Sunday, December 14, 2025

Hydro power tunnel searched for survivors after landslide

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A hydro power tunnel that was flooded after a landslide on May 17 was searched for the first time Thursday. This is how the site looked in 2013. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time after the catastrophic landslide in Dariali on May 17, rescue crew made their way into a tunnel in search of survivors, Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 reported Thursday.

The tunnel, which is part of a hydro power plant under construction,

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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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Landslide update: search continues as hope fades away

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Some of the people rescued were workers at the Dariali hydro power plant. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The rescue operation in Dariali Valley is continuing, though officials at the Emergency Management Department say there is now almost no hope of finding anyone alive.

Seven people, Turkish and Ukrainian nationals and one Georgian, are still missing.

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Georgian government criticizes Maestro TV for bias

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Program host Vakho Sanaia on Maestro TV. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has criticized a TV program for being biased, after it turned the spotlight on promises made by the government in the 2012 election campaign.

The target of the government’s criticism is a program on Maestro TV called 

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Six still missing after massive landslide in Georgia

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Aerial shot from the day of the accident, published on Facebook.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Six people are still missing after the landslide in Dariali Valley on May 17, among them Georgians, Ukrainians and Turkish citizens, according to the Georgian interior minister.

12 Turkish citizens were rescued out of a tunnel, while two drivers

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Tserovani – the village of refugees from 2008 war

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Nino Chalisuli, 37, has four children and runs a small shop in Tserovani called ‘Everything for one lari’. (DF Watch.)

TSEROVANI, DFWatch– Tserovani is a settlement of refugees from the breakaway region South Ossetia. People settled here in small cottages after the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008.

More than 2,000 cottages were built in Tserovani after the war, housing many

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Georgian government meets EU commissioners May 21

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President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso. (Europe Diplomatic Magazine.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government will meet with EU commissioners in Brussels on May 21.

First Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani says this is the first time such a meeting is being held.

“This is an unprecedented format in EU-Georgia relations, which

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