An unforgettable music evening dedicated to the work of Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of the most prominent composers of 20th-century world music, was held at the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall, Azernews reports.
Day: November 24, 2025
Azerbaijan is preparing legal changes that could transform large areas of agricultural land into sites for renewable energy while keeping those lands’ existing category and primary use. The amendment, highlighted in the newly published Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 report, would enable the deployment of utility-scale solar and onshore wind on farmland without requiring land reclassification or restricting farming activities. This measure is part of a wider package that the government sees as essential for modernizing the power system and meeting growing electrification needs.
Four construction workers died and another was hospitalized after a suspected ground collapse during retaining wall work near the village of Tskere on the Kvesheti-Kobi section of the North-South Corridor road project, Georgia’s Roads Department reported on November 23. The workers were citizens of Turkmenistan and China.
“An investigation has been launched into the case,” the agency said, adding that “the Roads Department demands from the contractor company the maximum tightening of compliance with safety standards and the strict observance of regulations during the construction work.”
One injured worker remains in intensive care, a doctor from Tbilisi Central Hospital told journalists. “At this stage, there are no signs of traumatic injury to the head, chest, or abdominal organs.”
The Kvesheti–Kobi highway project began in 2019 and was originally slated for completion in 2023. Funded by the Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and supervised by UBM International, the project includes a nine-kilometer tunnel built by the China Railway Tunnel Group, completed in 2024, while other sections are being constructed by the China Railway 23rd Bureau Group.
Georgian Dream government critics, including the CSO Civic Idea, have long warned about the involvement of Chinese companies in strategic infrastructure, citing corruption allegations, safety violations, and environmental and security risks linked to CRTG abroad.
In September, GD Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze visited the construction site, saying the project would be completed “in about a year and a half” and would make travel to Kazbegi safer year-round.
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