Tbilisi Run takes place for the first time
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Tbilisi citizens have run the distance from Vake Park to Freedom Square today as part of the Tbilisi Run initiative by the mayor Kakha Kaladze who ran himself as well promising that healthy lifestyle promotion would be continued.
Kakha Kaladze took part in the run with Speaker of the Parliament and Georgian Football Federation president. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall
"This is not going to be a one-time event. We are going to offer our citizens different sporting events to make it clear how important a healthy life is,” Kaladze, who is an ex-footballer who spent most of his career with AC Milan as a defender, said.
He was also joined by the Speaker of the Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze and leader of Parliament majority Archil Talakvadze in the run, as well as the current President of the Georgian Football Federation Levan Kobiashvili, also an ex-footballer of SC Freiburg, Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC.
Tbilisi city hall plans to deliver professional equipment to sports unions and federations. selected sports are sambo, boxing, riding, shooting, wrestling, tennis and volleyball.
Tbilisi City Hall is launching a new six-month social campaign ‘Care About the City’ to raise awareness of social responsibility and develop a culture in which residents look after their city.
Tbilisi City Hall is taking steps to reduce damage caused by plastic bottles and intends to install plastic bottles collector machines in the city.
A total of 30 million GEL (about $12.35m/€10.43m) will be allocated from the state budget for the implementation of infrastructural projects in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi planned for 2019-2020.
Georgia’s Black Sea town of Batumi hosted a night marathon yesterday evening, aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle. Known as the Great Batumi Night Race, the competition engaged thousands of participants from dozens of countries.