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. 13 January – Former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia is injured following an attack in Batumi. 21 January – The World Health Organization certifies Georgia as malaria-free after no cases are reported in the past three years.
February 9 – 16 February – 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 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.
March 1 March – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (second round): Acting president Badra Gunba is elected president with 55% of the vote. 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. 17 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to another 4.5 years' imprisonment for illegally entering the country in 2021.
April 16 April – Beka Jaiani is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender actor and model Kesaria Abramidze in 2024.
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. 30 May – Coalition for Change leader Nika Melia is detained on charges of verbally insulting a law enforcement officer.
June
24 June – Opposition politician Giorgi Vashadze is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment on charges of refusing to testify in an official investigation.
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. 25 July – NATO’s Agile Spirit military exercise, involving 2,000 troops from 10 countries, is held near Tbilisi.
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. 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.
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.
October 4 October – 2025 Georgian local elections: The ruling Georgian Dream party wins a majority of seats in municipal councils and mayoralties nationwide. An attempt is made by antigovernment protesters to storm the presidential palace in Tbilisi, resulting in at least five arrests including that of singer Paata Burchuladze. 14 October – The European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to pay Georgia more than 250 million euros ($289,000,000) for violations committed following the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. 17 October – The residence of former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and two other former officials are raided by police as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to overthrow the government. 22 October – Imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli is awarded the Sakharov Prize for her reporting. 25 October – Three Chinese nationals are arrested in Tbilisi for attempting to illegally buy of uranium.
November 11 November – A Turkish C-130 military cargo aircraft flying from Azerbaijan to Turkey crashes in Signagi Municipality, killing all 20 people on board. 29 November – Opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili is arrested on charges of attempting to carry out an arson attack on the Tbilisi City Court building.
Holidays
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).
April 22 April – Zurab Tsereteli, 91, sculptor
September 22 September – Stanislav Lakoba, 72, Abkhaz historian, secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia (2005–2009, 2011–2013)
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