, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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