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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.
By saying that nobody could accuse BI for “serving an adversary country and purposely harming his homeland with intention”, Usupashvili sort of says that he was doing that but not consciously or on purpose. 🙂
And, by the way, Tsulukiani lied on TV yesterday, that EU agreement requiered visa regime changes
The MEME this week is is a video going around social media, originally from Youtube, called “Drunk Priest quarreling with police.” Some drunk nagli priest who was pulled over and is being an idiot. The appalling thing is the deference he is shown by the cops. Link: http://bit.ly/1F984TF
A second Meme of the Week, a political cartoon that appeared in an article by Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The title of the article is “Georgia: Welcome, International Terrorists!” Depicts stereotypical Georgian characters standing on the Georgian flag, welcoming jihadis with grapes and chacha. Link: http://bit.ly/1rhBJQd
THINGS TO READ
Vasil Jaiani writes for Forbes on why Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine should choose the EU over Putin’s Eurasian Union. Link: http://onforb.es/1sORZNE
Madona Gasanova writes for the Financial, on the dilemmas foreign investors looking to invest in agriculture in Georgia are now facing. Link: http://bit.ly/1wcTB2U
Joanna Paraszczuk writes for RFE/RL about fighters from Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge and their relation with Islamic State. Link: http://bit.ly/1wfPODW
Micheal Winfrey also writes for Bloomberg on the topic. He examines the dynamic of Chechens fighting with Islamic State and what that might mean for Russia. Link: http://bloom.bg/1uFVhDw
Monica Ellena writes for Eurasianet on the trouble with Georgia’s teachers. They have low salaries, low work hours, and Soviet style education — meaning Georgia’s youth don’t properly learn critical skills that will bring the country into the EU and out of poverty. Link: http://bit.ly/ZHd7Kr
ISET professor Eric Livny addresses the visa issue again, and the government’s statements that they will correct flaws in the law. Link: http://bit.ly/1Cu18fL
The former CEO of Imedi TV, and American, takes on the Misha legacy. He asks, “Why do US senators support a tyrant?” for The Hill, the DC newspaper of Congress. Link: http://bit.ly/1Cu17IL
Alcohol-speciality magazine Punch has a feature on Sighnaghi and Georgian wine. Link: http://bit.ly/1sOSh7n
Agenda.ge has a feature on the new partnership deal between San Diego State Univeristy and Tbilisi universities, that will allow Georgian students to get the San Diego degrees. Link: http://bit.ly/1nrGSK5
Don’t know what happened, but this is unsettling:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/death-british-council-employee-tbilisi-georgia