Thursday, July 30, 2026

Trees cut and planted in old Kikvidze Park

After four more trees were cut, activists planted new ones. Local people and organizations appreciate the recreational value of Kikvidze Park in northern Tbilisi, where the city wants to build a new police station. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Four more trees were cut in Tbilisi’s old Kikvidze Park yesterday night while activists left the area for a short time.

The police Saturday arrested Lasha Chkhartishvili, the founder of Greenpeace Supporters Group and one of the organizers for trying

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Georgia moves to data-sharing, more secrecy

Tatuli Todua from Georgian Young Lawyer's Association says there is no need for the new categories for confidential information, and warns that the system may lead to too much secrecy.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The former Soviet republic of Georgia is to establish a new data-sharing and information protection model.

A new law sets out the rules that will apply to both private and public bodies, the only requirement being that it is a ‘subject of critical

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Georgians blocked from Medvedev’s Facebook page

Facsimile of the banner announcing the attack on President Medvedev's Facebook page.

TBILISI, DFWatch – An online campaign against Russian president Dimitry Medvedev’s Facebook page led to comments in Georgian language being blocked by the administrator.

The campaigners wanted to express their protest against Russian policy regarding

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Continued pressure to change vague party financing rules

There were demonstrations in several towns around Georgia and at spots around the capital Tbilisi. New party financing restrictions are vaguely defined, and the groups want to be sure that Mikheil Saakashvili's party will not misuse the powers. Georgia holds parliamentary election this fall. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Groups in Georgia Thursday continued their campaign against the new party financing rules which were ushered in last December.

At different spots around Tbilisi and in several other towns there were demonstrations to highlight the threat posed by

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Protesting the destruction of old green lung

The clearance work Wednesday turned into a cat and mouse game, lumber workers eventually growing tired and leaving, one of them murmuring “cut, not cut – as if they pay me to do this". (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – On Dadiani Street in northern Tbilisi near Didube metro, there is a big old park called Kikvidze Park.

Here, the government has decided to build another one of Georgia’s characteristic transparent glass police stations. A protest was launched against

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