2025 in Georgia (country)

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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. ^[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]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Georgia

Source: ^{[19] [20]}

• 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). ^[21]

April

• 22 April – Zurab Tsereteli, 91, sculptor ^[22]

September

• 22 September – Stanislav Lakoba, 72, Abkhaz historian, secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia (2005–2009, 2011–2013) ^[23]

References

1. "9 January declared national day of mourning for Saberio tragedy". 1TV. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
2. "Georgia's opposition demands probe into attack on leader Giorgi Gakharia". TVP World. 15 January 2025.
3. "World Health Organisation certifies Georgia as malaria-free country". agenda.ge. 21 January 2025.
4. "Borjomi and Bakuriani to Host European Youth Olympic Festival 2025". agenda.ge. 27 November 2020.
5. "Kremlin-Favored Candidate Faces Runoff in Georgia's Abkhazia". RFE/RL. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
6. "Breakaway Abkhazia's acting leader wins presidential election, state media says". Reuters. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
7. "Georgian court hands former president Saakashvili new prison term". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
8. "Saakashvili, ex-president of Georgia, gets 4 1/2 years more in jail, Interpress reports". Reuters. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
9. "Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
10. "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.
11. "Georgia jails opposition leader amid crackdown on dissent". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
12. "Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests". AP News. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
13. "Georgia jails top opposition figures as authorities ramp up crackdown". AP News. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
14. "Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia jailed in Georgia amid deepening crackdown". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
15. "Georgia hosts NATO military drills despite cooling ties with the West". Euronews. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
16. "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.
17. "Georgian Dream strikes at civil society, freezing NGO bank accounts". Eurasianet. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
18. "'Tinder Swindler' con artist Simon Leviev arrested in Georgia". BBC News. 2025-09-16. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
19. "Georgia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
20. "Holidays and Observances in Georgia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
21. "ნიკო ლეკიშვილი გარდაიცვალა" (in Georgian). 3 January 2025.
22. "Russian-Georgian Sculptor Tsereteli, Known for Monumental Projects, Dies at 91". US News & World Report. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
23. "Stanislav Lakoba, Leading Abkhaz Historian, Dies at 73". Abkhaz World. September 20, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.