Monday, December 8, 2025

One of Tbilisi's oldest streets reopens after facelift

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(DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The pedestrian zone of Aghmashenebeli Avenue in Tbilisi opened on Sunday after several months of renovation work.

The facelift of one of the oldest streets in the Georgian capital was financed by the local government and Tbilisi Development Foundation.

Tbilisi City Hall decided to refurbish

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After waiting nine years, Radio Marneuli prepares to finally go on air

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Marneuli Radio (DFWatch)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Marneuli, a predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani town in the south of Georgia, the community radio is the only media outlet which is critical of the local government and trying to be balanced, unbiased and objective.

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Parvin Abdulaev has show about traditions (DFWatch)
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Ainura has talk-show about travelling (DFWatch)

The people behind Radio Marneuli went through many difficulties until they finally

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Village trustee in Georgia resigns after hitting journalist in the face

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Trustee of the village Tsnori, Tamaz Mateshvili, resigned after the incident.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The trustee of a village in eastern Georgia has resigned after admitting that he hit a journalist in the face.

The journalist, Gela Mtivlishvili, had showed up at a stretch of road where asphalt was being laid down in pouring rain in anticipation of a visit by

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TSU students threaten to resume protest after rector's election

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Students at Tbilisi State University held sit-ins in March and April, 2016. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Students at Tbilisi State University threaten to resume their sit-ins and blockades after a former deputy education minister Friday became new rector in what they claim was rigged a election.

Gia Sharvashidze was backed by 21 members of TSU’s academic council.

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Muslims in Kobuleti win symbolic victory in discrimination lawsuit

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Neighbors of the madrasa placed a pig’s head on the door. (TV 25.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Batumi, the City Court on Monday ruled partly in favor of the Muslim community in a conflict about a planned religious boarding school called a madrasa.

The court case, which has lasted two years, deals with a conflict among locals in the town Kobuleti,

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