Saturday, February 14, 2026

Youth Parliament – learning to put words into action

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Teona Lavrelashvili, founder of Georgian Youth Parliament.

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, a group of young students have created their own parliament. It has 100 MPs and prepares real draft laws which are sent to the real parliament.

A few weeks ago, this youth parliament held its 2014 opening session in the parliament

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KaZantip festival will go ahead in Crimea after all

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An offshoot of the KaZantip festival is being organized in Georgia, but it will also be held in its original location in Crimea. (Publicity photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The electronic dance music festival KaZantip will be held in Crimea after all. Earlier it was announced it had moved to Georgia.

For the last 22 years, KaZantip has been held in Crimea. But this year, it was first announced it had moved to Georgia,

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School closure in Georgia extended four days due to virus

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Kindergartens and schools will remain closed at least until the end of the week, due to an outbreak of viral meningitis. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian kindergartens and schools up to sixth grade will remain closed until the end of the week to deal with an outbreak of viral meningitis.

The schools should have been opened today, but Health Minister Davit Sergeenko announced Monday that they

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Music festival KaZantip moved from Crimea to Georgia

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It is common to bring yellow suitcases to KaZantip. (Publicity photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time, the electronic dance music festival KaZantip will take place in Georgia, due to recent events in Ukraine.

The festival has been held annually in Crimea since 1992. Now, following the Russian annexation of the peninsula, it is

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Young inventors from 37 countries met in Tbilisi

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This was the eighth Olympiad, and 120 inventors from 37 countries participated.

TBILISI, DFWatch–International Young Inventors Project Olympiad (IYIPO) for scientists and inventors was organized in Tbilisi from May 3 to May 5.

This was the eighth Olympiad, and 120 inventors from 37 countries participated. Last year, there were 25 countries

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Youth groups in Georgia plan several rallies on May 1

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Green Fist, one of the youth groups organizing rallies May 1. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Young people in Georgia plan to mark the International Worker’s Day, May 1, with rallies different places in the country.

A rally will be held at Tbilisi State University at 14:00 by Young Social-Democrats, Georgia’s Young Greens, Georgia’s

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The economy isn't everything, say Georgia's green activists

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Mariam Gurgenidze, 23, and Irakli Ghutidze, 26. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new movement has sprung up in Georgia in response to the government forcing through a gigantic hydro power project against strong popular resistance.

The movement is called Green Fist and began as a group of twenty youth who travelled

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School children in Tbilisi harassed due to teacher neglect

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School children in Tbilisi are being harassed because of their religion, ethnicity, appearance or other reasons, a new study shows. (Ministry of Education.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new study has found that children in Georgian schools are verbally and physically harassed because of their ethnicity, belief, appearance or for other reasons.

The study is based on interviews with all pupils from 8th to 11th grade at six public

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Why do so few girls finish school in Duzagrama?

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Most girls in Duzagrama get married and drop out of school before ninth grade. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Pariz Alakhverdiani, 17, is in 12th grade at the public school in Duzagrama, a small village in southeast Georgia populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.

Alakhverdiani wants to study at the Medical University in Tbilisi and has decided to become a dentist.

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