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26 May🇬🇪

The Georgian State Security Service said on July 11 that the representatives of “Russian occupation forces” have illegally detained a resident of village Kvemo Chala of Kaspi Municipality, adjacent to Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia occupation line. SSG said the Russian occupation forces have shot and wounded the person in the foot before illegally detaining him. The …#news#georgia #russian_occupation#tskhinvali_region/south_ossetia

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☝🏼”New York Times" publishes article about Lelo Burti 🏐👉🏼 "A Wine-Soaked Ball Unites a Georgian Village, but Only After Dividing It”, – this is the title of the article published by American edition “New York Times”. The author writes about tradition established in Guria village Shukhuti. The main characters of publication are the residents of the village. “Every spring in Shukhuti, a black leather ball is sewn together to play Lelo Burti, a brutally physical folk game. The winners carry it straight to the cemetery. Lelo Burti – a singular blend of a large-scale rugby match and an even larger street fight — that was once popular all around the region of Guria but is now only played here, once a year, on Orthodox Easter. 🏐 The ball is the only equipment and the eventual trophy. It is kept by the winning team and, immediately after the game, set down at the grave of their choice to honor that person’s memory”, – reads the article. According to the article, Lelo Burti was granted status as a “nonmaterial monument” of culture five years ago by the Georgian government. “But once the actual game begins there is little ceremonial about it. It is a living, breathing, brutal pastime. It arouses genuine passions and profound injuries. On game day, the village is split in two — Upper and Lower Shukhuti — and men from each half compete to carry the ball back to their side of town. Once that happens, the game ends. That is it. There are no boundaries, no limit to the number of participants, no real tactics, and almost no rules. Women are not prohibited from playing but rarely do. The game typically lasts a couple hours. Sometimes it rages long into the night. One year it took less than 20 minutes”, – notes author in the article.

Pensions, disability payments and teachers’ salaries will be significantly increased in 2020, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at a special session of the government today. Gakharia said that the pension will increase by 20 GEL ($6.8/€6.2) for pensioners and for the first and second category of people with disabilities up to the age of 18. The pension will also increase by additional 30 GEL ($10.2/€9.3) from July 1, 2019”, said Gakharia. Teachers' salaries will increase by 300 GEL ($101.5/€92.9) for the 2020 school year", said Gakharia. Prime Minister Gakharia also spoke about the importance of infrastructure projects for economic development and said that these projects remain one of the priorities for the state budget 2020. By the 2020 school year, salaries of kindergarten teachers will increase by an average of 100 GEL ($33.8/€31)”, Gakharia said. Gakharia also noted the importance of effective budget management. The salaries of law enforcement officers and soldiers ... will increase by at least 125 GEL”, said Giorgi Gakharia. From July 1, 2020, the salaries of village doctors will also increase by 100 GEL ($33.8/€31)," Gakharia said. Gakharia also noted that reducing or at least not increasing bureaucratic spending is very important and should be managed effectively.