ODRs, Batumi family pressure, Kvirik in DC, Usup in Brussels, more visa stuff, BI botanical gardens grab, Bank cuts rate, NATO later, Osset border, Yerevan bomb, movies, Rep Russell freaks, Misha tells R2 he will return, Abkhaz booth shut down in Montenegro, Azeri Def Min plane in Israel, Blockchain land titling, Baghdati gamgebeli arrest, red flag removal, double decker trains, judo gold, demining drones, National beat up in Rustavi, CenterPoint still hasn’t built or paid back, Pshavi special, Pastafarians turned down, Telavi airport, partly free press, new Tbl bus stops, Tabakhmela villas, Russians say tangerines Turkish, Uranium, driver protest, Greek murder extradition, Latvian hacker arrest, no Turkey land grab, Ramazzotti, Topishare, two election amendments, PM to run as MP, CNN Parts Unknown
The MEME this week is the trailer for Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown episode in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1rnFtY5
Tara Burton in Roads & Kingdoms gives a basic guide to what you need to know about visiting Tbilisi. Link: http://bit.ly/1r2vU0h
The Washington Post’s editorial board condemns the Aliyev regime’s crackdown and repression of independent and critical media in Azerbaijan. Link: http://wapo.st/1SGFJuc
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project documents and updates the activists and journalists imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Link: http://bit.ly/26vautr
Maia Edilashvili summarizes for Eurasianet what the debate and protests have been over the ODRs or secret agents in universities and public institutions. Link: http://bit.ly/1VX3iDh
Prime Minister Kvirikashvili’s interview with the Associated Press from Washington. Link: http://apne.ws/1SPddH8
A recording of Prime Minister Kvirikashvili’s talk at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Link: http://bit.ly/1VXLPdj
Haaretz report on the Azerbaijani defence ministry plane landing in Israel while there was renewed fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Link: http://bit.ly/1Tjx3HJ
Forbes reports on how Georgia is working with Bitcoin to introduce land titling on Blockchain. Link: http://onforb.es/1NGamkq
In New Eastern Europe, Bruno Maçães writes on the ‘lost tribes’ of Azerbaijan. Link: http://bit.ly/1SUHY0u
Some skateboarders skated around Georgia and Armenia, some photos of that. Link: http://bit.ly/1TAyJzb
The Boston Globe describes in detail how you eat an adjaruli khachapuri. Link: http://bit.ly/1XY83db
The Facebook page Collective Evolution muses and interprets the Ali and Nino statue in Batumi. Link: http://bit.ly/1r2wxXJ
The CRRC blog is on how Georgians feel the EU perceives them and changing trust in the EU over time. Link: http://bit.ly/1YWn2EA