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.

At the European Judo Championships taking place in Tbilisi, Luka Maisuradze has won the gold medal.

Georgian athlete Eter Liparteliani became the winner of the European Judo Championships, which are being held in Tbilisi.

Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Bochorishvili, spoke on the “Rustavi 2” broadcast about the need to renew strategic relations with the United States.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. Following trading on April 16, the US dollar decreased in value to 2.6946 lari. The rate in effect today was 2.6954 lari.

Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Bochorishvili, spoke on the “Rustavi 2” broadcast about the need to renew strategic relations with the United States.

The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, has left for a visit to the Republic of Turkey, to the city of Istanbul.

The leader of the Tisa party, which won the parliamentary elections in Hungary, and future Prime Minister Peter Magyar commented on the state of Hungarian-Georgian relations.

In Jerusalem, the Holy Fire descended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Believers once again witnessed the greatest miracle of the Christian world.