Petition prepared to boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
09 October, 2013
A group of citizens of Georgia has prepared a petition addressed to Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, National Olympic Committee President Leri Khabalov and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Levan Kipiani with a request to boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The petition – released on Facebook – has been signed by representatives of non-governmental organizations (Eka Gigauri, Eka Rostomashvili and Levan Natroshvili of Transparency International Georgia, Nino Lomjaria of International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy and lawyer Zurab Gvelesiani). Signing the petition is open for all citizens supporting the boycott.
Pamela Anderson, famous Canadian American actress and model has appeared in the chic sunglasses by internationally acclaimed Georgian designer George Keburia.
Young people are needed in Georgia’s agriculture but are leaving the rural areas for the city. By modernizing the Vocational Education system, an internationally funded programme makes efforts to attract Georgia’s youth to stay and work in the villages.
Photographer Daro Sulakauri has recently published a photo project on the villages bordering the breakaway regions of South Ossetia (Tskhinvali Region) and Abkhazia.
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