Friday, December 5, 2025

Families face expropriation in Tskaltubo to make way for power line

TBILISI, September 1 – In western Georgia’s Tskaltubo municipality, several families will have part of their land seized to make way for a new high-voltage power line. According to an order from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, the project involves the construction of a 97-kilometer, 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line linking Tskaltubo to the … Read more

Georgia plans to establish special safe zones for tourists, reopens for international visitors by July 1

Georgia gradually scales down restrictions imposed due to Covid 19 outbreak in order to reopen its embattled tourism industry and pledges to establish special Covid-free zones in several mountainous resorts across the country. “Georgia can allocate Covid-free tourist zones. These could be Tskaltubo, Gudauri, Sairme, Abastumani, Borjomi and many more,” he said, pointing out to … Read more

Waiting to get away from Metalurg Sanatorium

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Around sixty refugee families are living in unbearable conditions in Metalurg Sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Georgia. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For more than 20 years, Eter, 74, has been living in Metalurg Sanatorium in Tskaltubo, a town in western Georgia. Apart from her, there are 60 families there; all refugees from the breakaway region Abkhazia.

After Eter’s husband passed away, she

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