2025 in Georgia (country)

Events in the year 2025 in Georgia.

Incumbents

• President – Mikheil Kavelashvili
• Prime Minister – Irakli Kobakhidze
• Chairperson of the Parliament – Shalva Papuashvili

Events

January

• 5 January – Five children are killed in a fire in Gali District, Abkhazia.
• 13 January – Former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia is injured following an attack in Batumi.
• 21 January – The World Health Organization certifies Georgia as malaria-free after no cases are reported in the past three years.

February

• 9 – 16 February – 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
• 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.

March

• 1 March – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (second round): Acting president Badra Gunba is elected president with 55% of the vote.
• 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.
• 17 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to another 4.5 years' imprisonment for illegally entering the country in 2021.

April

• 16 April – Beka Jaiani is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender actor and model Kesaria Abramidze in 2024.

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.
• 30 May – Coalition for Change leader Nika Melia is detained on charges of verbally insulting a law enforcement officer.

June

• 24 June – Opposition politician Giorgi Vashadze is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment on charges of refusing to testify in an official investigation.

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.
• 25 July – NATO’s Agile Spirit military exercise, involving 2,000 troops from 10 countries, is held near Tbilisi.

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.
• 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.

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.

October

• 4 October –
• 2025 Georgian local elections: The ruling Georgian Dream party wins a majority of seats in municipal councils and mayoralties nationwide.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 October – Imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli is awarded the Sakharov Prize for her reporting.
• 25 October – Three Chinese nationals are arrested in Tbilisi for attempting to illegally buy of uranium.

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.
• 29 November – Opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili is arrested on charges of attempting to carry out an arson attack on the Tbilisi City Court building.

Holidays

• 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

January

• 3 January – Niko Lekishvili, 77, politician, state minister (1995–1998), mayor of Tbilisi (1993–1995).

April

• 22 April – Zurab Tsereteli, 91, sculptor

September

• 22 September – Stanislav Lakoba, 72, Abkhaz historian, secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia (2005–2009, 2011–2013)

References