TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia was hit by heavy rain overnight, causing flash flooding many places. Five deaths are reported in the capital Tbilisi as a reservoir burst in a hill above the city and flooded one district.
The Emergency Department in Tbilisi says five people have died from flooding
TBILISI, Dfwatch – Groups in Tbilisi today held a small symbolic protest against the mass cutting of trees in the capital.
Transparency International Georgia and the organization Green Alternative joined other young activists and local residents on the Deda Ena (Mother
TBILISI, DFWatch – Political parties in Georgia need to strengthen their internal democracy. This is the conclusion of a new report by Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD).
In the report Internal Party Democracy and Local Government NIMD names three
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili has a new initiative to turn the whole government into a digital world, where citizens will be able to speak with 3D images of the ministers.
Saakashvili says all citizens should have the opportunity to talk
TBILISI, DFWatch – The newly inaugurated Russian president Vladimir Putin Friday paid a visit to the border between Russia and the disputed region Abkhazia, signing a new treaty about railways.
Mr Putin turned up at Psou, a border crossing which Georgia considers
TBILISI, DFWatch – One hundred year old trees are being cut down in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and are replaced with new saplings, which will need decades to reach mature height.
A few days ago workers started cutting trees in Tbilisi’s old district at the end
TBILISI, DFWatch – Demand is growing within the construction business in Georgia.
According to the National Statistics Department, GeoStat, the number of permits for constructions and reconstructions has increased by 43.3 per cent in 2011 compared to 2010.
The
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is to create a new 15-year tax privilege for people who invest at least one million USD.
An appropriate bill is already initiated in parliament.
The government’s parliamentary secretary Gia Khuroshvili explains that the government decided
TBILISI, DFWatch – According to unofficial information, 13 people died in the work place in 2011 in Georgia.
No official numbers exist for 2012 either, but media reported about a number of fatal incidents in the mining and construction sector. These fatal accidents are
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has said it is unable to conduct a general population census in 2012.
Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat, says even though there was expected to be conducted a census this year, it is not feasible.
The statement says that