•Mikheil Kavelashvili (Standing) Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi’s next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as “illegitimate” by the current pro-EU leader. Picked by the governing Georgian Dream party as a loyalist, the former forward for the English Premier Le...
•Georgia v Portugal Georgia’s powerful oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili will award the country’s national football team $10 million after they made it to the last 16 of Euro 2024, his ruling party said today. Georgia’s 2-0 win over Portugal yesterday was a historic triumph in the Black Sea nation’s first appearance at a major international tourna...

