
Georgia notes record increase of foreigners in latest statistics report
The preliminary statistics found that foreigners made up 6.6% of Georgia’s population in 2024, up from 0.6% in the 2014 census.
The preliminary statistics found that foreigners made up 6.6% of Georgia’s population in 2024, up from 0.6% in the 2014 census.
This was reportedly the first time the US has not joined similar statements.
According to Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG), the detention took place near a village in the Gori municipality.
On the 17th anniversary of the August 2008 War, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze again claimed that the war was provoked by then-President Mikheil Saakashvili — this time saying the ‘deep state’ had ordered him to do so. Kobakhidze has refused to clarify who or what the ‘deep state’ is, having been using the term regularly to refer to shadowy forces allegedly trying to destabilise Georgia. ‘Ask Trump who the deep state is’, he told journalists while smirking on Thursday, referring to
South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev has promised to resolve the situation.
Unknown individuals have vandalised a monument to Joseph Stalin only a month after it had been erected.
Gakharia is being accused of creating a risk of war by installing a checkpoint neat South Ossetia in 2019.