Saturday, December 6, 2025

Online shopping is catching on in Georgia

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Empty cardboard boxes testify to how eagerly the parcels have been awaited. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — There is a small crowd gathered in the hall giving electronic signatures together with ID cards to get the parcel. ‘Parcel from America’, the tagline of the company says.

There are several companies in Tbilisi like this one that offer to ship items

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A third of minibus drivers in Tbilisi on strike

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600 drivers of minibuses (“marshrutkas”) in Tbilisi are on strike against a new license system. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — About 600 minibus drivers went on strike in Tbilisi Friday, causing crowding on buses and in the metro.

The strike has the support of about 30 % of all minibus drivers in the capital. They are protesting against a new license system which has left

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Georgian morning show anchors criticized Elton John

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Davit Katsarava and Salome Gogiashvili, hosts of Imedi TV’s morning show. (Screen grab.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Two well-known Georgian TV anchors are accused of having used a homophobic slur.

January 18, one of the anchors of a morning talk show on Imedi TV said: ‘I’m honestly sorry for both surrogate children of Elton John’. The other one

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Friday prayers interrupted in Georgian village

US Ambassador to Georgia, Richard Norland, visits Muslims in Tsintskharo for Friday prayers. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A religious conflict has broken out in a village in Georgia after orthodox Christians started interrupting Muslims in their Friday prayer.

The conflict started a few weeks ago. Tariel Nakaidze, leader of the Georgian Muslims, wrote on his Facebook

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Two thirds still without a job in Georgia

Two thirds of Georgians consider themselves unemployed. According to official statistics, only 15 percent are unemployed. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Two thirds still consider themselves unemployed in Georgia, a new survey shows.

67 percent say they are without a job in the latest survey of public attitudes by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The number has not significantly

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Second hand clothes are in fashion in Tbilisi

The clothes market near Tbilisi central train station. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – There are stores in between the large markets near the central train station in Tbilisi were people sell second hand clothes from abroad.

There, people are crowding close to piles of clothes, peeking inside to find what they want.

Rusa, 21, says

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World AIDS Day marked in Tbilisi

World AIDS Day was marked December 1 at Freedom Square in Tbilisi. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Saturday evening around 30 local organizations marked World AIDS Day with an event on Freedom Square in Tbilisi.

Volunteers and organizers of the event stood and formed of giant ribbon holding candles in red plastic glasses as a sign of solidarity

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