“All my orders are effective and correct,” National Bank of Georgia President Natia Turnava said in response to a journalist’s question: “Do you regret acting in Otar Partskhaladze’s defence years ago?”
“I believe Sergei Shoigu’s statement should serve as very clear proof to everyone that the Georgian Dream regime is, in reality, serving Russia,” Grigol Gegelia, Foreign Secretary of Strong Georgia-Lelo, said in response to remarks concerning Georgia made by Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.
“I can confirm that Georgia has not been invited to next week's meeting on enlargement,” European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier said in response to a question raised by Euroscope during today's press briefing.
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development will assume responsibility for state oversight of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, replacing the Prime Minister.
“Just as the radicals and their agents have presented nothing so far, they will continue in the same manner. We have repeatedly heard their boastful and loud statements,” said Davit Matikashvili, Chair of the Parliamentary Procedural Issues and Rules Committee, speaking to journalists in response to a question about the potential banning of opposition parties.
“I had been waiting for a response from at least one of the so-called opposition parties, which are, in reality, agent-run parties. However, their so-called leaders have preferred to remain completely silent about this extremely important visit,” Georgian Dream MP Levan Machavariani wrote on social media, commenting on the Chinese Vice President's visit to Georgia.
“Georgian Dream” is trying to tailor the Election Code to its own interests and further refine electoral fraud mechanisms at the legislative level,” said Giga Parulava, Deputy Chair of the parliamentary faction of For Georgia, during an appearance on PalitraNews’ program Day’s Newsroom, commenting on the planned amendments to electoral legislation.
“A decline in certain interest rates has been observed. For example, interest rates on newly issued lari-denominated mortgage loans have fallen by approximately 3 percentage points over the past year and a half,” National Bank of Georgia President Natia Turnava said while presenting the draft of the Main Directions of Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policy for 2027-2029 at a meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee.
At this stage and in the coming years, the National Bank of Georgia has no plans for the widespread issuance and introduction of a digital lari. In particular, there are no plans for the broad introduction of a so-called retail digital lari, meaning a digital currency held directly by the public. National Bank of Georgia President Natia Turnava made this statement while presenting the draft of the main directions of monetary and foreign exchange policy for 2027-2029 at a meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee.
If the ongoing conflict in the Middle East subsides in the coming months and the inflationary pressures stemming from it gradually ease, inflation will average 5.4% this year and decline to an annual average of 3.5% in 2027, under the National Bank’s updated baseline scenario, all other things being equal. National Bank of Georgia President Natia Turnava made this statement while presenting the draft of the main directions of monetary and foreign exchange policy for 2027–2029 at a meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee.
“The decision to abolish the main opposition parties will cost the Georgian Dream far more than any move it has made so far. Through this process, the public is seeing the Georgian Dream’s weakness, not its strength,” Teimuraz Papaskiri, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, said while appearing on PalitraNews’ program Day’s Newsroom, commenting on the ongoing proceedings before the Constitutional Court.
The Parliament’s Economic Policy Committee has supported a legislative package that, among other changes, lifts the restriction requiring microbanks to issue loans exclusively in the national currency. The draft legislation also provides for an increase in the maximum total amount of loans and other liabilities issued to a single borrower or a group of related borrowers from GEL 1 million to GEL 2 million.
The Georgian Dream’s propaganda, with its so-called lawsuit based on the completely absurd findings of Tsulukiani’s Commission of Treason, was debunked in recent weeks and will be equally discredited in the weeks ahead, Irakli Pavlenishvili, Chairman of the Governing Council of the United National Movement (UNM), has stated.
A delegation from Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) visited Georgia at the invitation of the National Food Agency of Georgia, according to information released by Rosselkhoznadzor.
“For 14 years, we have been hearing the same things: ‘dictatorship,’ ‘Russia,’ and similar absurdities and nonsense. Our society is truly fed up with all this. Of course, it is exhausting to have such an agent-run opposition in politics,” Georgian Dream MP Levan Machavariani told journalists.
According to Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, in 2024, the Georgian authorities prevented a coup attempt initiated by the pro-Western Georgian opposition.
Archil Gorduladze twists the facts to suit his own purposes; this is his well-known tactic. He accuses us of violating the Constitution by participating in elections, while his own side has filed such an unconstitutional lawsuit. And yet, he is the one making accusations! If anyone is violating the Constitution today, it is, of course, first and foremost Georgian Dream itself, Giorgi Sharashidze, a member of parliament from the For Georgia party, told journalists.
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) says that the European Union’s 2026 Report once again confirms the alarming state of human rights in Georgia.
