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Environmental activists celebrate win in 6-year battle against Vake Park hotel

30 January 2019 by Dato Parulava

Vake Park (Dato Parulava / OC Media)

Green activists and their sup­port­ers gathered in Vake Park in Tbilisi on 27 January to celebrate the end of an almost six-year battle to halt con­struc­tion of a hotel in the park. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: environment, georgia, green space, tbilisi, Vake Park

NDI: Air pollution top environmental concern in Georgia

28 January 2019 by OC Media

'My city is killing me', par­tic­i­pant of the September 2018 rally against air pollution, Tbilisi. (Shota Kincha/OC Media)

Air pollution is the number one envi­ron­men­tal concern in Georgia, according to a new poll released by NDI. The poll showed a growing awareness of envi­ron­men­tal topics in Georgia, with the capital Tbilisi leading the way. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: air pollution, environment, environment protection, georgia, ndi, ndi poll, pollution, tbilisi

Pankisi residents complain of police pressure to stop protests

20 July 2018 by OC Media

Protest in Pankisi Valley (Sulkhan Bor­dzikashvili /Facebook)

Opponents of hydropow­er plant con­struc­tion in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley have com­plained that the author­i­ties have been applying pressure on activists to cease their oppo­si­tion. A protest was held on Friday in Duisi, the largest village in the valley, against the con­struc­tion of three new hydro­elec­tric power stations. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: duisi, environment, georgia, hpp, human rights, hydropower, kists, machalikashvili, pankisi, pankisi valley, protest

Expired and illegal pesticides — a toxic threat to Armenia

3 July 2018 by Gayane Mkrtchyan

Pesticide dump in Jrarat (Galust Nanyan /OC Media)

In many rural com­mu­ni­ties in Armenia, farmers continue to make use pes­ti­cides banned in the country over 30 years ago. Stashed in basements, sheds, and Soviet–era ware­hous­es from before the ban came in, these toxic sub­stances continue to threaten the health and well-being of Armenians. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Environment, Top Tagged With: armavir, Armenia, cancer, ddt, environment, jrarat, pesticides, pollution

Rustavi 2 journalists attacked by far-right group for joke about Jesus and Ivanishvili

20 March 2018 by OC Media

Coverage of the attack on Rustavi 2.

Far-right group the March of Georgians attacked three jour­nal­ists from Rustavi 2 on Monday afternoon in Tbilisi. The attack was in response to an on-air joke by anchor Giorgi Gabunia about former Georgian Prime Minister, bil­lion­aire Bidzina Ivan­ishvili, his tree-col­lect­ing hobby, and Jesus Christ. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: adjara, alt-right, bidzina ivanishvili, demonstration, environment, georgia, Giorgi Gabunia, homophobia, immigrants, islamophobia, Ivanishvili, march, migration, nationalism, neo-nazi, rally, russia, rustavi 2, tree, xenophobia

North Ossetia’s toxic choice

6 March 2018 by Alina Bigayeva

A new pipe at the plant. (Alina Bigayeva /OC Media)

Residents of North Ossetia’s capital Vladikavkaz have long sounded the alarm at the envi­ron­men­tal condition of their city. Many blame Elec­troz­inc, a met­al­lur­gi­cal plant located inside the city. But there is another side of the coin, and for the factory’s 2,000 employees, their very liveli­hoods depend on the plant. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Environment, Top Tagged With: coal, copper, electrozinc, environment, industry, labour, labour environment, metallurgical plant, north caucasus, north ossetia, plant, russia, toxic plant, unemployment, vladikavkaz, zinc

Drowning in rubbish: Baku’s waste management headache

3 March 2018 by Vafa Zeynalova

(Vafa Zeynalova /OC Media)

Baku is the largest and one of the most polluted cities in the South Caucasus. Seven percent of the city’s territory is occupied by dumps. One of the largest rubbish pro­cess­ing plants in Europe has operated in the city for five years, but this has not solved the problem. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, environment, garbage, pollution, waste management

Tbilisi statues covered with face masks ‘to protest air pollution’

1 December 2017 by OC Media

Ilia Tchavchavadze and Akaki Tsereteli (Goga Chanadiri)

A number of statues in Tbilisi were covered with face masks overnight on 28 November, report­ed­ly to protest air pollution in the capital. Images of masked statues emerged online on 29 November, leading to public debate over whether it was an insult to those who the statues symbolise. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: activism, air pollution, capital, environment, georgia, tbilisi

Georgia to cut four ministries

13 November 2017 by OC Media

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili (Official photo)

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has announced plans to merge a number of min­istries, cutting down on the total number by four. The changes are being accom­pa­nied by a Cabinet reshuffle. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: agriculture, energy, environment, georgia, Jejelava, kvirikashvili, sports, youth

Protest after trees ‘cut down’ in Tbilisi

25 October 2017 by OC Media

(Temo Baratashvili /Facebook)

Green activists are protest­ing the possible cutting down of up to 71 trees at a Tbilisi con­struc­tion site. Local activist group Guerrilla Gardening Tbilisi expressed concern after being alerted that a number of trees had already been cut down near Vazha-Pshavela Avenue. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: construction, environment, georgia, Guerrilla Gardening, tbilisi, tree cutting

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