Georgia’s external trade grew by 9.2% in January-September 2026 year-on-year, according to Geostat's preliminary data. Motor cars remained leading trade commodity, while Kyrgyzstan was its largest export market and Turkey its top import partner. civil.ge/archives/755167

Vakho Sanaia, Formula TV anchor and journalist, was sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention after the Interior Ministry filed another complaint against him over social media posts the Ministry deemed insulting to Georgian Dream figures. civil.ge/archives/755159

Nana Keinishvili quit the central bank board a week after prosecutors announced a probe into alleged illegal business activities, and RFE/RL published a report suggesting she may have pressured a crypto company into giving up shares. civil.ge/archives/755092

Georgian Dream founder and honorary chairman, Bidzina Ivanishvili, made a rare public appearance on October 17, chairing ruling party meetings focused on "current domestic and foreign policy issues." civil.ge/archives/755066

The shares of Georgian Media Production Group, the company that owns the British-sanctioned, pro-government TV Imedi, have been redistributed among four people, who now hold equal 25% stakes in the company. civil.ge/archives/755050

Kobakhidze met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of COP17 in Yerevan, with Pezeshkian calling for “practical cooperation” in economic and tourism spheres while criticizing U.S. sanctions against Iran. civil.ge/archives/755035

Read our weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and  Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations: civil.ge/archives/754968

Giorgi Kirvalidze, an athlete charged in October 4 unrest case, was detained on new criminal charges of contempt of court as he was leaving a detention facility after serving a 7-day administrative sentence for swearing at GD founder Ivanishvili. civil.ge/archives/755000

Money transfers to Georgia from abroad fell by 10.1% year-on-year in September 2026, marking the biggest annual decline recorded so far this year amid drop in Russian transactions, according to the latest data published by the National Bank of Georgia. civil.ge/archives/754942

Reiterating the pledge to spend EUR 38 million on new projects in Georgia, the EU Delegation in Georgia said the bloc no longer provides funding to Georgian authorities but continues to aid the “people of Georgia.” civil.ge/archives/754930

Vakthang (Vato) Kipiani and Avtandil Bilanishvili, known as “Katsro,” two figures long associated with Georgia’s criminal underworld in media reports, have been arrested alongside another person, Shota Kipiani, on charges of group violence. civil.ge/archives/754913

Viktor Japaridze, MP from GD’s offshoot People’s Power party, has sold his 52% stake in the pro-government channel POSTV, months after the channel was sanctioned by the United Kingdom over alleged involvement in “Russian disinformation.” civil.ge/archives/754820

An inmate died in Kutaisi prison after reportedly falling from a bunk bed, Special Penitentiary Service said, citing accounts from cellmates. civil.ge/archives/754817

Georgia’s Constitutional Court scheduled first hearings of Georgian Dream's lawsuit seeking to ban five opposition parties in October. Read our backgrounder about the case here: civil.ge/archives/754671

Georgia’s High Council of Justice, a body supervising the Georgian judiciary, will restart the selection process for a Supreme Court judge after the sole candidate, Temur Gogokhia, withdrew on October 13, a day after advancing to the final stage. civil.ge/archives/754741

Opposition Alliance announced an October 25 rally in Tbilisi, vowing to launch a larger movement as the Constitutional Court starts hearing Georgian Dream's case seeking to ban several opposition parties. civil.ge/archives/754781

Suspect in transnational scheme that allegedly fabricated U.S. asylum claims for Georgians was extradited from Argentina to Georgia, in what authorities described as “precedent” and first such case involving a country outside Europe and the region: civil.ge/archives/754737

Giorgi Varabiovi, a prison staffer identified in media reports as being among the guards featured in the alleged sexual assault of inmate Giorgi Davitadze, has left the Georgian Penitentiary Service, the agency confirmed. civil.ge/archives/754680