TBLPOD19nov2015

ISIS freak out, R2 update, PM to Slovakia Brussels visa chat, young Chief Proc named, Tiniko Halifax, Patrioti hunger strike, France solidarity, anti-Gazprom rally, Vano and Adeishvili new charges re Aslan bank, Vake cop charged, CoE HG guy visits, snowed in 4th DNA strand in Cauk, ABL kidnapping, energy event, farmers loans forgiven, no net for Azeris for 8 hours, Greeks ok association, wind farm tender, remittences down, tea to EU, IFC lend to green developers, army bonuses, Turkcell about to control GeoCell, Damon Wilson visit, Budapest events, Tallinn Tbilisi culture, Blair visits, award to Georgian German writer Kharatishvili, Astrid Lindgren prize to Georgians, weed smokers released from prison, 450 IDPs get new houses, movie update, posthumous Bronze Star, Japanese corner in Botanical Gardens, Jazz in Minsk, UNM says to increase pension, Ostrovsky asks about Poti Rosneft sale, R2 timeline from Civil.ge, Kelly interview, supplements replace bonuses, 13 Syrian fathers

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  1. The MEME this week is pictures of the Tbilisi monuments lit up in the colours of the French flag. Link: http://bit.ly/1MFAupy

    A video that was a bad advertisement from IPhone+ in Georgia, which mimics Daesh propaganda videos. Link: http://bit.ly/1Lptifl

    Simon Ostrovsky of Vice news was in Odessa in late summer and interviews Misha. Link: http://bit.ly/1Yjtsyh

    Vice news was in Georgia and talked to the Energy Ministry about Rosneft buying 49% of the Poti terminal. Link: http://bit.ly/1kJu2XG

    Civil.ge has a timeline detailing the developments of the Rustavi 2 story. Link: http://bit.ly/1I2IJde

    Anna Nemtsova reports for the Daily Beast on the Rustavi 2 story, and makes parallels to KGB blackmail tactics. Link: http://thebea.st/1lxShs4

    Jackson Diehl has an editorial piece in the Washington Post on Misha’s corruption-fighting task in Odessa. Link: http://wapo.st/1MqJaCm

    Prime Minister Gharibashvili wrote in Euractiv advocating that visa free travel is the logical next step in Georgia’s EU integration. Link: http://bit.ly/1MANnkM

    Tbilisi-based NGO Chai Khana reports on villagers and burdensome agricultural loans in Armenia. Link: http://bit.ly/1Xd6cQ0

    GIPA professor Tornike Sharashenidze writes in ECFR that the political developments in Georgia stem from the NDI public opinion poll that showed that the Georgian Dream lost a lot of support. Link: http://bit.ly/1PpJx3M

    A group of former ambassadors argue in the National Interest that the West should not ignore the growing crises in the South Caucasus countries, where there is a real possibility of war. Link: http://bit.ly/1PQozts

    Deutsche Welle follows an animal conservation organization into the Vashlovani National Park. Link: http://bit.ly/1HbYLH8

    **Liana Satenstein in Vogue from Tbilisi Fashion Week on Georgian designers incorporating traditional Georgian techniques. Link: http://vogue.cm/1kGYYIe

    ESPN reports on how Georgian NBA player Zaza Pachulia has been doing quite well for the Dallas Mavericks. Link: http://es.pn/1T2I55W

    For Culinary Backstreets, Paul Rimple visits the Shavi Lomi or Black Lion restaurant in Sololaki. Link: http://bit.ly/1l8IHva

    The CRRC looks at the relationship between parents’ and their children’s education in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1O7p9D4

    The research on the fourth ancestral strand of European DNA from the Caucasus, published in Nature Communications. Link: http://bit.ly/1l8II2n

    Science Daily explains the Europe/Caucasus DNA research. Link: http://bit.ly/1OiggVJ

    Georgian Journal interviews the US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly. Link: http://bit.ly/1PDg6eB

    An interview with Donald N. Jensen, who is a resident fellow at the School of International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, on Georgia’s multi-vector foreign policy. Link: http://bit.ly/1l8IKaq

  2. Hi Mark,
    I know a few of the people at World Experience for Georgia (WEG), and they are funded by grants from international organizations and consultancy.
    Best,
    Dustin

  3. Well, I suppose there should be some clearance/threshold for the articles published here. Anna Nemtsova’s peace is a lowest-quality apology to the UNM. Unconscionable fact-twisting – like the allusion that beggars in the streets and poverty only appeared in Georgia in the course of last three years – and lionizing Gvaramia and Co., totally oblivious of their role in the murder of Imedi in 2007 are examples of dishonest (or brainwashed, or both) journalism.

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