The physician of U.S. President Donald Trump has assessed his health as "excellent." The corresponding report by Dr. Sean Barbabella was published by the White House.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. Following trading on May 29, the US dollar depreciated to 2.6693 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.6708 lari.

The Georgian Education Minister, Givi Mikanadze, presented the government’s ongoing general education reform while speaking in Parliament during an interpellation session.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the Georgian people on Independence Day and stated that Ukraine is ready to develop mutually beneficial relations with Georgia. The Ukrainian president wrote about this on the social network X.

According to the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili, the signals that have recently been coming from the Ukrainian authorities give hope that a reassessment of policy toward Georgia and the Georgian people is taking place.

“Congratulations on the commemoration of the Venerable Father David of Gareji. I always feel profound gratitude when I visit his holy grave and pray here. We pray for Georgia, for our Church, for this sacred monastery, and the revival and strengthening of monasticism throughout Georgia,” His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, Shio III, made these remarks during a sermon at the David Gareji Monastery on the Feast Day of the Venerable Father David of Gareji.

Georgia’s Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated annually on May 26.

“On May 26, Georgia’s Independence Day, certain events are being held, therefore difficulties arose with bringing the opposition’s equipment to the site, and that is why the organizers of the gathering received an appropriate response,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said while answering a journalist’s question about the opposition rally planned for May 26.

Employees of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in close coordination with the relevant divisions of the ministry, deported 62 foreign citizens from Georgia as a result of operations carried out in recent days. This was reported by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A young woman died at the “Samgori” metro station in Tbilisi.

According to the country’s Ministry of Health, 80 people have died from Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The epidemic has spread to the country’s northeastern region. The information is reported by Deutsche Welle.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze addressed an open letter to the heads of European institutions — President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council António Costa, and President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

On May 15 of this year, within the framework of the 135th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers taking place in Chișinău, Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha.

In Moldova, media freedom has long been trampled underfoot, and the country has been left with only two television channels — “Public Broadcaster-1” and “Public Broadcaster-2.” This was stated to journalists by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

The Georgian footballer and midfielder of AS Saint-Étienne, Zuriko Davitashvili, has been named the best player of the 2025–2026 season in France’s Ligue 2.

On May 12, 2026, a new chapter in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church began at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. The country now has a new Patriarch, following the end of an era that lasted almost half a century.

Officers of the Old Tbilisi Main Division of the Tbilisi Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs detained four individuals on charges of illegal acquisition and possession of narcotic substances in especially large quantities, as well as facilitating their distribution. The information was released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On 27 April 2026, the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, Pavel Herczynski, was summoned to a meeting with Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Bochorishvili, regarding an event on Georgia organized in Brussels and the statements made during it, according to a statement from the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Today marks the 40th day since the passing of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II.

In so-called South Ossetia, restrictions on access to popular services such as YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Telegram have been fully lifted. This was reported by the “Res” news agency.

Dinamo Tbilisi has introduced a new head coach — a former well-known footballer who worked in Cyprus for many years.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. Based on trading results from April 23, the US dollar decreased and is now 2.6936 GEL. The rate in effect today was 2.6938 GEL.

“When the ambassador of the European Union threatens the Georgian people with civil war and impoverishment, it is simply unimaginable,” Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

“How many times do they have to impose sanctions? Once, twice, three times. We have already understood all this, but this is about the interests of the country,” said the Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze in a conversation with journalists.

“A position of State Minister for the coordination of law enforcement agencies will be added to the structure of the Government of Georgia, which will be held by Mamuka Mdinaradze,” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at a briefing.