Tbilisoba City Fest 2021 canceled amid residential building collapse in Batumi
Half a million GEL designated for Tbilisoba City Fest 2021 will be used for assisting the victims of the residential building collapse in Batumi. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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Tbilisoba City Fest 2021, which was slated for October 24, has been cancelled following the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.
Acting Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze posted on Facebook that ‘the tragedy, which has united the whole country, is everyone’s pain’.
Tbilisi is the city, which has demonstrated an example of support and solidarity in misery for multiple times. Today Tbilisi stands with Batumi in this difficult time”, Kaladze said.
He said this is why the events scheduled to be held online in celebration of Tbilisoba will be cancelled.
The money designated for the annual festival will be directed to assist those affected by the collapse of the multi-block residential building in Batumi on the May 26th Street.
The rescue operation that was underway for over a day and a half has come to an end after the last person was found dead in the rubble today. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
A total of nine people, including three minors, have died following the collapse. Three individuals have been detained for the illegal construction works in the building leading to its eventual collapse.
Flags on all government buildings in Georgia will be flying at half mast on Monday as October 11 has been declared a day of mourning.
The international community is saddened by the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 7 causing the death of eight.
Flags on all government buildings in Georgia will be flying at half mast on Monday for the victims of a residential building collapse in the Black Sea town of Batumi, Georgia. Sending his condolences to the families of those who have died in Batumi, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has declared October 11 a day of mourning.
A ninth body has been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in the Black Sea town of Batumi, Interior Minister Vakhatang Gomelauri has announced. He assumes there is no one else left in the rubble so that the rescue operation will come to an end.
After about seven hours of rescue operation the first individual has been found in the rubble of a 7-storey residential building collapsed this afternoon in Batumi. As reported about 300 rescuers are searching for 10-15 people after a large section of a seven-storey residential building collapsed in Batumi this afternoon. The acting mayor of Batumi Lela Surmanidze told local media outlet Batumelebi that among the missing people there is one bedridden patient woman, 'who might have been at home'.
Foreign dignitaries send condolences to Georgia for the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine. The Apostolic Nunciature of Pope Francis 'joins in thoughts and prayers to those of the whole of Georgia for the eternal rest of the victims of the Batumi tragedy, for survivors that they may find comfort in their faith, and in gratitude to all who assist'.
A man, who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Batumi, has regained consciousness, doctors say. Zviad Tavdgiridze, 37, who is one of the survivors of the tragic incident remains in serious, but stable condition. However, he has started regaining his consciousness after he was removed from the artificial ventilation.
Three people have been charged by the Prosecutor’s Office for violating safety regulations during the construction work in the residential building in the Georgian seaside town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.Promising to take all the legal steps ‘to protect the legitimate interests of the victims', the Prosecutor’s Office sends the ‘deepest condolences’ to the families of those who have died during the tragic incident.
Three individuals charged with violating construction safety regulations which allegedly caused the collapse of a section of a residential building in Batumi on October 8 killing nine individuals have been denied bail. The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says that workers removed a retaining wall of the residential building per the instruction of one Zaur Budagov, who had no official consent to carry out renovation work on his property.
Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast on all government buildings across the country today in mourning of nine Georgian citizens who died as a result of a residential building collapse in the Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8
Autumn harvest markets will be set up in seven locations of Tbilisi during the Tbilisoba City Fest on October 24-25, announced Tbilisi City Hall earlier today.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will celebrate the annual city festival on the first weekend of October with events for both children and adults, mayor Kakha Kaladze said earlier on Tuesday.
Vehicle traffic will be restricted in Tbilisi due to the events planned for celebrating the Georgian capital’s annual city festival, Tbilisoba 2022, this weekend, Tbilisi city hall announced on Thursday.
One year has passed since the residential building collapsed in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.