BI wanted to arrest Kadagidze, new one year visa-free list, new Georgian in Odessa, no multi member constituencies, FDI down, lari up, US and China in the Anaklia port finals, jury mess, Chinese MP visit, Kremlin miffed at Geo EU friendship, Tamrkio to Montenegro, PM to Baku, ISAF death, NATO chief visit later maybe, Saudi prince visit, BitFury in Gldani, Mountain Minister, DefMin says they have giant device but can’t sell, Jutland and Racha, push up record, Batumi hotel, sailors hurt, Rustaveli airport, Kiev flights, KaZantip Gem Fest, profit tax changes, Spaniards at Dinamo, puppet award, Abkhaz archive, no quorum, pink haired kisser
The MEME this week is a video going around facebook of a pink-haired girl going around Rustaveli street. She approaches random guys on the street and asks them ‘do you want to feel positive today?’ — and if they say yes, she makes out with them right there. Link: http://on.fb.me/1BaVxQT
A video from RFE/RL talking to people in Pankisi Gorge, about going to fight abroad. Link: http://bit.ly/1HkrWW8
A Moscow Times op-ed on Poroshenko’s Misha in Odessa gamble. Link: http://bit.ly/1e8lqqi
Another piece on Misha’s appointment in Odessa, for the Observer. The author Lincoln Mitchell is formerly of NDI, and now closely identified with Georgian Dream. Link: http://bit.ly/1QvCdPM
And the Economist on Misha in Odessa: they say it was a purposeful move to insult Putin. Link: http://econ.st/1KJzC37
NPR explores some qvevri wine. Link: http://n.pr/1MOpxDu
The CRRC looks at press freedom in Georgia in comparison with recent EU member states such as Romania, Hungary, and Poland. Link: http://bit.ly/1JOc4vt