EU Ass Ag! UNM Baku Airport drama, Pataraia with Margvel, revotes, Narmania’s mom peeks, no MAP yet, Russia relations, Ossets want Union, Ossets rec Lugansk, TI wins foreign ag land case, bonus limits, illegal Dream cash, peace index, trafficking problems re labor inspector, new military strategy, new coast guard base, UNM guys beat up, Australia dumps homophobic soprano, new Ambo from Armo, Frontera says big gas find, construction fraud arrest, prescriptions for antibiotics, new Kiev flights, Russian Orth music, new EU Alumni chair, parking, La Blond on fake demo, Onnik on peace.
The MEME this week is a photo that was popular among Georgian Facebook users, of a Georgian “parking guru” — meaning not so much — who managed to park his BMW on some stairs on a sidewalk in front of TSU university. Link: http://bit.ly/TzYANB
THINGS TO READ
Great article by Josie La Blond in the Guardian “ Georgian pro-Russia group ‘planned fake pride march to scupper EU deal’” in which the title says it all. Link: http://bit.ly/1pDbhBA
An article in civil.ge about the twenty-eighth round of Geneva Talks. On the 18th of June, representatives from Sokhumi and Tskhinvali, backed by a Russian negotiator, demanded the issue of displaced persons and refugees be removed from the Geneva talks agenda. Link: http://bit.ly/1jm9Eo8
A article by TI Georgia assessing the activities of majority MPs’ bureaus throughout the country. Link: http://bit.ly/TzYLbE
Caucasus Analytical Digest number 63 offers a political ranking and evaluation of the three South Caucasus countries. Link: http://bit.ly/1mhcomB
A blog post by CRRC about trust in local government in Georgia. According to the article, there is an increased ambivalence over the last two years towards local government. Link: http://bit.ly/1ixXWMr
An article in DFWatch.net about language barriers for Georgia’s ethnic minorities. Link: http://bit.ly/1nGWPY5
An article by Dmitry Sukhodolsky in Russia Beyond the Headlines about Soviet leaders’ culinary preferences. Link: http://bit.ly/TzYXHV
Photojournalist Onnik Krikorian has a piece on Medium on Azeri-Armenian peaceful co-existence in a Georgian village. Link: http://bit.ly/TlJECh