Tbilisi TV tower illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Tbilisi TV tower was on Monday illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the City Assembly revealing the symbolic move. Photo: City Assembly
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The Tbilisi TV tower, one of the iconic sights of the Georgian capital, was on Monday illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the City Assembly revealing the symbolic move.
The Assembly also said a campaign with the involvement of the Tbilisi-based National Screening Centre would be joining events planned across the world throughout October to highlight the cause.
The non-governmental organisation Europa Donna Georgia is also involved in the event alongside the healthcare institution.
Pink October has been marked since 1997 worldwide to raise awareness of the disease.
Tbilisi’s hilltop TV tower, like the landmarks of different cities across the world, was illuminated in blue and orange colours on Saturday for World Cancer Day.
Tbilisi’s hilltop TV tower has been illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the city council announcing the symbolic move on Wednesday.
The iconic Tbilisi TV tower was illuminated, on Saturday, in the colours of the national flags of different countries in honour of the capital’s “friendly” cities, with Georgia’s capital celebrating the annual city festival Tbilisoba 2022 on the weekend, Tbilisi city hall said.
Two Georgian landmarks, the iconic Tbilisi TV Tower and the brand-new football stadium in Batumi, were illuminated with the blue and yellow, the national colours of Ukraine, to mark the Day of Unity of Ukraine on Wednesday.
Tbilisi City Hall will finance beneficiaries of the breast cancer treatment programme from January, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on Wednesday.