Sunday, January 11, 2026

Georgian doctors are fed up: haven't been paid for six months

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The hospital in Kharagauli, owned by Aditti. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors demonstrated in six towns in Georgia Saturday, demanding to have their salaries. Their target is the company Aditti, which has bought many of the formerly state-owned hospitals in the country.

Doctors have gone without pay for more than six

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Eco-refugees living in a town called Dream

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Dream Town sprang up outside Batumi after Georgian Dream won the election. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–About 800 single-room barracks are constructed at the former base of the 53rd regiment in Batumi, a beach resort on the Black Sea and one of Georgia’s most popular tourist destinations.

The barracks were constructed by families of eco-migrants

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16 years on, refugees still living in temporary housing

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Refugees from the war in Abkhazia twenty years ago are still living in a derelict hospital kitchen building. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Twelve families of refugees are living in the kitchen building of a former hospital in Zugdidi, a town that lies not far from Abkhazia, the breakaway region they fled from.

For 16 years, they have been living in the derelict building, waiting to be

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Peach vendors in Georgia: Where are our processing plants?

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The peaches Nikoloz Gharibashvili, 62, grows in his fields is his family’s sole source of income. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The sale of peaches is so slow in Georgia that sellers haven’t been able to cover their costs this year. They ask for more processing plants to be built.

Nikoloz Gharibashvili, 62, owns peach fields and his income usually comes from selling peaches.

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Beer festival in Tbilisi

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It’s the fourth year Tbilisi organizes a beer festival. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A beer festival was held this weekend on Roses Square in Tbilisi. The festival is organized by Georgian brewery Natakhtari. It has become a tradition and is held for the fourth time this year.

Among the beer brands guests could taste were Czech Kozel,

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Refugees from Abkhazia are in a difficult situation

Valentina Sajaia, 90, lives in Sanatorium with her grandchildren for last 20 years (DF Watch photo)
Valentina Sajaia, 90, lives in Sanatorium with her grandchildren for last 20 years (DF Watch photo)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Valentina Sajaia, 90, has been living in the Likani settlement for the last 20 years with about 120 other families, who were forced to leave their houses in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. She has raised four children without her husband

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Poll shows little support for LGBT cause in Georgia

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Counter-activist with poster saying “These are the sins of Sodom and Gomorra”. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new opinion poll shows that 79 percent of Georgians do not support the anti-homophobia demonstration on May 17, 2013, which was disrupted by radical Christian clerics and their followers, resulting in almost 30 people being injured.

52 percent think

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Government in Georgia increases fines for immoral behavior

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Some believe the bill will ban kissing in public places. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry demands to have fines for certain violations which are now punished only with undefined sanctions. But some people think the ministry is increasing the size of the fines and are against the initiative.

The Ministry of Internal

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