Small kiosks also sell lemons along with other goods. ‘These ones have been hanging here for two weeks’, the owner said. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)
Selling lemons in the streets at ₾1 ($0.38) for a bag of 5, Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — almost exclusively elderly women — struggle to scrape out a living. [Read more…]
Market on the Eighth (Bahruz Samadov /OC Media)
Having moved 2,000 kilometres to a new country, a small community of Pakistanis have built a new life for themselves in Azerbaijan. Even for those who have married locals, have Azerbaijani children, and say they are Azerbaijanis themselves, obtaining official recognition for this — citizenship — is not straightforward. [Read more…]
Pavilions adjacent to houses on Ferdowsi Street (David Stepanyan/OC Media)
On 6 June, the Yerevan City Hall informed the vendors of the clothing market on Ferdowsi Street that construction work would begin there on 15 June. The vendors were asked to move their improvised pavilions to other spots. They remain dissatisfied with the decision and have asked for six months to relocate. The negotiations have so far been fruitless.
Metro Akhmeteli before cleanup (Sulkhan Bordzikashvili/OC Media)
After clearing Tbilisi’s central streets of vendors, City Hall cracked down on street vendors near the Akhmeteli Theatre Metro Station in Gldani District on 25 April. [Read more…]
(Sulkhan Bordzikashvili/OC Media)
Toys on sale in shops and in the streets in Georgia contain substances toxic to children’s health. Many sellers do not know where the toys come from, and the authorities have so far failed to regulate them. [Read more…]
Police control the area in front of Marjanishvili Metro Station (Sulkhan Bordzikashvili/ OC Media)
Vendors recently evicted from the area in front of Marjanishvili Metro Station in the capital Tbilisi, protested the decision on 30 March. [Read more…]
(Sulkhan Bordzikashvili/OC Media)
Tbilisi City Hall has began a campaign to clear the streets of vendors selling clothes, books, fruits and vegetables, and various other things. They claim that they are a nuisance to pedestrians in the city’s busiest streets. Many of the vendors, however, claim that selling on the street is the only way they can survive. [Read more…]
