TBILISI, DFWatch–What connects the Khudoni hydro power project, a prehistoric gold mine, shrinking green areas in Tbilisi and human rights abuses in the mining industry?
They are all problems caused by the government’s economic policy, according to the youth group
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals have rebelled against an oil company that wants to search for oil in an eastern Georgian town. People fear that they may lose their water supply.
On Wednesday, they blocked the road for employees of Canargo Georgia and didn’t let
TBILISI, DFWatch–Another landslide Tuesday blocked the main road that connects western and eastern Georgia.
The first landslide damaged the road through Rikoti Pass on June 12, but the pass was cleaned and reopened after a few days.
Tuesday morning
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday canceled a decision by the Culture Ministry to remove the protected area status of Sakdrisi, an ancient gold mine which archaeologists say has more than 5,400 years old traces of humans.
The court’s decision means
TBILISI, DFWatch–Clean-up work in Dariali Valley in northern Georgia was resumed on Saturday, a day after workers were evacuated due to a risk of a new landslide.
Seismologists registered microquakes in Devdoraki glacier, which the government’s experts said was the direct
TBILISI, DFWatch–A rally was held Thursday to demand the restoration of protected area status for the old Sakdrisi mine in southern Georgia.
The rally took place outside the National Cultural Heritage Protection Agency in Tbilisi and was organized by environmental
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A 25-year-old man has drowned in a river Sakirula, near resort town Borjomi, in southern Georgia on Tuesday after heavy rains caused floods across the area.
Murman Lomsadze has virtually been washed away from his own yard and drowned
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has suspended a decree by the Ministry of Culture that gave a green light to begin mining at the site of an alleged ancient gold mine in south east Georgia.
RMG Gold, a gold mining company that was prohibited from carrying on work in Sakdrisi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–For over two weeks, the only road through the Caucasus mountain range has been closed due to a massive landslide May 17.
Now, Georgian authorities say a new temporary road will be opened in few days, after intense work to dig a new path
TBILISI, DFWatch–Nearly two weeks after a catastrophic landslide hit Dariali Valley in the Caucasus mountains, the search is continuing for four people who are still missing. Three have been found dead.
The Road Department in Georgia is working in two shifts to clean