AS OF JUNE 30, GEORGIA’S STATE FOREIGN DEBT DECREASED BY 1.7% Y-O-Y

As of June 30, Georgia’s state external debt amounted to $8.99 billion, reports Georgian Finance Ministry. If compared to the same period of 2025, the volume has reduced by 1.7%. More...

AS OF JUNE 30, GEORGIA’S STATE DOMESTIC DEBT INCREASED BY 19% Y-O-Y

As of June 30, Georgia’s state domestic debt (excluding so-called “historical debt”) amounted to 12.84 billion lari (balance using the accrual method), reports Georgian Finance Ministry. If compared to only the balance volume of the same period of 2025, the volume has increased by 19%. More...

IN 6 MONTHS, 32.6% OF GEORGIA’S STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES WERE DIRECTED TO SOCIAL PROTECTION, 9.9% – TO HEALTHCARE

In January-June, actual expenditures of Georgia’s state budget, made for social protection, amounted to 3.86 billion lari, making up 98.8% of the planned indicator, reports Georgian Treasury. In total volume of state budget expenditures, this direction accounted for 32.6%. More...

IN 6 MONTHS, 7.2% OF GEORGIA’S STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES WERE DIRECTED TO DEFENSE, 9.9% – TO PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY

In January-June, actual expenditures of Georgia’s state budget, made for defense measures, amounted to 854.89 million lari, making up 80.7% of the planned indicator, reports Georgian Treasury. In total volume of state budget expenditures, defense accounted for 7.2%. More...

REVENUE SERVICE: IN 7 MONTHS, 4,580 FACTS OF VIOLATION OF EMPLOYEE REGISTRY ACCURACY PROGRAM IDENTIFIED

In 7 months of the year, inspections of entrepreneurial entities across various sectors revealed 4,580 facts of violation of the employee registry accuracy program, reports Georgian Revenue Service.

The Service reminds that an employer is obliged to reflect information regarding hired employees in the registry of hired employees. More...

IN Q2, PROFIT OF “PAVE BANK GEORGIA” INCREASED 50-FOLD Y-O-Y

Pave Bank Georgia reported profit of 5.6 million lari for the 2^nd quarter. If compared with the same period of 2025, the volume has increased 50-fold. More...

IN Q2, LOSS OF “HASH BANK” INCREASED BY 10.9% Y-O-Y

Georgian digital Hash Bank reported loss of 6.2 million lari for the 2^nd quarter. If compared to the same period of 2025, the volume has increased by 10.9%. More...

IN Q2, LOSS OF “PAYSERA GEORGIA” MADE UP 1.2M LARI

Paysera Georgia reported loss of 1.2 million lari for the 2^nd quarter. This bank received its license in November 2022 (the first digital bank in Georgia). More...

Netgazeti.Ge: “GERMANY HAS A NEW AMBASSADOR TO GEORGIA”

On June 30, Peter Fischer published a post on platform X regarding expiration of his term of office as ambassador of Germany to Georgia. Germany’s new ambassador to Georgia will be Barbara Voss. More...

Netgazeti.Ge: “FUEL TO ABKHAZIA WAS BROUGHT BY COMPANY “SOLIDUS””

Company Solidus brought about 300 tons of fuel to Russia-occupied Abkhazia. As the company’s owner Giorgi Arveladze claims, the fuel is designated “mainly for the population of Gali, for local petrol filling stations there”. More...

Bankebi da Finansebi: “NBG FINED FIVE CURRENCY EXCHANGE OFFICES TOTALING MORE THAN 2M LARI”

On August 13, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) fined 5 currency exchange offices in the country.

Among these, LLC J&G was imposed a fine totaling 747,000 lari, individual entrepreneur Merab Mskhaladze – 713,000 lari, individual entrepreneur Merab Beridze – 413,000 lari, LLC Deme – 188,000 lari; individual entrepreneur Murman Sirabidze – 35,500 lari. More...

Rezonansi: “UTILITY COMPANIES MUST PAY COMPENSATIONS IN FAVOR OF CONSUMER”

If a citizen does not pay the electricity, gas, water, internet bills, or fee for other necessary services on time, he may face imposition of interest, fine, or termination of service, indicates former MP and Georgia’s ex-minister of corrections and probation Kakha Kakhishvili.

However, the service provider must also bear responsibility, Kakhishvili states and notes that it is not only a matter of service termination, but quality of service itself is no less important. More...

EMPLOYMENT TRACKER (MARCH 2025)

NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING SALARY

In March 2026, the number of persons receiving a monthly salary stood at 1,006,550¹, representing a slight 0.6% increase compared with February 2026, and a 4.5% increase compared with March 2025.

In March 2026, the share of persons receiving a monthly salary of up to 600 GEL amounted to 11.2%, which was 0.3 percentage points lower than in February 2026, and 2.4 percentage points lower than in March 2025. More...