Flood stuff, Khaduri in China signs AIIB, Pankisi ISIS fighter death, Ilia not with US Supreme Court, Kvitashvili out? biletebi.ge mess, Tamriko in Minsk, Swedes buy Europe-bet, Nat Bank ups rates, Econ Min gone, RR cargo sale, Austrian embassies, NATO stuff, IPRM talks canal cleaning, Russia stops inmate transfer, Kelly US Ambo confirmed, Rustaveli Airport, Rustavi steel fired people, Interpol pick-ups, no Abkhaz visas, Gonio development, Old Town hotel, US Navy ship in Batumi, TSU and Trinity in Dublin, Kvevri House, financial supervisory authority bill passed first reading, Greece remittances.
The MEME this week is a new website created on the 30th of June mocking the biletebi.ge mess selling the UEFA tickets, at http://ocheredi.ge/. It says something along the lines of “you’re now in the Georgian queueing system, which is why you were not given a number. Instead, everything depends on your know-how and acquaintances.” Link: http://bit.ly/1KwGBji
Tedo Japaridze’s eulogy for the godfather of Georgian international relations, Alexander Rondeli. Link: http://bit.ly/1T9pqG0
Tablet magazine uncovers some of the Iranian businessmen trying to evade western sanctions by doing business through front companies in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1Jx6ejV
Vice reports from the oil fields of Azerbaijan. Link: http://bit.ly/1GTusxM
EuroNews goes on summer holiday to Batumi. Link: http://bit.ly/1CIw3Wt
A travel piece for Georgia covering wine and food, this time in Mashable. Link: http://on.mash.to/1IvcVkS
UNHCR surveyed IDPs in Georgia and looks at the obstacles on deciding whether to return. Link: http://bit.ly/1U3DnGZ
This week’s CRRC blog by one of their Junior Fellows looks at who trusts the police in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1Kz8ypa
Paul Rimple for Eurasianet explores some of the political bickering following the 13th of June flood. Link: http://bit.ly/1Kz8A0n