Saturday, December 6, 2025

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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Campaigners launch protest camp to defend ancient Georgian site

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The Sakdrisi site. (Photo by Georgia’s Culture Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A campaign to save an ancient gold mine in southern Georgia is planning to start a protest camp on Monday.

The Public Committee to Save Sakdrisi, which consists of students, scientists and an initiative group of non-governmental organizations, plans

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Third day of Batumi Summer Set canceled due to bad weather

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Most visitors on Friday had come to see Sleep Party People. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The third day of Batumi Summer Set electronic music festival had to be canceled due to bad weather as water flooded the festival area and destroyed equipment.

The festival in Georgia’s largest Black Sea beach resort started on August 22 with Danish

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Batumi Summer Set Festival kicks off Thursday

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Batumi is getting ready for three days of electronic music. (Festival handout photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s sea resort Batumi is hosting a three-day summer festival of electronic music starting Thursday.

Batumi Summer Set Festival runs from August 22 to 24 and will host many well-known names in the genre.

Among the headliners are Denmark’s

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