Daily Archives: September 12, 2015

Farmers in eastern Georgia block road in protest against low grape prices

By | September 12th, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

From a farmer’s protest in Sighnaghi in 2011. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–In the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, farmers have been protesting for several days because of low price of grapes, which is their only source of income. Four people were detained during a protest Thursday in Gurjaani, as farmers blocked the […]

400 Georgian tourists stranded in Turkey

By | September 12th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Around 400 Georgian passengers are currently stuck in Antalya, Turkey, as the airline Airzena refuses to carry out a flight because a tour company didn’t pay for the tickets. For more than a day, passengers have been waiting to return to Georgia. The […]