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Georgia Today
February 23, 2018
When I started, the renovation of Mestia and its road up from Zugdidi was in full swing, pushed into action by a very energetic Mikheil Saakashvili, then in his second term as President of Georgia. He was a frequent visitor to the town, skiing on newly restored Hatsvali runs, often with VIP guests. The placeÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 23, 2018
Visitors of western Georgia's Samegrelo province will soon be hosted at a renovated Zugdidi Botanical Garden, boasting rich history and a "unique” collection of flora. The park is undergoing a major renovation project worth nearly 10 million GEL (about 4 million USD/3.3 million EUR) and supported by theÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
February 20, 2018
Simultaneously, the bank improved its physical presence in regional parts of Georgia by opening two branches in Batumi and one branch in Zugdidi. The new concept for the branches, entitled “Financial Home,” was actively introduced throughout the year and in 2018, all the bank's branches will beÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 17, 2018
Old buildings will be replaced with new ones in Zugdidi and Akhaltsikhe. Medical staff will be available at all temporary detention facilities. Two new facilities will be built in west and east Georgia for people with administrative charges. With this step, Georgia will meet international recommendations on thatÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
February 15, 2018
In this bulletin, we discuss hotel prices1 in December across different regions of Georgia and calculate the hotel price index2 in December 2017 compared to November 2017. Information about hotels and hotel price data were collected by contacting hotels individually and by using the booking.comÃÂ ...
Daily Sabah
February 11, 2018
The way to Sukhum from Istanbul is a day and half to the city of Zugdidi overland by bus, van and taxi before crossing the border on foot. Abkhaz and Russians fly to Sochi and enter with special papers, but foreigners must pass under the surveillance of the Georgian authorities who stake out the mainÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
February 7, 2018
It was 2002 and we were zipping along a skinny road littered with potholes on the outskirts of Zugdidi in west Georgia, but we could have also been in Guria or Adjara or even Imereti; regions with tea fields that have also become agrarian relics. Later we visited the last operating tea factory in town,ÃÂ ...
Culinary Backstreets
February 6, 2018
“Tea,” our friend Lasha indicated with a head nod, driving past fields with rows and rows of overgrown, chest-high, bushes of green leaves. It was 2002 and we were zipping along a skinny road littered with potholes on the outskirts of Zugdidi in west Georgia, but we could have also been in Guria or AdjaraÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
February 6, 2018
Georgian man detained by occupation forces last year released. 7 Feb 2018 - 10:58:00. Paata Rogava and his father Archil are from the conflict-affected village of Rike in Zugdidi municipality, close to the occupation line. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge. PrevNext. Tweet ÷ Share; Print Article. Comments. We were unableà...
Georgia Today
February 1, 2018
... most preffered gadget for payments. The 'Digitalization of Life Research' study was carried out by IPM Research for Mastercard in autumn 2017, surveying 1000 card holders and users of banking services, both men and women aged between 20 -75, in the cities of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Rustavi, Zugdidi,ÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
February 1, 2018
Thus, the agreement of 2011 was the result of difficult diplomatic compromises. The following algorithm was written down on paper, but not executed in reality: Three trade corridors would be created between Russia and Georgia: Sochi-Zugdidi, Vladikavkaz-Gori and Vladikavkaz-Kazbegi. This last was justÃÂ ...
OC Media (blog)
May 8, 2017
A tobacco warehouse exploded on the night of 8 April in Zugdidi, a town in the north west of Georgia, killing one man. Beso Jgushia, 44, was the manager of the warehouse on the town's Dgebuadze Street. According to a preliminary investigation, the explosion was caused by a short circuit. The buildingÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
December 31, 1999
So far, a school from Batumi and another in Zugdidi are actively engaged, and according to Keti, they're hoping to receive more positive feedback and to get more schools involved in future. In addition, in the framework of the KinderUni project, a competition entitled “1000 questions” was organized, invitingÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
December 31, 1999
In this bulletin, we discuss hotel prices1 in December across different regions of Georgia and calculate the hotel price index2 in December 2017 compared to November 2017. Information about hotels and hotel price data were collected by contacting hotels individually and by using the booking.comÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
October 26, 2017
And despite the population's requests, the local administration has refused to assign a bus route between Gali and Zugdidi. Georgians ...
Georgia Today
October 26, 2017
It was a 3-hour ride from Zugdidi to Mestia. Conditions were... not good. But with one hand firmly grasping a cell phone, the other a cigarette, ...
Democracy & Freedom Watch
October 20, 2017
Due to lack of proper knowledge of Russian, many families opt to send their children to schools in Zugdidi or elsewhere across Enguri river, ...
Georgia Today
October 12, 2017
Zugdidi bridge was but a starting point of the “mass exodus,” as Goldwater calls it. Most of the refugees had to then embark on a several-day ...
Civil Georgia
October 11, 2017
The party said that its campaign posters were torn down in Zugdidi Municipality, and that the party's supporters were attacked in Bolnisi.
Georgia Today
October 5, 2017
“When Ochamchire fell and everybody was trying to get out of there as fast as possible towards Zugdidi, with the road literally swamped with ...
OC Media (blog)
May 8, 2017
A tobacco warehouse exploded on the night of 8 April in Zugdidi, a town in the north west of Georgia, killing one man. Beso Jgushia, 44, was ...
Agenda.ge
March 22, 2017
A new modern centre for Hepatitis C management has opened in the town of Zugdidi in Georgia's western Samegrelo region today. The centre ...
Messenger.ge
March 24, 2017
Interpol has put the Abkhaz murderer of a citizen of Georgia on its wanted list, Georgia's Interior Ministry says. The Interpol decision came after the verdicts of Georgia's western Zugdidi and Kutaisi Courts, which stated that Rashid Kanji-Ogli, an ...
Georgia Today
March 22, 2017
ZUGDIDI, Georgia - A new Hepatitis C center has been opened in Zugdidi, Samegrelo Region of West Georgia. The new center is equipped with modern technologies and it can serve locals as well as the population from the Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia,ÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
March 21, 2017
The State Security Service of Georgia reported that the case of Giga Otkhozoria - a Georgian citizen killed in the village of Khurcha in Zugdidi region last May - was once again put on the agenda. Georgian government representatives continue to call ...
Agenda.ge
March 18, 2017
Zugdidi City Court in the west of Georgia sentenced Kanjioghli to 12-year imprisonment in absentia on December 26, 2016. However, the prosecution applied for the Court of Appeals to rule a heavier punishment.
Civil Georgia
March 17, 2017
On December 26, Zugdidi City Court found Rashid Kanji-Ogli guilty of murder and sentenced him to 12 years of prison in absentia.
EurasiaNet
March 13, 2017
The crossings are used mainly by residents of Gali District in Abkhazia and Zugdidi District in Georgia, on either side of the border, both inhabited almost exclusively by Mingrelian Georgians with many family ties between them.
Eurasia Review
March 11, 2017
Ge) - Authorities in Sokhumi responded to the international reactions on the closure of the two crossing points - Nabakevi-Khurcha and Meore Otobaia-Orsantia - between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining ZugdidiÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
March 10, 2017
Zugdidi City Court had sentenced Rashid Kanjiogli with 12-year imprisonment on December 26, 2016. However, the prosecution applied for the Court of Appeals to rule a heavier punishment.
Civil Georgia
March 10, 2017
Otkhozoria was murdered on the Georgian-controlled territory at the Khurcha-Nabakevi crossing point between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian-populated Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region on May 19, 2016.
Georgia Today
March 9, 2017
Who gets credit when they go from here to shop in Mestia, say, or Zugdidi? No one! Learn to save in your own neighborhood, too!
Messenger.ge
March 7, 2017
... points along the administrative boundary line (ABL) - Nabakevi-Khurcha and Meore Otobaia-Orsantia - between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region at its session on December 28.
Civil Georgia
March 6, 2017
The Georgian Foreign Ministry "condemned" the closure of two crossing points - Nabakevi-Khurcha and Meore Otobaia-Orsantia - between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region. The MFAÃÂ ...
The FINANCIAL
March 6, 2017
Authorities in Sokhumi closed two out of four crossing points - Nabakevi-Khurcha and Meore Otobaia-Orsantia - between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region on March 5, according toÃÂ ...
Agenda.ge
March 2, 2017
The initiatives include the unveiling of regional archive branches in the cities of Rustavi, Telavi and Zugdidi, as well as the fresh exhibition gallery in capital Tbilisi.
Civil Georgia
March 1, 2017
... points along the administrative boundary line (ABL) - Nabakevi-Khurcha and Meore Otobaia-Orsantia - between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region at its session on December 28.
Democracy & Freedom Watch
February 28, 2017
Following the closure of the checkpoints, local residents living in Nabakevi held protested on January 25. The only public crossing now open is the bridge across the River Inguri near the town Zugdidi. Another crossing is also open, but it is ...
Voice of America
February 28, 2017
Pro-Russian Abkhaz authorities announced plans in December to close two of four crossing points between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district to the south. VOA's Georgian Service has reported that theÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
February 26, 2017
The de-facto Abkhaz government decided to close two out of four crossing points along the administrative boundary line (ABL) between Abkhazia's predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district and its adjoining Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region at its ...
Interfax-Religion
February 16, 2017
Tbilisi, February 17, Interfax - Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia has made his first statement after undergoing surgery at a Berlin clinic regarding the detention of Deacon Giorgi Mamaladze, who has been accused by the Prosecutor's Office of ...
Georgia Today
February 16, 2017
The first transportational corridor begins near Sochi, passes through Abkhazia and ends in the city of Zugdidi; the second begins on the territory of North Ossetia, near the village Nari, and passes through Tskhinvali region to end in Gori; the third ...
Banks.am
February 6, 2017
He stated that the first stage implies establishment of 3 or 4 restaurants, each of those requiring EUR 2.5-3 million investment. McDonald's Georgia opened in 1999.
Messenger.ge
February 3, 2017
... ethnic Georgian-populated Gali district organized a protest rally on January 25 against the planned closure of two crossing points along the Enguri River - at Nabakevi-Khurcha and MeoreOtobaia-Orsantia - between Gali and its adjoining Zugdidi ...
Messenger.ge
February 3, 2017
... ethnic Georgian-populated Gali district organized a protest rally on January 25 against the planned closure of two crossing points along the Enguri River - at Nabakevi-Khurcha and MeoreOtobaia-Orsantia - between Gali and its adjoining Zugdidi ...
Civil Georgia
February 2, 2017
Among them, three in the Tbilisi City Council (out of seven), nine in Khoni (out of 12), four in Gurjaani (out of six), four in Zugdidi (out of 18), four in Khulo (out of five), two in Akhaltsikhe (out of 11), two in Adigeni (out of six), two in Poti ...
Agenda.ge
January 30, 2017
The 30-188km (Jvari-Ushguli) section of the Zugdidi-Jvari-Lasdili road is closed to large trucks, semi-trailers and large passenger vehicles (with more than 30 seats).
Democracy & Freedom Watch
January 28, 2017
When it comes to trade, Nabakevi and Otobaya border crossings are used by inhabitants in the predominantly ethnic Georgian Gali district to go to Zugdidi city, where they sell and buy goods. The only public crossing now open is the bridge across the ...
Civil Georgia
January 27, 2017
Residents of Nabakevi and surrounding villages travel to the nearby villages in neighboring Zugdidi district through Nabakevi-Khurcha crossing point for schooling, medical services and commercial activities.
GPS Tracking Info
January 20, 2017
This fits perfectly the situation in UNM now," Darchiashvili wrote. Prior to these statements, Saakashvili used Skype to address some of his supporters who had gathered in Zugdidi, the administrative center of Megrelia and a UNM stronghold. He spoke ...
