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In pictures | Borjomi’s year-long winter

by Ekaterina Anchevskaya

•3 min read

Residents of the legendary spa town of Borjomi have banded together to try to survive the disappearance of the summer tourism boom. Streets glowing in the sunshine, the overlapping sounds of loud conversations battling for attention with the merry tunes of spinning carousels trying to entice passers-by. At first glance, it looks just like any other summer in Borjomi, a spa town in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region known for its mineral water and lush national park. But, if you look a lit

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Borjomi’s mayor and staff go on strike

by OC Media

•6 min read

The mayor of Borjomi Municipality, in southern Georgia’s Samtskhe–Javakheti Region, refused to show up for work on 2 March, along with 90 other employees of the mayor’s office. They went on strike after not being paid for the past three months, in a disagreement between the municipal council (sakrebulo) and the mayor’s office over pay. Borjomi’s municipal council have failed to approve a new staff list and staff budget for the mayor’s office since mid-January, leading the entire staff to go