#Georgia

Far from good. New study examines Georgia's air pollution from the space observations

Far from good. New study examines Georgia's air pollution from the space observations

TBILISI/PRAGUE - Pollution from obsolete industries, heavy traffic, old vehicles and outdated heating threaten Georgian citizens. A new study (1) based on remote sensing of the...

Do we know what we breathe? A new study suggests improvements of Georgia’s state air pollution monitoring

Do we know what we breathe? A new study suggests improvements of Georgia’s state air pollution monitoring

TBILISI/PRAGUE - Georgia is on the way to have an effective air pollution monitoring system. However, citizens and experts alike lack reliable data on pollution in the vast...

Environmentalists launch AirGE. Citizen stations are about to monitor air pollution in Georgia

Environmentalists launch AirGE. Citizen stations are about to monitor air pollution in Georgia

TBILISI/PRAGUE - According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Tbilisi, Georgia, is among the top three European cities with the most polluted air. Nearly four thousand...

Georgian volunteers build cost-efficient citizen air monitoring stations

Georgian volunteers build cost-efficient citizen air monitoring stations

The name of a brand new type of air pollution monitoring station, the first prototype produced by volunteers in Tbilisi, Georgia, on the weekend of 20-21 May 2023, is "AirGE"....

Georgians protested in the streets over a “foreign agents” act. The government backed down

Georgians protested in the streets over a “foreign agents” act. The government backed down

Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi in the first half of March to demonstrate the so-called foreign agents' law. The ruling parliamentary party, Georgian Dream, passed the...