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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.
The MEME this week is a video posted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on their facebook, of them bringing two guys into the police station and arresting them for beating up two Nigerians in Tbilisi. Link: http://on.fb.me/1RmMeAU
The Economist on Misha’s role in Odessa, fighting corruption and the power of the oligarchs. Link: http://econ.st/1QCx8GC
Bloomberg View also meets with Misha in Odessa. In Ukraine, society wants the reforms, the oligarchs don’t, so Misha is working to stir up public support and public pressure. Link: http://bv.ms/1OeaRkU
Foreign Policy magazine sits down with President Margvelashvili in New York to talk Georgia’s strategy — being a Western ally but trying to not provoke Russia. Link: http://atfp.co/1OOHiq9
In Foreign Policy, Michael Cecire writes about the endless NATO-Georgia courtship. Link: http://atfp.co/1VcNEn9
Elizabeth Dunn examines the failure of refugee camps in helping victims, and visits IDP camps in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1MRmxa3
Sergey Markedonov writes on 25 years of South Ossetian independence, says Georgia’s nationalist policies in the 90s pushed South Ossetians to leave. Link: http://bit.ly/1KXOZUU
John Helmer in Moscow (and working for the Kremlin) writes on Misha and Poland’s Sikorski as clowns, nepotism, and so on. Link: http://bit.ly/1VuTOPL
Tara Burton explores the craziness of the idea of the new Batumi for Roads & Kingdoms. Link: http://bit.ly/1KN6ZAm
Matthew Miller for Eurasianet reports on Georgia’s now struggling used-car export industry. Link: http://bit.ly/1JLWdJN
The Telegraph looks at who are the most-wanted Islamic State or Daesh terrorists. Pankisi native al-Shishani is among them. Link: http://bit.ly/1KS36wY
TI Georgia looks at if there is money collection at public schools — and finds that it’s rare. Link: http://bit.ly/1OeaVkz
A site called Wallpaper has a list of the best urban hotels of the year; which includes Rooms Hotel Tbilisi. Link: http://bit.ly/1RmMxvx
The CRRC is looking at think tanks in the three South Caucasus countries. Link: http://bit.ly/1VuTW1y
The CRRC talk with Hans Gutbrod on the strength of think tanks in each South Caucasus country, and how much they can influence policy. Link: http://bit.ly/1KS3fAH
The Public Service Hall has a kind of promo video of BMX pro Viki Gomez doing tricks in the Tbilisi mushroom building. Link: http://on.fb.me/1FOnDDL