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14.03.2014
Georgian Ministry of Energy orders use of force against local protesters who fear landslides from hydro construction
Last weekend, the Georgian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources again left no doubt about where its main interests lie: enforcing the massive exploitation of Georgia’s hydropower potential despite and against people’s concerns and if necessary by use of force.
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27.02.2014
Promoters of mega-dam in Georgia use front group and PR campaign and discredit local community
Georgian public opinion backs the village of Kaishi in the Georgian mountains that defiantly defends its land and tradition against the planned Khudoni dam. The project promoters have now embarked on an all-out promotion campaign including a fake non-governmental organisatio
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12.02.2014
Georgian hydro projects are a test case for the EBRD's good governance policies
As activists pointed out at a consultation meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia’s hydropower sector has plenty of lessons to be learned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Yesterday in Tbilisi, during a public consultation on the good governance policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an unexpected thing happened.
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06.02.2014
Georgian government and investors reject Ombudsman's offer to mediate in controversy over Khudoni mega dam
The growing antagonism between promoters of the Khudoni hydropower plant project in Georgia and their local opponents from Kaishi is unlikely to ease when the investor and the Georgian Ministry of Energy boycott mediation by Georgia’s Ombudsman.
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03.10.2013
Growing solidarity with local communities in Georgia puts Khudoni dam in spotlight
Protests against the Khudoni mega-dam in Georgia are spreading beyond the local communities affected by the dam. We recently reported how local opposition against the Khudoni hydropower plant project in Georgia is being stifled by government figures and how people were intimidated to avoid negative reporting on the subject.
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30.05.2011
Bringing Georgian realities to the EBRD drawing board
David Chipashvili from Bankwatch member group Green Alternative in Georgia talks about the opportunities and threats in bringing concerns from the ground to the attention of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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