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The Growth Rate of Tax Revenue Collected in the Budget Dropped from 23% to 6% in Six Months.
The six-month state budget revenue plan for the first six months of 2025 was executed at 100.9%. Despite the overall fulfilment, underperformance was observed across several budget lines.
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Georgia’s Population Growth Amidst Negative Demographic Trends – Questions Surrounding the 2024 Census and GeoStat’s Response
FactCheck spoke with Paata Shavliashvili, Deputy Executive Director of GeoStat, regarding the 2024 General Census
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Food prices rose at more than twice the rate of average inflation in the first half of 2025.
Consumer prices rose by 3.1% in the first half of this year – hovering close to the 3% inflation target – but several details stand out.
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Implementation Rate of Budget Support Credits in January-May is 0%
A borrowing of GEL 3.4 billion is planned for 2025 of which GEL 1.6 billion is domestic debt and GEL 1.8 billion is external debt according to the draft state budget.
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Tourism in Brief Before and After the Pandemic
Tourism revenue exceeded USD 4.4 billion in 2024.
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The state budget was fulfilled in the first quarter; however, the growth in external liabilities fell short by 50%.
State budget revenues for the first quarter of 2025 were executed at 100.5% of the plan with tax revenues reaching 102.3%.
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Export-Import Trends of Agricultural Products
Georgia exported agricultural products to 107 countries in 2024 according to GeoStat data. The export value totalled USD 1,680 million, reflecting a 17% rise as compared to the previous year’s figure of USD 1,437 million
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The number of ministries is rising to 14, along with an increase in public sector employees and their salaries.
Irakli Kobakhidze has announced that the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure will be split into two separate entities.
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The authoritarian playbook: How governments in Georgia, Slovakia and Serbia employ same narratives and tactics against protests
Protests have erupted across Georgia, Slovakia, and Serbia, each fueled by distinct political crises but met with strikingly similar manipulative narratives from their governments.
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Foreign trade turnover declined in January-February when excluding one-off factors.
Foreign trade turnover rose by 15.6% from USD 3.1 billion, reaching USD 3.6 billion in January-February of the current year as compared to the same period last year.
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Does the Honorary Chairman of the Georgian Dream Have Access to State Secrets?
The political party Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia adopted a new charter on 30 December 2023.
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Criminalisation of Protest Under the Code of Administrative Offences
The Georgian Dream approved the draft law on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences in its third hearing on 13 December 2024.
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How Much Does It Cost the State to Build Military and Police Towns?
The government allocated nearly GEL 300 million for army and police infrastructure projects.
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Is the Price of Bread About to Rise?
Bread producers are calling for the removal or adjustment of the import tax on flour.
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Analysis of TikTok accounts operating in the Georgian market
This analysis presents key patterns identified through our monitoring of 90 channels and their protest-related content across TikTok.
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