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A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding
Akhaltsikhe

A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding

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A new road to Tskordza has left local residents far from happy. They worry that with no drainage system, the road will exacerbate flooding in the village. The local government, however, has dismissed their fears as groundless. Venera Sudadze’s house in Tskordza, in southwest Georgia’s Akhaltsikhe Municipality, is flooded every time there is heavy rain. Her house is close to the entrance to the village, at the bottom of the road. Water first floods her garden, and then the rooms in the house

No friendship in Armenia’s ‘village of friendship’
Armenia

No friendship in Armenia’s ‘village of friendship’

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Barekamavan, a village on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, regularly comes under fire. Unfortunately for Barekamavan’s besieged residents, this is not their only problem, and with people moving away, the village faces extinction. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] Barekamavan means ‘the village of friendship’ in Armenian. This is the name of a village in Tavush Province, north-eastern Armenia, which lies on the border with Azerbaijan. Sometimes people in Tavush call t

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