Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Solution reached in Tkibuli miners' strike

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A government representative visiting Tkibuli on Friday. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A solution was reached Monday evening in the labor dispute in Tkibuli after more than four hours of negotiations.

Mine workers in the western Georgian town went on strike more than two weeks ago, demanding a pay raise.

The negotiations

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Georgian ballerina criticized for Moscow performance on 'Soviet Occupation Day'

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Nino Ananiashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Ananiashvili, a former prima ballerina at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, was criticized in Georgia for performing at the theater in the Russian capital on February 25, because in her home country, the day is observed as the Day of Soviet Occupation.

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