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According to the ministry, the changes mainly concern the regulations for the admission of foreign students and their residence permits, as well as the rules for legal stay in the country based on marriage between Georgian citizens and foreigners.According to the legislative package, the enrollment of foreign students in higher and vocational educational institutions will be subject to the submission of an international language certificate or passing an exam organized by the National Assessment and Examination Center (NAEC). With this regulation, the state aims to exclude the enrollment of those individuals who do not actually possess the appropriate language competence.In addition, a government resolution will establish a maximum quota for the admission of foreign students for educational institutions. Universities will be obliged to reflect any information related to the status of students in a unified information system, to which state agencies will have access. For violation of the rules, educational institutions will be held administratively liable, which, in addition to a fine, also provides for restrictions on the admission of foreigners or cancellation of authorization.A study residence permit will be issued to adults only if they are studying at authorized institutions, and in case of failure to meet academic requirements, violation of labor conditions, or absence from the territory of the country, the residence permit will be revoked.The legislative package tightens the rules for obtaining the right of residence on the basis of marriage. A new legal status is established - “Residence permit for the spouse of a citizen of Georgia”, which is issued before the right of permanent residence. Before issuing the permit, a special commission will verify the validity of the marriage.The draft law makes fictitious marriages for the purpose of obtaining residence or citizenship punishable under criminal law. The sanction is the expulsion of a foreigner from Georgia and a ban on entering the country for a period of 2 to 10 years, or a fine, or house arrest for a period of 1 to 2 years, or imprisonment for a period of up to 2 years.In order to combat illegal migration, the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is granted the authority to carry out operational-investigative measures. In addition, foreign convicts may have their unserved sentence commuted to deportation from Georgia.Changes are also being made to judicial proceedings: the deadlines for appealing immigration decisions and reviewing cases are being significantly reduced, and in some cases the court will be able to consider cases within tight deadlines without an oral hearing.

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Lion Finance Group (BGEO LN) shares closed at GBP 105.50/share (-5.04% w/w and -2.85% m/m). More than 258k shares traded in the range of GBP 105.50 - 111.10/share. Average daily traded volume was 59k in the last 4 weeks. The volume of BGEO shares traded was at 0.60% of its capitalization.TBC Bank Group (TBCG LN) closed the week at GBP 43.78/share (-2.75% w/w and -6.89% m/m). More than 393k shares changed hands in the range of GBP 43.00 - 45.34/share. Average daily traded volume was 72k in the last 4 weeks. The volume of TBCG shares traded was at 0.71% of its capitalizationGeorgia Capital (CGEO LN) shares closed at GBP 39.70/share (-5.59% w/w and +3.66% m/m). More than 176k shares traded in the range of GBP 39.30 - 42.40/share. Average daily traded volume was 67k in the last 4 weeks. The volume of CGEO shares traded was at 0.51% of its capitalization. 

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Foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 531 million in May and as of 01.06.2026, they exceed 100% of the so-called ARA metric of the IMF, at 114.8%.The NBG constantly notes that reserves are a guarantee of the country's macroeconomic stability. Therefore, the long-term policy of the central bank is always aimed at accumulating reserves. When the market and macroeconomic situation allow.Net purchases of the NBG in January-April amounted to 833 million USD. May statistics will be published on June 25.The National Bank of Georgia notes the strategic decision of 03/2024 to invest in gold. As of May of this year, as a result of the change in the price of gold, the value of monetary gold has increased by 543.2 million from the moment of its acquisition. The share is 14.9% ($1,043.2 billion).

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The Bank of Georgia, on behalf of global giant BNY (The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation), provided custody of Uzbek shares in the settlement infrastructure, which was a necessary condition for the development of the Global Depository Receipts (GDR) program.The partnership was made possible after the Bank of Georgia became the first foreign financial institution to join the Uzbek capital market’s “regulatory sandbox” and receive the status of a foreign nominal holder. This status allows the bank to manage securities accounts in both local and foreign currencies without an additional license.In parallel with operating in the government securities market, the Bank of Georgia is also expanding its custody services for corporate shares and bonds in Uzbekistan, thereby facilitating access to emerging markets for international investors. 

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The shares were cancelled on May 28, and by that time the Group had no shares remaining in its treasury, and the number of ordinary shares with voting rights amounted to 43,187,929.The Group announced a share buyback and cancellation program worth GEL 55 million on May 7, 2026, which was an extension of the GEL 98.0 million, GEL 51.5 million, and GEL 53.5 million share buyback and cancellation programmes announced on 20 August 2025, 20 November 2025 and 25 February 2026 respectively (the "Buyback Programme").The total number of shares cancelled since the launch of the Buyback Programme in August 2025 is 675,647.

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Specifically, Kokosadze sold 6,400 shares at an average cost of £109.8, generating an aggregated income of £702,720.The transaction was carried out over-the-counter on June 2.

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According to the NBG's "Monthly Review", at the end of April, the dollarization of deposits of legal entities increased by 0.3%p to 37.4%. The dollarization coefficient of the retail portfolio is 60.3%, having decreased by 0.3 percentage point in the reporting month.In April, the average weighted interest of total deposits (excluding government deposits**) is 5.6% (- 0.1%p m.m).The rate on GEL deposits decreased by 0.1 %p, to 7.1%. On deposits denominated in foreign currency, it remained almost unchanged (1.7%). On Euro-denominated term deposits, it decreased by 0.3 percentage point, to 1.2%.The highest interest rates are paid on government deposits, 9.3% for central government deposits, up to 10.2% for local government deposits. 8.4% for state-owned enterprises, and 5% for individual entrepreneurs.

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In detail:• The residential segment index increased by 0.5 percent compared to the previous month and by 1.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year;• The non-residential segment index increased by 0.05 percent compared to the previous month and by 5.9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year;• The civil segment index increased by 2.2 percent compared to the previous month and by 5.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.In April 2026 the Construction Cost Index (CCI) increased by 1.1 percent compared to the previous month. The change was mainly due to a 6.4 percent increase in the transportation, fuel and electricity cost category, which contributed 0.78 percentage points to the total index change.Compared to April 2025 the CCI increased by 3.8 percent. The latter was largely caused by the 12.7 percent increase in the cost category of transportation, fuel and electricity and by the 2.2 percent increase in average monthly nominal wages of employees in the construction sector, which contributed 1.61 and 1.5 percentage points to the total index change, respectively. Along with this, the Construction Cost Index posted a 27.4 percent increase compared to February 2022.

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