200 IDP families occupy buildings in Tbilisi demanding housing
A number of neighbours protested against the IDPs, claiming they were walking on the grass and making them feel unsafe.
Hundreds protest in Tbilisi after 2 workers die on construction site
Several hundred people took to the streets to protest poor labour safety measures.
Turmoil in Ingushetia as protests re-erupt and interior minister ‘sacked’
Protests again erupted over a controversial land deal with the neighbouring Republic of Chechnya.
Farmers in Kabardino-Balkaria protest leasing of state land
Around 50 people blocked a federal motorway after discovering 200 hectares had been leased to a local businessman.
Beselia gives Georgian government one-month ultimatum over sex tape leaks
The former ally of Bidzina Ivanishvili said if the authorities didn’t fully investigate the leaks she would ‘call everything by its name’.
Over 100 hospitalised by ‘tainted drinking water’ in Daghestan
A criminal case has been launched for violations of water safety standards in the city of Khasavyurt.
Taxi drivers block Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue to protest new regulations
Over 100 taxi drivers came out in protest against new taxi regulations introduced by the Tbilisi City Hall.
Georgian sex ed classes will be ‘opt in’, promises author of Child’s Rights Code
Other changes to the draft Code on the Rights of the Child included references to ‘homeland’ and ‘traditional cultural values’.
Striking Georgian social workers demand meeting with Prime Minister
As an overwhelming number of Georgian social workers strike, the government maintains social programs and provision of services are not in danger.
Angry protesters block officials from HPP meeting in Georgia’s Svaneti
The government-organised meeting planned to discuss the environmental impact assessment report of a hydropower plant project in the region.