TBILISI, DFWatch–A TV show on Thursday has stirred controversy for showing a man performing music by slapping his hands on the bottoms of two women.
Human rights activists as well as the ombudsman say
Women used as percussion instruments on TV show
Youth
Candidates for Tbilisi mayor face off in TV debate
TBILISI, DFWatch–The candidates for Tbilisi mayor are facing off in a televised debate now at 8 PM local time.
Davit Narmania from the government coalition has as his main election promise to build a youth center in Tbilisi, while his competitor Nikanor Melia
Art students in Tbilisi protest 'Russian, socialist' teaching methods
TBILISI, DFWatch–Art students in Tbilisi protested Monday against what they see as a backward teaching style and an outdated understanding of art.
Students at the Academy of Arts demand transparency and changes in the procedure for electing a rector.
Georgia holds national exams
TBILISI, DFWatch–National exams started Thursday morning all over Georgia, on three different levels of education.
About 36,000 school graduates will take exams from June 26 until July 16, while 4,500 students will try to pass an ability test which will improve
Language exams prepare Azeri-Georgian youth for university
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tural is a 19 years old high school graduate who plans to go on to university and study IT. The problem is, the teaching language at university is Georgian, which he doesn’t know well enough.
Like many of his peers, Tiral chose to study
Georgian wins European junior wrestling championship
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian wrestler Tarzan Maisuradze on Tuesday won the European junior wrestling championships in Katowice, Poland.
Maisuradze won in Men’s Junior Freestyle 74 kg, defeating Konstantin Gkontsis from Greece, Murat Erturk from Turkey,
Music festival KaZantip defends against splinter group
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republic of KaZantip, until now residing in Crimea, seems to be experiencing its own share of separatism, but it’s hard to figure out who is breaking away from whom.
Perhaps it is more fitting to call the music festival uprooted
Georgia to change its policy toward softer drugs
TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of people, mostly youth, gathered Monday outside the government office in Tbilisi to demand decriminalization of marijuana.
The rally started at 18:00 in the evening. There were no speeches or appeals. People were dressed in green colors
Parties in Georgia don't pay enough attention to youth
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three youth politicians told DF Watch in a recent discussion that political parties in Georgia do not pay much attention to youth problems.
On May 31, Tako Kakabadze from New Rightists Party’s youth wing, Ako Goguadze from the youth wing of the
Demonstration in Tbilisi for decriminalization of marijuana
TBILISI, DFWatch–Mostly young demonstrators marched through Tbilisi on Saturday, against what they see as a too tough drug policy.
Their slogan, ‘Beka is not a criminal’, is in support of a man who may be sentenced to up to 14 years in jail for possession