2025 in Georgia (country)
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Events
January
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 16 April – Beka Jaiani is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender actor and model Kesaria Abramidze in 2024.[10]
May
- 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
- 24 June – Opposition politician Giorgi Vashadze is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment on charges of refusing to testify in an official investigation.[13]
July
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 25 October – Three Chinese nationals are arrested in Tbilisi for attempting to illegally buy 2 kg (4.4 lb) of uranium.[24]
November
- 11 November – A Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft flying from Azerbaijan to Turkey crashes in Signagi Municipality, killing all 20 people on board.[25]
- 29 November – Opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili is arrested on charges of attempting to carry out an arson attack on the Tbilisi City Court building.[26]
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