Adjaria

• March 22, 2019 19:56

  Two Georgian scientists demand to exclude them from Ukraine's sanctions list

  Two citizens of Georgia, Merab Khalvashi, Rector of the Batumi University, and Miranda Turmanidze, a scientific researcher at the Batumi Archaeological Museum, have been put on the sanctions list of Ukraine. They are outraged by the sanctions imposed on them.

• August 11, 2018 10:34

  Terrorist Chataev's helper detained in Georgia

  Law enforcers have detained Ruslan Shavadze, who had been sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison for complicity to the terrorist grouping headed by Akhmed Chataev.

• April 05, 2018 09:04

  Activists prevent exporting from Adjara a 300-year-old eucalyptus

  On April 4, the "Dmanisi Salvation Fund", set up by activists of the Georgian opposition and NGOs, announced the completion of raising money to buy out a 300-year-old eucalyptus after winning the tender.

• March 07, 2018 06:22

  Researchers report discrimination of Muslim women in Adjara

  Muslim women of Adjara are subjected to discrimination in schools. They do not get higher education and cannot find jobs. They themselves refuse to participate in political and public life. This was stated by authors of the study conducted in four districts of Adjara.

• February 02, 2018 15:55

  Rights defenders complain to ECtHR about violation of Muslims' rights in Adjaria

  The Georgian NGO "Centre for Human Rights Training and Monitoring" has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint of the refusal for Muslims to open a boarding house in the Ajarian city of Kobuleti.

• January 23, 2018 06:31

  Media report about Grozny Mayor's secret visit to Georgia

  Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of the Grozny city, a subordinate of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has visited Georgia. Georgian and Chechen officials keep the purpose of his visit in secret.

• December 08, 2017 15:38

  Schools and kindergartens closed in mountains of Adjaria

  Today, a heavy snowfall has interrupted classes in 43 schools of the Khulo District, 28 schools of the Shuakhevi District and in one school of the Keda District. This was reported by Khulo Mayor Gocha Meladze. According to the district administration, 20 kindergartens have also been closed.

• October 21, 2017 03:53

  Scientists argue about Caucasus borders

  Historians, sociologists, geographers, economists, and ethnographers have not yet determined where the borders of the Caucasus pass. The United States and the EU politically distinguish the Caucasus, including also as a territory for the transit of energy resources from Central Asia. This was noted by participants of a seminar held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO).

• August 31, 2017 14:44

  LGBT activists describe attack on them in Batumi

  At present, Levan Berianidze and Tornike Kusiani, members of the "Equality Movement", beaten in Adjara on August 25, receive outpatient medical treatment, activists told the "Caucasian Knot".

• April 25, 2017 14:44

  Person accused of organizing Batumi riots goes on hunger strike

  Merab Gogoberidze has gone on a hunger strike in protest against charging him with organizing riots in Batumi, said the advocate Paata Shavadze, noting that his client refuses to plead guilty.

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