Saturday, December 6, 2025

Georgia has as a high level of development

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The human development index (HDI) is a national average which hides large variations internally in a country, particularly when it comes to the Roma in southern Europe, UNDP writes. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Georgia is one of the countries that have a high level of human development.

This can be gleaned from the new Human Development Report 2013 — The Rise of the South: Human Progress in

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New EU effort to save street children in Georgia

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A new 750 000 euro project funded by the European Union will target children living on the streets. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, the number of children living in large orphanages has decreased by over 5 000. There are only five large child care institutions left, compared to 41 during 9 years ago. But the street

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New book details ownership in Misha's Georgia

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Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia.

In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal

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