Daily Archives: March 5, 2016

Large vehicles prohibited on S-3 road that connects Georgia and Russia

By | March 5th, 2016|Categories: Roads update|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–There are restrictions on heavy vehicles on a section of the S-3 road north of Tbilisi leading to the Russian border. Due to heavy snowfall, it is prohibited for trailers, semi-trailers and vehicles with more than 30 seats to drive between […]

Month-long strike at Ksani factory ends as solution reached

By | March 5th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A strike at a glass factory in Ksani near Tbilisi has ended after 29 days. Workers demanded increased salaries, collective contract and office space for the local trade union. They achieved a 7.5 percent pay raise and from January 1, 2017 will […]

Batumi Muslims rally demanding permit to construct a mosque

By | March 5th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|

Batumi Mosque (DFWatch) TBILISI, DFWatch–Batumi Muslims continue to rally for permission to build a new mosque in the city. The only existing mosque, called Ortajame, is not large enough and people have to pray on the street. Several hundred Muslims gathered outside […]

New domestic flights between Kutaisi and Natakhtari near Tbilisi

By | March 5th, 2016|Categories: News|

airport of Mestia (Air Navigation of Georgia) TBILISI, DFWatch–From March 10, there will be two flights per week between Natakhtari airport near the capital and Kutaisi. Flights will be carried out every Tuesday and Thursday between Natakhtari and Kutaisi, Georgia’s third largest city, about […]