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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 is a photo of the hippo going around Tbilisi after the flood which international media are using. Link: http://on.mash.to/1GnYlsR
Blogger “Sukhumi” has photos of volunteers doing major cleanup of the flood areas. Link: http://bit.ly/1Tw8TNq
RFE/RL also has photos of the flood damages. Link: http://bit.ly/1JZrH3g
Ievgen Vorobiov for Foreign Policy argues that Misha’s appointment as the governor of Odesa has reignited a struggle inside Ukraine’s political elite. Link: http://atfp.co/1fiAXEv
The New York Times visits the Georgian bakery Tone Cafe in Brighton Beach. Link: http://nyti.ms/1HW2KWu
Comedian John Oliver takes on Azerbaijan and the government’s bad human rights record when it comes to the European Games, which opened in Baku last week. Link: http://bit.ly/1JZrOvC
RFE/RL follows Misha into the Odesa meat market, where he is introducing people to the new police chief, Giorgi Lortkipanidze. Link: http://bit.ly/1CeJ61p
Michael Cecire writes on the growing trend of Georgians looking eastward towards Russia rather than westward to Europe. Link: http://bit.ly/1L1vygX
The CRRC looks at the average level of trust in institutions in the South Caucasus. Link: http://bit.ly/1MNjwWY
Georgian Journal has a small story on a 15-year old boy whose mother and aunt were killed in the floods, and who worked to save dogs from the dog shelter. Link: http://bit.ly/1GhlZEn