TBLPOD7jan2015

Iran gas, Free Dem dep FM, Nat Bank Chair search, Gardabani gam candidates, New Year’s Eve, snow, Merkel note to Kvirik, Russian SO abduction, Ponichala Wakabi critic killed, Austrian shell companies, Geo scrum half, snow border death, Abastumani investment, Ali and Nino at Sundance, Hard Rock Cafe in Vera, Netflix, Lilo homeless shelter, Chinese tourist plan, EU on waste, Narmania says strike fails, Wine export down, French Tamar novel, Ananiashvili Telegraph tops, Roman piece, child law, Marat on Ukraine cops, Rooms in NYT, London events

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  1. The MEME this week is photos of Batumi looking lovely covered in snow. Link: bit.ly/1Z8HmBQ

    A video of the New Year’s Eve fireworks in Tbilisi. Link: on.fb.me/1SCS1EY

    Erica Marat for Foreign Policy’s Democracy Lab explains the problems with Ukraine’s police reform, and draws parallels with Georgia. Link: atfp.co/1MWaMff

    Three former Ambassadors to Georgia advocate that Georgia with Prime Minister Kvirikashvili is ‘poised’ to ‘reinvigorate its democracy;’ it just needs the support from the US and the West. Link: bit.ly/1S6M9EK

    Heath Druzin for Stars and Stripes magazine reports on Georgia’s troop contribution to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Link: 1.usa.gov/1OdLSd5

    Rooms Hotel Tbilisi is featured in the New York Times. Link: nyti.ms/1Rw3ANs

    The Guardian’s 2016 guide for where-to-go on holiday includes Georgia. Link: bit.ly/1P4UAtQ

    Open Democracy writes on the unlikely home some Syrian refugees have found in Abkhazia. Link: bit.ly/1PIbnG7

    A new commercial video on youtube which is an aerial ode to Tbilisi. Link: bit.ly/1RmhqDH

    A Goodbye to Georgia from Paul Salopek’s Out of Eden walk for National Geographic. Link: bit.ly/1O3XEWK

    More photos of Batumi in snow. Link: bit.ly/1Z8HwZY

    There is a crowd-funding campaign to help rebuild the ‘Books in Batumi’ store which was heavily damaged by snow. Link: bit.ly/1S1DFP8

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