Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Georgian gov't gives new homes to refugees

Davit Darakhvelidze
Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–543 refugee families have been given apartments for one lari a piece from the government.

Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze said on Thursday that the apartments are in Tbilisi, Rustavi, Mtskheta, Borjomi, Chiatura, Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Batumi.

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Refugees picketed Saakahsvili's annual speech to parliament

Refugees have organized to get the attention of authorities. Resettlement plans are just not working, and refugees are coming back to Tbilisi, after failing to settle in in the village where they were forced to move. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s president Mikheil Saakashvili was not only confronted with objections to his rule inside the parliament building Tuesday. On the outside, people had gathered, banging pots with spoons in protest against his eight years leading the former

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