building safety standards

    Georgian opposition capitalizes on Tbilisi’s crumbling buildings ahead of local elections

    By | July 24th, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

    Nika Cherkezishvili from Lelo for Georgia with residents of a building in the Tbilisi district Isani. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--A fatal building collapse in central Tbilisi earlier this month has intensified debate over housing safety and city governance, just months before Georgia’s local elections in October. The opposition party Lelo for Georgia staged a protest on Thursday, [...]

      Gas explosion in Tbilisi kills five

      By | July 15th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

      (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A gas explosion in a suburb of Tbilisi on Tuesday killed at least five, and injured eight. Two girls are in hospital in a serious condition. The accident happened in the evening, in building 2 in the sixth micro district of Gldani, a suburb in the western […]

        Fatal hotel fire raises questions about building safety standards

        By | May 13th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

        A cafe caught fire in Batumi Wednesday morning. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is facing another challenge – fire safety in buildings – after three boys died in a hotel fire in Kobuleti, a town on the Black Sea coast, a few days ago. Wednesday morning there was a fire at a café in Batumi. No-one […]