Sunday, January 11, 2026

Bus drivers in Georgia protest against rough work conditions

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Bus drivers protested in Tbilisi and many other places Tuesday, after one of their colleagues died. (Maestro TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Bus drivers demonstrated in many Georgian towns on Tuesday, as a response to one of their colleagues who died on the job in Tbilisi following a fight with a passenger.

At 14:00, drivers stopped their bus or minibus and let the vehicle’s horn cry

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One man dies in accident at Zestaponi metal plant

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Workers at the Ferro plant in Zestaponi say conditions are still hazardous. One man died from electric shock last Tuesday. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 50-year old man died last Tuesday night at the ferroalloy plant in Zestaponi as he was hit by a high voltage electric shock.

Mamuka Nebieridze died on the spot in the June 3 accident. An investigation has been launched in order to determine whether

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Waiting to get away from Metalurg Sanatorium

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Around sixty refugee families are living in unbearable conditions in Metalurg Sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Georgia. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For more than 20 years, Eter, 74, has been living in Metalurg Sanatorium in Tskaltubo, a town in western Georgia. Apart from her, there are 60 families there; all refugees from the breakaway region Abkhazia.

After Eter’s husband passed away, she

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Tserovani – the village of refugees from 2008 war

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Nino Chalisuli, 37, has four children and runs a small shop in Tserovani called ‘Everything for one lari’. (DF Watch.)

TSEROVANI, DFWatch– Tserovani is a settlement of refugees from the breakaway region South Ossetia. People settled here in small cottages after the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008.

More than 2,000 cottages were built in Tserovani after the war, housing many

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Youth take the lead in marking Worker's Day in Georgia

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Youth groups took the lead in marking International Worker’s Day in Tbilisi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the younger generation took charge in organizing demonstrations on the International Worker’s Day yesterday.

Young Social-Democrats, Georgia’s Young Greens, Georgia’s Youth Trade Union Organization, Young Socialists and other groups

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One dies in manganese plant in Chiatura, Georgia

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One worker died and another was taken to hospital with injuries after an accident in a mineral ore processing plant in Chiatura, Georgia, March 20. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A mine worker died Thursday in a metal ore processing plant in Chiatura, a town in western Georgia. Another worker was injured and brought to the hospital.

The plant was being dismantled by workers in the Darkveti mine on orders of the mine’s owner,

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UNDP plans aid projects for USD 15 million in Abkhazia

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The maternity ward at Gali hospital was renovated with the help of UNDP. (Frame from UN’s video report.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Nations is ready to finance projects in Abkhazia with USD 15 million this year.

Resident Coordinator for the UN Development Program in Georgia, Niels Scott, told this to de facto President Aleksandre Ankvab, according to Apsnypress.

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Hundreds from a Georgian mining village demonstrated in Tbilisi

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People from Kazreti and their supporters demand better work conditions for workers in the mines. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several hundreds people from the village Kazreti in southern Georgia demonstrated in front of the government office in Tbilisi on Friday.

They demand that the government mediates between the workers and the company that owns the mines in their

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37% of children in Georgia are below the poverty line

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Twelve refugee families living in a derelict hospital building in Zugdidi in July, 2013. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–37 percent of children in Georgia live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF.

Child poverty increased 2 percent in 2013, compared to 2011. Georgia has the second highest rate of inequality in Europe, the organization writes.

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