Government pulls down minaret, stop & search raids, Zhvania proposed as CEC head, Shashkin inquest, more Kakabadze BS, Patton Boggs, Putin in Bichvinta, Italian mayor, double barrelled Bloomberg interviews, records to be expunged, Mariamoba amnesties, Gigi Kalandadze want apology, Olympic boss charged, Burjanadze people say people like her, Melor freaks pays 100 lari, Bobokvati no longer Mishas, Vano case postponed (again), Davitashvili says no jail for plani, DC Embassy for sale, BoG robbed, #’s, Russia trade up, million $ Georgian painting, 1% law in the works, road deaths, Chiatura cables
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A discussion in English of the week in Georgia (the one near Chechnya not the one near Alabama) Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები
Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. That's it. Nothing scary about it.
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები.
The MEME this week comes from photographer Amos Chapple who visited Chiatura, a mining town criss-crossed by a network of aging Soviet-era aerial tramways that are still being used today. Link: http://goo.gl/QL1s9m
THINGS TO READ:
An article by Daniel McLaughlin titled “ Five years on, breakaway regions find orientation towards Moscow a mixed blessing” in the IrishTimes.com. Link: http://goo.gl/p122H2
**A researcher looking into the Teach and Learn with Georgia program describes an increase in the incidents of attacks on foreigners in Georgia, particularly attacks on women. Link: http://goo.gl/S48d3U
**An article in The Economist titled “Too Much Uncertainty” which argues that Georgia’s economic slowdown is the result of the sluggish global economy coupled with investor uncertainty. Link: http://goo.gl/P2wbui
Here is the registration of Patton Boggs’ contract with the Government of Georgia: http://goo.gl/BSMJPT