Archive - Apr 2010
April 28
On March 4 Zura Khachikadze turned 18 years old, an age he has been waiting to experience his right of voting. He knows well that on May 30 Tbilisi residents are going to elect a mayor and he is ready to go to the polls.“Every time when we had elections in Tbilisi I wanted to vote, because I am sure we can change the things, if we really want, but I couldn’t because of my age. Now I can do that. I have my favourite candidate and I’m going to support him, though I’m not a member of any party,” says the optimistic boy. But not everyone thinks as Zura does.Ana Sardanadze is a 19-year-old student at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, and she knows that an election will be held in May, but she doesn’t know the exact date, and not sure she will vote.“Now I’m working on a very important painting, I don’t have time to pay attention to such things,” she says. “ I hope our parties will organize some meetings to inform people about their projects before elections, though I don’t believe the elections are going to be fair.”Harnessing the youth vote is an underrated goal in Georgia: so underrated, there are no statistics available showing the exact percentage of voters aged 18-25 out of the three million voters registered on the voters’ list. Unfortunately, neither the National Statistics Service, the National Democratic Institute, nor the Georgian Statistic ...
Nowadays it is not difficult to find any information about the sexual life due to the Internet, TV programs and films. Besides there is a growing tendency and even a 10-year-old kid knows a lot about the sexual life or how babies are born.I saw how babies are born on TV and asked my mum, she said it is not time for me to know but I guess I already know about,” says 10-year-old Mary from Tbilisi.While there is a stereotype among the people in Georgia that the society doesn’t want to have sexual health classes at schools, the statistics show the opposite.According to the last survey of National Democratic Institute (NDI) conducted in 2007, more than 70% of the Georgian population wants to have health education classes, including information related to sexual health and family formation at schools. There is a percentage disagreement in the capital, which is higher more than twice from that of rural areas of Georgia welcoming the idea of having such kind of classes at schools.The report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shows that the main problem is the lack of information on reproductive health and other related issues. In most countries, the report found no universal or reliable sexuality education programs. The report finds two main reasons for these problems. The first reason is related to prevalence of a strong nationalist discourse like in Poland ...April 15
Every day, Giorgi, 17, a guy in blue jacket and hat walks with his poodle along the street Vazha Pshavela in Tbilisi. Daizy is one year old and has white shiny hair. She can stand on its two paws. Giorgi says it’s his grandma’s poodle, but she died recently and he decided to look after Daizy. Giorgi spends much time with the dog and says it’s very difficult to take care of dogs, especially when keeping themat home.“My mom doesn’t like dogs, she hates wool and says that one day I will get some kind of disease, because I spend much time with Daizy, though once a year I take her to the clinic and always wash my hands after play with her. I think that’s enough,” says Giorgi with a smile on his face.Grigori Zaranyan, a veterinary of the “ZooPlaza” clinic is sure that once a year is not enough, because even if the dog is vaccinated, it doesn’t mean it is safe from infecting more than 200 diseases which can be passed from pets to people.The veterinaries say that dogs should be vaccinated up to six months, then before appearance of their first fangs they should be vaccinated against rabies.The most common infection among dogs is meshelioz, when the dog gets thinner and loses its hair in a short time. It’s deadly and very often veterinaries have to strew them.Veterinary David Chikladze of the pets’ shop “Lord Lamari” says he has noticed that at ...April 7
April 15-16, Tbilisi will host a conference entitled "Challenges for media freedom in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova an Ukraine".
The conference is oorganized by the Council of Europe in the framework of the 2009-2010 Swiss chairmanship of its Committee of Ministers.
The conference will address current problems in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with regard to the safety and protection of journalists, the threats to freedom of expression and the challenges to this freedom brought by new technologies.
The key aim of the event is to formulate concrete recommendations for promoting freedom of expression and information in these states in line with Council of Europe standards and recommendations.
Dunja Mijatovic, recently appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and William Horsley, Chairman of the UK section and Media Freedom Representative of the Association of European Journalists, will be among the key speakers. The event will bring together government representatives, parliamentarians, media professionals and representatives of NGOs.
Source: A1Plus
April 5
Today “Hraparak” newspaper reporter Gayane Babayan got hit by Hyundai (06 ОО 147) on David Anhakht street at around 9:50 p.m. Yerevan time.
After crash the driver — Vahan Yeghiazaryan took her to the hospital, but she died on the way, photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan informed NEWS.am.
Policemen, including the Chief of Yerevan Road Police Arsen Arshakyan have arrived at the scene. Inspection of the accident scene is carried out.
Source: News.am
