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Tbilisi's Whisky Festival 2025 invites whisky enthusiasts, industry professionals, and lovers of fine taste to explore the diverse and refined world of whisky. Over two vibrant days at Expo Georgia, visitors will experience:
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Economics
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.
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Politics
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U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran against charging oil tankers for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. “There are reports that Iran is charging tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz — they’d better not do that,” he wrote on Thursday evening, April 9, on his Truth Social network. “And if they are doing it, they should stop immediately!”
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The Orion spacecraft, which performed a flyby of the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, on the night of Saturday, April 11.
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World
Thirty-nine people were killed when two high-speed trains derailed in Spain. About 100 others were injured, some of them seriously. Spain’s Ministry of the Interior reported this on the night of Monday, January 19. The tragedy occurred on the evening of January 18 in the Spanish province of Córdoba.
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The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iran immediately amid widespread protests in the country and the possibility of strikes by Washington. The corresponding notice was published on January 13 on the website of the U.S. Virtual Embassy in Tehran.
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Other news
A young woman died at the “Samgori” metro station in Tbilisi.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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