Batumi

Detained Georgian media director Mzia Amaglobeli remanded in custody pending investigation

Georgia

January 14, 2025

According to the judge, the decision was based on the risk of her committing another offense or attempting to flee.

Media director arrested during protests in Georgia faces 4-7 years in prison

Protests in Georgia

January 12, 2025

Mzia Amaglobeli is facing charges of assaulting a police officer, although she claims she accidentally brushed against him. She also reports experiencing violence during her arrest.

Georgian village where the Abkhaz song plays: how Abkhazians learn their native language in Achara

Georgia

September 14, 2021

Abkhazians in Achara learn their native language in schools - pupils and teachers are mainly ethnic Abkhaz living in Achara, but the lessons are also open for Georgians who often join them eagerly

“For 70 years you couldn’t even look in that direction” - the tragedy that divided villages between Turkey and Georgia

January 31, 2020

Soon it will be the 100th anniversary since the Kars agreement separated brothers, sisters, parents and children who ended up on opposite sides of the Georgian-Turkish border

Dream Town: Batumi’s ghetto

Georgia

October 16, 2017

On the outskirts of Batumi, a coastal city famous for its beaches and new hotels, a slum has been expanding for five years. It has become a symbol of unfulfilled election promises.

‘Love and punishment’ - a story of how an underage girl married the guy she loved

September 04, 2017

This is a documentary film about a young family living in a village high in the mountains in Ajara

Off the Coast of Karadeniz

July 06, 2017

'Turkish town' in Batumi - beautiful yet conflicted

Right-hand-drive cars won’t be banned in Georgia after all

February 18, 2017

But getting them into the country will now be a much costlier affair. A vox pop in Batumi

Khatia unwilling to get married

December 12, 2016

Villages in Georgia’s mountains are being deserted. A story of 15-year-old girl

Zorro in Batumi

July 26, 2016

The film features a story about dolphins in the Black Sea in Georgia