The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a US military base in Alaska but ended with a thud Friday after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war. 

It has been 33 years since the outbreak of hostilities in Abkhazia.

President of Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili, together with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, Minister of Defense Irakli Chikovani, members of the government, and the Commander of the Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Giorgi Matiashvili, honored the memory of Georgian servicemen heroically killed on August 11, 2008, near the village of Shindisi, and laid a wreath at the memorial.

Representatives of the United National Movement — Iakobashvili, Lomaia, and others — said that they had conducted military operations against separatists and thanked Russia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

Representatives of the United National Movement — Iakobashvili, Lomaia, and others — said that they had conducted military operations against separatists and thanked Russia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

“Labeling opponents as pro-Russian in various countries is a well-practiced tactic of the so-called ‘deep state’. For this purpose, it uses its most effective tool — the media, which in Europe is almost entirely under the total control and censorship of the ‘deep state’,” wrote Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on social media.

Within the framework of the Dubrovnik Forum, a meeting took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maka Bochorishvili, and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Kairat Abdrakhmanov.

Giorgi Gakharia, leader of the Gakharia for Georgia party is attending the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Congress in Germany.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has released a statement regarding the 64th round of the Geneva International Discussions.

Work on the new stadium project is ongoing, and we expect construction to begin in September, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during his annual address to parliament.

Opposition politician Nika Melia, co-founder of the "Akhali" party and one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change," has been sentenced to seven months in prison for failing to appear before a parliamentary investigative commission probing the actions of the previous government.

The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, commented on today’s debates in the European Parliament regarding the case of Mzia Amazgolbeli and media freedom, as well as on the draft of an alternative resolution.

“In my opinion, Kakha Kaladze’s candidacy for the position of Tbilisi Mayor is unequivocally unchallengeable — this is the stance I have repeatedly expressed,” Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told the media.

U.S. President Donald Trump believes that the Ukrainian authorities, by carrying out Operation “Web,” gave Russia a pretext to strike Ukrainian territory on the night of June 6. The politician made this statement in an interview with journalists aboard Air Force One.

“Georgia has endured four wars in the past 35 years, so we deeply understand the value of peace. We are doing everything possible to strengthen and maintain peace in our country—and we are doing it quite successfully,” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during his address at the Tbilisi Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.

“When we applied for candidate status and signed the Association Agreement, we ordered European standards and European justice, but what did we get? We got European hatred, European violence, and European propaganda because they identify themselves with hatred, violence, and propaganda,” Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili declared on the GPB First Channel program Topic of the Day.

“Bidzina Ivanishvili has refused to meet with Ambassador Robin Dunnigan to hear a message from the Trump Administration,” the U.S. Embassy in Georgia issued a statement.

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that Gela Geladze will assume the role of Minister of Internal Affairs, succeeding Vakhtang Gomelauri.

Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Vakhtang Gomelauri, has resigned. He announced this in a public address, in which he thanked the country’s leadership, his colleagues, and the staff of the Interior Ministry for their joint work.

United States President Donald Trump congratulates Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili on Independence Day. In his congratulatory letter, the White House leader focuses on strengthening relations with the Georgian government.

Zurab Abashidze has been elected chairman of the Tbilisi City Assembly. The vote took place on May 23 during a session of the Sakrebulo. Abashidze’s candidacy was supported by 26 members of the assembly.

Euronews has published a report on the participation of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in the 6th summit of the European Political Community. The article notes that Kobakhidze’s appearance at the summit, held on May 16 in the Albanian capital Tirana, marks an important shift in Georgia’s relations with the European Union and potentially signals a thaw in previously tense ties between the EU and Georgia.

On May 18, the President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, will attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Pope, Leo XIV, in the Vatican, according to the Georgian President's Administration.

On May 5, 2025, the House of Representatives adopted the so-called MEGOBARI Act, onesuffused in essence with extreme animosity toward the Georgian state, the Georgian people,and their elected authorities, including the Parliament of Georgia.

A few weeks ago, I addressed you in a letter concerning US-Georgia relations. That letter was preceded by my public statements, in which I openly expressed Georgia’s readiness to renew our strategic partnership with the United States from a clean slate, guided by a specific roadmap.