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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 the facebook page of Godlike Georgian Memes, because they are celebrating their one-year anniversary. Link: http://bit.ly/1SRxtF6
In the Huffington Post, Professor Philip Seib from the University of South Carolina outlines Georgia’s public diplomacy efforts to join NATO. Link: http://huff.to/1YjpS6a
For the Washington Post, Jackson Diehl also discusses the importance of NATO for Georgia, in light of Trump’s NATO skepticism. Link: http://wapo.st/1pY5Xi5
Tornike Zurabashvili appeals in Foreign Affairs to let Georgia in! Link: http://fam.ag/1S0v2Uo
Muscovite-Georgian writer Boris Akunin muses in the New Statesman on ‘what it means to be a Georgian.’ Link: http://bit.ly/1Vi284v
ISET economist Florian Biermann looks at the impact of religion on a country’s economy. Link: http://bit.ly/1VwrlZt
Wendell Steavenson gushes on the new takes on Georgian cuisine popping around Tbilisi. Link: http://bit.ly/1Vrw8Le
In the Guardian, Georgian writers reflect on 25 years of independence. Link: http://bit.ly/1THFFwp
The NDI poll on public opinion and political ratings. Link: http://bit.ly/1TXCoJr
The new Nations in Transit Freedom House report on Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1Yzfqrl
The U.S. State Department country report on Georgia for human rights practices for 2015. Link: http://1.usa.gov/1YzfrLP
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project on Bidzina and the Panama Papers. Link: http://bit.ly/1qzBKH2
The CRRC looks at attitudes towards public opinion polls in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1qNNcP8
This summer there are plans for a new bar and cultural space that will open in the Marjanishvili area, called Cultural FABRIKA. Link: http://bit.ly/1Vrwb9S