Thursday, February 5, 2026

Protests resume against the Nenskra hydro power plant in Svaneti

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Up to two hundred locals and environmental activists gathered in Chuberi in Upper Svaneti on Sunday as the protests against the planned Nenskra hydro power plant resumed.

Activists argue that if built, the dam on the Nenskra river will deprive

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Early evacuation averted tragedy as new landslide hit Georgia-Russia border

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia airlifted 60 people to the border crossing at Larsi on Sunday. The travellers had been stuck in Kazbegi since Thursday night, when a mudslide cut off a section of road in Dariali Valley.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said around 60 people

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Svan council convenes to stop hydro power plants

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Photos courtesy of Tamara Bokuchava, Social Photography Caucasus Foundation

TBILISI, DFWatch–Resistance against the Nenskra hydro power project in Georgia’s northern Svaneti region has caused locals to restore the traditional ruling body lalkhor in order to increase the community’s impact on the national decision-making process.

A congress

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Crops wiped out by hail in Shida Kartli, anti-hail rockets ineffective

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Crops were destroyed by a hailstorm in several municipalities of Georgia’s Shida Kartli province on May 26.

In the hardest hit village Ebnisi the harvest was almost completely devastated.

The local municipality is now estimating the cost of the damage.

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Tbilisi Ugly Walk – Green activist group against disfeaturing city’s urban image

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Irakli Zhvania (center), Iare Pekhit activists and guests (DFWatch)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – About thirty people, Tbilisians as well as number of foreigners, gathered on Sunday to take an unusual tour of the capital – Tbilisi Ugly Walk – which was aimed at exposing the city’s recent architectural history with three different political periods – ‘Shevardnadze Era’ (1993-2003), ‘Saakashvili Era’ (2003-2012) and ‘Ivanishvili Era” (2012 to present).

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Environmentalists call Tbilisi mayor 'enemy of the city', interrupt speech

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Environmental activists interrupted a speech by Tbilisi Mayor Davit Narmania on Tuesday during a session of the City Council, accusing him of being an ‘enemy of the city’.

The activists protested the recent selling off of a part of the city’s botanical garden,

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UNM activists join environmentalists in stopping Ivanishvili's tree-moving

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people were detained Wednesday during a rally in Tsikhisdziri on the Black Sea coast near Kobuleti.

They were protesting against the removal of three giant old trees which they suspect will be hauled by boat 40km up the coast

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