The 13th Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Brigade under the Eastern Command of the Georgian Defense Forces has completed a tactical field exercise involving live-fire training.

“For these 300 days we’ve been observing that, in most cases, the number of people has been insufficient to justify blocking a road — yet the road was still being blocked,” said Georgian Public Defender Levan Ioseliani in an interview with one of the media outlets.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new currency rate.

"For 30 years, the GEL has been the only means of payment in Georgia," said Academician Vladimir Papava at a scientific conference held on the occasion of Economist's Day, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the GEL into circulation.

“In 1995, before the introduction of the lari, the Ministry of Finance played a major role in establishing the economic foundations. We managed to mobilize 20% of GDP into the budget and monetize all humanitarian aid, which helped stabilize the coupon,” said David Iakobidze, Georgia’s Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1997, who was actively involved in launching the country’s first national currency.

The National Environmental Agency warns the population of Georgia about possible deterioration of weather conditions.

Officers of the Kareli District Division of the Shida Kartli Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, based on operational information and as a result of investigative and operational activities, detained N.K., born in 1991, on charges of illegal acquisition and possession of a particularly large quantity of narcotic substances, as well as assisting in their illegal distribution. The information was released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

The National Environment Agency of Georgia has released information regarding the weather forecast for October 29.

The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament’s Committee on European Integration, Levan Makhashvili, has sent a letter to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

“We hope that this policy will be revised, and that the European Union will ultimately agree on a sound policy toward the Georgian people,” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in response to a journalist’s question regarding the European Commission’s grant.

“We continue to remain in a mode of one-sided friendship and partnership even with those countries that blatantly interfere in the internal affairs of our country,” said Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili.

The Georgian legionnaire of the Austrian club “Sturm Graz” and member of the Georgian national team, Otar Kiteishvili, was named the best player of the Austrian championship season for the second year in a row and was awarded at the 29th “Bruno Gala” charity ceremony held at the “Globus” stadium in Vienna.

The National Bank of Georgia has set a new exchange rate. According to the results of trading on October 7, the US dollar depreciated and amounted to 2.7130 lari. The rate that was in effect today was 2.7201 lari.

“In this country, power will change only through elections. We see that elections are improving year by year and becoming an example to follow. Yesterday, observers also noted that in many European Union countries, such a standard still does not exist,” said President of Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili at a briefing held at the Presidential Administration.

“I congratulate Andrej Babiš and the ANO movement on their victory in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic,” wrote Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on the social network X.

Georgian athlete Merab Dvalishvili successfully defended his UFC bantamweight (61 kg) championship belt. At the event held in Las Vegas, the Georgian fighter defeated American Cory Sandhagen.

The Georgian Dream candidate, Kakha Kaladze, is leading in the Tbilisi mayoral elections. The Central Election Commission of Georgia has published the preliminary results of the municipal elections.

Supporters of the radical opposition broke into the courtyard of the presidential palace in Tbilisi.

“There will definitely be an attempt at a serious provocation that exactly matches the signature style of the National Movement,” said Giorgi Volski, First Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

The company will operate flights on the Ankara–Tbilisi–Ankara route four times a week. AJet is a subsidiary of Turkey’s largest carrier, Turkish Airlines.

Through close coordination between the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and other relevant divisions of the ministry, 107 foreign citizens were expelled from the country last month, the Interior Ministry reported.

Paris St-Germain's Ousmane Dembele won his first Ballon d'Or as the French treble winners came away with several of the key men's awards at the Paris ceremony.

Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, together with Minister of Infrastructure Revaz Sokhadze, inspected the construction of the Kvesheti–Kobi Bridge, the Government of Georgia reports.

The joint candidate for Tbilisi mayor, Irakli Kupradze, promises that if elected, he will stage “authorized protest rallies” on Rustaveli Avenue every evening.

Irakli Beraia has been appointed as Georgia’s Permanent Representative to NATO. The information was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.