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Up to 300 houses flooded as a result of downpours in Lagodekh district of Georgia
On May, 12, a downpour inflicted a damage on Lagodekh district (Eastern Georgia). Up to 300 dwelling houses were flooded in the settlements of Apeni, Leliani, Chabukiani and Ananuri.
May 10 2012, 23:50
Peasants of village of Zemo Alvani hold protest action against Georgian Ministry of Agriculture
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On May 9, peasants of the village of Zemo Alvani of the Akhmeta District of Georgia held a protest action, demanding to take measures against locusts, which destroy their crops.
Georgia, South Caucasus
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May 09 2012, 20:00; CK correspondent
Georgian Parliament approves amendments to Law "On Political Unions of Citizens"
| On May 8, at the plenary session, the Parliament of Georgia unanimously adopted in the third reading the amendments to the Law "On Political Unions of Citizens". More than 102 MPs supported the amendments. |
May 09 2012, 13:00; CK correspondent
“Mtatsminda” park in Tbilisi returned to Patarkatsishvili’s family
| The authorities of Georgia returned the park located on Mtatsminda mountain to the family of late businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, his sister Mziya Patarkatsishvili reported. |
May 09 2012, 12:11; CK correspondent
Veterans of World War II meet on Russian-Georgian border
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On May 8, on the eve of the 67th anniversary of Victory in the World War II, in the area of the state border between Russia and Georgia, near a long-term fire point, a meeting of veterans was held. Georgian veterans, who were invited to the event, did not come to the meeting, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Russia, Georgia, North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Caucasus
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May 08 2012, 21:00
Georgian MPs vote to permit citizens of EU countries residing in Georgia to participate in elections
| Today, the Georgian Parliament has adopted in the first reading the amendments to the Constitution, which involve the provision to EU citizens residing in Georgia for last 10 years, electoral rights. |
May 07 2012, 11:00; CK correspondent
Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out their own ethic charter
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Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out a Charter of a responsible blogger whose participants would take the responsibility to abstain from offence on ethnic, religious of race grounds. This motion was advanced at a meeting of the bloggers of Northern and Southern Caucasus.
South Caucasus, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, North Osetia - Alania, Karachaevo-Cherkesia
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May 04 2012, 10:00
The family of deceased convict in Georgia demands inquiry on the cause of his death
| Zurab Delianidze aged 39 died in hospital of Gland prison of Tbilisi. According to the official version, the convict who was serving a six-years term of imprisonment for storage of drugs died from a serious disease, however, his people dispute this version. Delianidze’s wife Ketino Beridze states that her husband was quite healthy. She also said that the officials of the correctional facility informed her about her husband’s death too late. |
May 04 2012, 09:00
Public prosecutor’s office offers the defendants on the acts of terror in Georgia a procedural agreement
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Pronouncement of a verdict on the case of acts of terror in Georgia in 2009-2010 was deferred. The defendants’ attorneys are negotiating with Public prosecutor’s office on the conditions of procedural agreement.
Abkhazia, Georgia, South Caucasus
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May 03 2012, 15:00
In Georgia, rights activists hold action on World Press Freedom Day
| Georgian human rights organizations have held a staged action – in Tbilisi, inRustaveli Avenue– under the motto "I am a reporter, not a spy!" dated to the World Press Freedom Day. |
