Georgia plans national matchmaking service as marriage rate falls

 The NGO behind the projects fears apps like Tinder won’t take off in Georgia. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
The NGO behind the projects fears apps like Tinder won’t take off in Georgia. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

By Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet.org, The Guardian, May 10, 2016 

National database of singletons proposed to help pull country away from ‘demographic catastrophe’. Eurasianet.org reports

A nationwide headcount of eligible bachelors and bachelorettes has been announced in Georgia, apparently in a bid to help tackle the slowing birth rate.

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