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Georgia’s women farmers battle a changing climate

As women start to take a new role in Georgia’s agriculture, climate change threatens their accomplishments. 

Georgia’s women farmers battle a changing climate

By Tamuna Chkareuli

As women start to take a new role in Georgia’s agriculture, climate change threatens their accomplishments. 

Farmers in Georgia’s Marneuli protest inability to sell crops

Protesters said they have been unable to sell their agricultural products.

Farmers in Georgia’s Marneuli protest inability to sell crops

Protesters said they have been unable to sell their agricultural products.

Voice | ‘I have a child, a house, and a business, why on earth would I wash your socks?’

Keti Tomeishvili, 48, from Vani, spent 14 years working abroad to support her family, before coming home and starting a successful business.

Voice | ‘I have a child, a house, and a business, why on earth would I wash your socks?’

Keti Tomeishvili, 48, from Vani, spent 14 years working abroad to support her family, before coming home and starting a successful business.

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.

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.

Georgia temporarily lifts ban on sale of agricultural land to foreign citizens

Foreign citizens have nine days to register agricultural land they have bought or inherited.

Georgia temporarily lifts ban on sale of agricultural land to foreign citizens

Foreign citizens have nine days to register agricultural land they have bought or inherited.

Georgian Labour Party leader ‘stages fake interview’ with street vendor

Shalva Natelashvili summoned journalists to meet a ‘struggling fruit and vegetables seller’ who later turned out to be a party activist.

Georgian Labour Party leader ‘stages fake interview’ with street vendor

Shalva Natelashvili summoned journalists to meet a ‘struggling fruit and vegetables seller’ who later turned out to be a party activist.

A land dispute in Daghestan’s Nogay District has caused a backlash against local Chinese migrant workers

The dispute took on an ethnic component after a video allegedly of Chinese workers cooking a dog went viral on social media.

A land dispute in Daghestan’s Nogay District has caused a backlash against local Chinese migrant workers

By Malik Butayev

The dispute took on an ethnic component after a video allegedly of Chinese workers cooking a dog went viral on social media.

Azerbaijan arrests 10 in cotton fields mass poisonings

Mass poisonings from pesticides and fertilisers in June may have affected over 300 cotton-pickers.

Azerbaijan arrests 10 in cotton fields mass poisonings

Mass poisonings from pesticides and fertilisers in June may have affected over 300 cotton-pickers.

No jobs in Abkhazia’s Gali District

According to the district’s ethnic Georgian population discrimination has helped fuel unemployment in Gali.

No jobs in Abkhazia’s Gali District

By Nino Gogua

According to the district’s ethnic Georgian population discrimination has helped fuel unemployment in Gali.

Chechnya to punish ‘spreading rumours’ about food quality

Reports have spread on social media that Chinese farmers working in Chechnya are using harmful pesticides in order to harm Chechen people.

Chechnya to punish ‘spreading rumours’ about food quality

Reports have spread on social media that Chinese farmers working in Chechnya are using harmful pesticides in order to harm Chechen people.