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Concertul trupei Morandi susținut vineri, 7 august, la Suhumi, în regiunea separatistă Abhazia din Georgia, a fost criticat de Ministerul român al Afacerilor Externe.

The Georgian government has extended a financial assistance program through October 1, 2026, for Ukrainian citizens and individuals eligible for permanent residence in Ukraine who have arrived in Georgia due to the war.

The Bitcoin miner’s Georgia agreement with an undisclosed investment-grade technology company expands its footprint in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. Shares of CleanSpark surged as much as 22% on Tuesday after the Bitcoin miner announced a 20-year data center lease in Georgia, reflecting its ongoing expansion into digital infrastructure beyond cryptocurrency mining. CleanSpark said it signed a 20-year triple-net lease with an undisclosed investment-grade global technology company for a 175-megawatt data center at its Sandersville, Georgia, campus. The company estimates the deal will generate approximately $6.6 billion in contracted revenue over the initial term, increasing to $11.6 billion if the tenant exercises two five-year extension options. Under the agreement, the tenant will install computing infrastructure at the site, with phased deliveries expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2027. Read more

Crypto ATMs are fast disappearing in the US as Tennessee’s ban goes into effect today while operators in Minnesota have until Aug. 1 to comply with a similar law. Cryptocurrency ATMs are fast disappearing from the American landscape as kiosk operators in two US states face bans and restrictions as new laws go into effect. Crypto ATM laws passed by Tennessee and Georgia went into effect on Wednesday, imposing a complete ban in the former and requiring transaction limits and reporting in the latter. The measures by the two states followed bans in Indiana, which went into effect in March, and Minnesota, set to enforce an ATM ban on Aug. 1. The Tennessee law, signed by Governor Bill Lee in April, bans the use and installation of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks, while the Georgia law requires that ATM operators cap money sent for new and existing users, issue warnings to customers and in some cases refund those who may have been the victims of fraud. Read more

Uzbekistan and Georgia are strengthening their strategic partnership to enhance transport connectivity between Central Asia and the South Caucasus, positioning themselves as key players in the development of alternative trade routes linking Asia and Europe.

Aflată la primul meci cu Gică Hagi pe banca tehnică, în al doilea mandat al acestuia, echipa de fotbal a României a terminat la egalitate (1-1) cu Georgia, la Tbilisi, în această seară. După acest prim test, Gheorghe Hagi s-a declarat mulţumit de evoluţia jucătorilor săi.

Georgia will reportedly install electricity meters across Mestia to curb illegal crypto mining after officials blamed miners for grid strain and outages. Georgia will reportedly install electricity meters across villages and settlements in Mestia as part of a crackdown on illegal crypto mining that officials say is straining the region’s power grid. Vice Prime Minister Mamuka Mdinaradze said Monday that illegal mining had pushed Mestia’s electricity consumption to 133 million kilowatt-hours in 2025, more than 13 times the level of comparable municipalities, according to local outlet 1tv. Read more

Trupele ruse trebuie retrase din Republica Moldova şi Georgia - acesta este mesajul ferm transmis de Înaltul Reprezentant al UE pentru afaceri externe, Kaja Kallas, înaintea reuniunii informale a miniştrilor europeni de externe.

Tether and the Government of Georgia plan to launch a stablecoin, pushing a national currency directly onto private stablecoin rails before most governments have settled on how that model should work. The Tether Georgia stablecoin plan centers on GEL₮, a stablecoin representing the Georgian lari. The May 25 announcement describes GEL₮ as the official stablecoin […] The post Tether’s Georgia stablecoin plan moves early on national payment rails appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Georgia’s central bank released stablecoin rules in March covering reserve backing, issuer documents and external auditor verification. Stablecoin issuer Tether and the government of Georgia plan to launch a stablecoin called “GELT” that would represent the Georgian lari under the country’s digital asset regulatory framework. On Monday, Tether said the stablecoin is expected to support cross-border commerce and digital payments in Georgia. The company said GELT's structure, rollout and regulatory implementation will be announced at a later stage. The plan builds on Georgia’s recent efforts to develop rules for digital assets and stablecoins, including a framework covering reserve management, redemption rights, issuer oversight and Anti-Money Laundering compliance. In March, the National Bank of Georgia said it had developed rules for the initial offering of “stable virtual assets,” including requirements for full reserve backing, offering documents and external auditor verification.  Read more

România va juca două meciuri amicale în luna iunie: pe 2 iunie, în deplasare cu Georgia, iar pe 6 iunie va întâlni Țara Galilor la București.

A political action committee aligned with crypto interest groups reported spending more than $4 million in support of Democratic US House candidate Jasmine Clark in Georgia. The Protect Progress, a political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the cryptocurrency company-backed Fairshake PAC, has spent more than $4 million attempting to help secure a win for a Georgia state representative running for the US House of Representatives. On Tuesday, Georgia voters will decide on their candidate in the primary for the state’s 13th Congressional district, where state representative Jasmine Clark faces competition among Democrats. According to data from the Federal Election Commission, Clark has been the beneficiary of more than $4.2 million in spending on media by the Protect Progress PAC ahead of the primary, as crypto-aligned interest groups attempt to influence voters in key elections. Source: FEC Read more

Ukraine is ready to open a new chapter in relations with Georgia and continue constructive dialogue following the meeting of the leaders of both countries in Yerevan.

Georgia has extended the provision of medical services and financial assistance to Ukrainian citizens continuously residing in the country for an additional three months.

Un grup de deputați din opoziție, printre care prorușii Bogdan Țîrdea, Petru Burduja și Igor Dodon, precum și Olga Ursu și Vasile Costiuc, care se declară pro-europeni, se află în Georgia, participând la evenimente ale grupurilor interparlamentare de prietenie dintre Moldova și Georgia.

BP is negotiating the transfer of operator functions in the Baku–Supsa and Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipelines to the respective government authorities of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye. According to Report, BP Azerbaijan confirmed the talks in response to an inquiry. The company noted that, under existing pipeline management agreements, the operator role for export oil and […]

Georgia se află într-un impas prelungit în care partidul de la putere, tot mai aliniat ideologic cu Rusia, încearcă să epuizeze o mișcare pro-europeană care protestează zilnic de un an. În lipsa unui sprijin extern suficient de rapid și coerent, rezistența riscă să slăbească, deși rămâne esențială.

Georgia explores putting its public registry on the Hedera blockchain and tokenizing real estate through blockchain-integrated government infrastructure. Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the public blockchain network Hedera, as it considers moving the country’s land registry onchain and tokenizing real estate. According to a Monday announcement from the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, the government signed an MoU with Hedera, a public blockchain with permissioned node operation. At a meeting between the Minister of Justice of Georgia, Paata Salia, and a representative of Hedera, the two parties discussed the potential integration of blockchain technology into public infrastructure. Georgian officials said they are considering transferring data from the National Agency of Public Registry to the blockchain network, hoping this “would ensure even greater protection of property rights, transparency and reliability of processes.” Read more

Turkiye on Wednesday said all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The plane had taken off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the defence ministry said after the incident. It said there were 20 people on board, including the flight crew. “Our heroic comrades-in-arms were martyred on November 11, 2025 due to the crash of our C-130 military cargo aircraft, which had taken off from Azerbaijan to return to Turkiye,” Defence Minister Yasar Guler said in a statement posted on his X account alongside 20 photographs of those who died. Turkiye has not said what caused the accident but dramatic footage taken by eyewitnesses and published by Azerbaijani media appeared to show the plane spinning horizontally alongside several bits of debris as it fell. Georgia’s interior ministry had confirmed the plane went down in the Sighnaghi area, “about five kilometres (3...

A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane with at least 20 personnel on board crashed in Georgia on Tuesday after taking off from Azerbaijan, but the number of casualties and the cause of the incident were not immediately clear. Initial video from the scene near the Azerbaijan border showed chunks of twisted metal strewn across a grassy knoll, with parts of the fuselage still ablaze and dark smoke rising into a clear sky. Fire engines stood nearby and a helicopter whirred overhead. Footage circulating on social media appeared to show the plane corkscrewing towards the earth and then bursting into flames. Reuters could not immediately verify that footage. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan interrupted a speech in Ankara to offer condolences for “our martyrs” — a term he regularly uses to describe not only combat deaths but also service personnel killed in the course of their general duties. Erdogan, his office and the ministry did not say what caused the crash, and they did not provide a death toll. Local media...