TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists demand transparent funding mechanisms for student government’s projects over allegations of misspending.
On Monday, 7 March, approximately 300 activists gathered in front of the administrative building
Youth
Iraqi students didn't comply with residency requirements: Minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Education Minister Tamar Sanikidze said on Friday that a handful of Iraqi students had their residency permits revoked because they didn’t comply with the legal requirements.
The students, who are attending Akaki Tsereteli
Iraqi students protested against revoked residency permits
TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Iraqi students protested in Kutaisi on Monday after having their residency permits revoked.
The protest at Akaki Tsereteli State University involved up to ten Iraqi students, who asked the university to help them after the Ministry of Justice revoked
Possession of marijuana decriminalized after Constitutional Court ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch–Possession of up to 70 grams of marijuana is no longer a crime in Georgia, following a ruling in the Constitutional Court.
The Court on Saturday struck down as unconstitutional a passage in the law that made it punishable by from 7 to 14 years
GEM Fest kicks off in Anaklia, Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Gem Fest starts Thursday in Anaklia, a beach resort on the Black Sea coast close to the border with Abkhazia.
Georgian Electronic Music Festival will last from July 30 to August 7 and is carried out with the support of the Georgian
British band Placebo donates USD 40,000 to Tbilisi flood victims
TBILISI, DFWatch–Placebo, a British band which recently played at Tbilisi Open Air festival, has donated about USD 40,000 to the victims of the flood on June 13-14.
The website Indiegogo, which raises funds for charity, said it had received USD 39,974 from Placebo
KaZantip manager calls Georgians 'ridiculous' for removing sculpture
TBILISI, DFWatch–The manager of KaZantip has called Georgians ‘ridiculous, poor and wild’ people after learning that someone demolished a sculpture built by the music festival’s organizers in Anaklia last summer.
KaZantip is an electronic music
Anaklia hosts GEM Fest, instead of KaZantip, in July
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A western Georgian Black Sea resort Anaklia is going to host one of the largest electronic music festivals this summer.
GEM Fest features popular electronic music stars, such as world renowned Dutch DJ and trance guru Armin van Buuren,
Music festival KaZantip returns to Crimea
TBILISI, DFWatch–The popular Ukrainian festival KaZantip, which took place in Georgia last year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, may this year return to Ukraine but with a different name. An alternative music festival will take place in Anaklia, where the festival was held in 2014.
Legalize pot rally in Tbilisi gathers hundreds
TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of mostly young people gathered outside the government office in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday to demand the decriminalization of marijuana.
The annual protest brought together youth, politicians, journalists, non-governmental organizations and others.