TBILISI, DFWatch–Three months after a landslide disaster in a Georgian valley near the Russian border, another landslide struck Thursday, severing the only road across the Caucasus mountain range and cutting gas supply to Armenia. Two people are missing.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian health minister warns people against staying too long out in the sun as temperatures many places in Georgia will surpass 40 degrees Celsius (104 F), according to the national environmental agency.
Health Minister Davit Sergeenko
TBILISI, DFWatch–A hundred houses were flooded in a small Georgian village Tuesday night.
Due to heavy and long rain, villages were flooded in an area near Khashuri in the central parts of Georgia.
The flood hit hardest in Kvishkheti, which
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people died when the town Vani in western Georgia was flooded on Sunday.
Heavy rain made the river swell and swoop up several cars and carry them away. A total of five people were in the cars. Three were found Sunday night, one of whom
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