Kvirikashvili PM, Murusidze re-judgified, BI on 2030 say’s he’ll make lists, Nat Bank dumps 20 mil USD, Georgian Daesh message, Belgium ratifies Association, Al Shishani captured maybe, courts now in collatoralized houses, 50% thresh back finally, Russia visa talks or not, Putin minion tells Abkhaz be mean to Turks because, Tibilov’s unbridled Kremlin sloberfest, Austrian pharma plant, Credit Card fraud arrests, Ninidze in Spielberg pic, Telavi cop killer, David Koma London fashion, Turk ship deal, National Park grenades, garbage and sweeper strike, kurdi arrest in Moldova, Opera reopens, Orbeliani free food fridge, Black Sea road, on-line gambling reform, uranium TSU to Russia, Rixos hotel, Bakuriani chair lift, Lelo Cap’n 8th, parliamentary districts set, volunteer law, Mav Pachulia
The Meme of the week is a video by the US Embassy in Tbilisi; some embassy people sent a New Year’s video and sing the Georgian polyphonic song ‘mravaljambieri,’ which is ‘many years to you.’ Link: http://on.fb.me/1NUqgED
Richard Giragosian writes in Al Jazeera about the escalating clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh in December. Link: http://bit.ly/1mhkV0D
CNN looks at what they think are the world’s best Christmas lights of 2015 — which includes the lights in Tbilisi! Link: http://cnn.it/1J763fV
The CRRC looks at Georgians’ social circles. Link: http://bit.ly/1R0AsiJ
Agenda.ge has an interactive map documenting the Tbilisi flood. Link:http://bit.ly/1mrTykE
Photographer Pablo Ferrari has a photo album on facebook of a gloomy and dilapidated Georgia. Link: http://on.fb.me/1NXbT02
Culinary Backstreets visits Churchkhela makers in Kakheti. Link: http://bit.ly/1R0Auaa
JumpStart Georgia has a visualization on Prime Ministers’ time in office in Georgia — and note that Gharibashvili was the 11th prime minister to leave the office by resignation. Link: http://bit.ly/1Vs5gb6