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According to the National Statistics Service of Georgia, preliminary estimates indicate that in April 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth amounted to 7.5%, while the average growth rate for the first four months of 2025 was 8.8%.

According to lawyer Giorgi Kondakhishvili, a written request was submitted to the court to ensure that Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the “Coalition for Change,” attends the court hearing. The hearing concerns Melia’s failure to appear before an investigative commission, for which he has been imposed a 50,000 GEL bail.

According to Georgia’s fifth President, Salome Zurabishvili, on behalf of the “Resistance Platform,” she met with U.S. Senator Steve Daines, who is visiting Georgia.

This year is very significant; it is an anniversary year for our national currency. It marks 30 years since the lari was introduced into circulation, said Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during his speech at an international conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the lari’s introduction.

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is visiting Georgia.

On the anniversary year of the lari, through the joint efforts of the National Bank of Georgia and commercial banks, we have an exemplary banking sector in the region. Additionally, our country is distinguished by rapid economic growth, making us a leader not only in our broader region but across the entire continent, said Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze during his speech at an international conference marking the 30th anniversary of the lari’s introduction into circulation.

Russia’s concerns about NATO expansion are legitimate, and the U.S. is ready to discuss this issue within the framework of peace negotiations concerning Ukraine, said Keith Kellogg, special representative of U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with ABC News.

“It is very alarming if, after unsuccessful attacks on Georgian politics, we are now to witness attacks on the Georgian economy,” – this is what Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili writes on social media, responding to the statements of the Polish and French embassies.

The kidnapping of Nika Melia is another wave of political repression, which once again underlines the fact that "Georgian Dream" is killing justice, democracy, and any civilized norms, - this is what one of the leaders of "Lelo-Strong Georgia," Badri Japaridze, writes on social media.

Nika Melia was kidnapped before the expiry of the bail deadline, - this was stated by Levan Samushia, a member of “Lelo-Strong Georgia.”

Pave Bank, the world’s first programmable bank, announced the successful expansion of its global correspondent banking network,

According to MEP Rasa Juknevičienė, the situation in Georgia is getting worse. The MEP echoes the arrest of opposition politician Nika Melia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that Nika Melia, the leader of the Coalition for Change, has been detained on administrative charges.

Republican Congressman Joe Wilson says that a total banning of opposition is underway in Georgia.

The Russian government is taking the persecution of political opponents to new levels. The regime is in such a panic that it is no longer formally waiting for the farce to be staged in the courtroom, - reads a statement released by Strong Georgia, which the Coalition posted on social networks.

According to the leader of the Coalition for Change, Nika Gvaramia, one of the party leaders, Nika Melia, was arrested near Lisi Lake, although, according to him, there was no ground for Melia's arrest.