Close election! Bakradze concedes! Runoff this month, Rustavi 2 called closest, Otsneba least accurate prediction! Akalkalaki activists attacked UNM members, child murder, Data Akhalaia new charge, Zaza Saralidze jailed for attacking cop, new audio with Misha and NYC uncle, Bidzina v Gigauri, Igor Giorgadze is still alive, Bolton appears to try to make Trump’s anti-Iran fetish Georgia’s problem, Georgia passes USA in ease of doing biz, spasiba air traffic controller, Pew says Georgians worry about evil eye, too many registered voters, taxi price strategy, orange wine
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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 transcript of an exchange between a Tbilisi air traffic controller and an Air France pilot.
Link: https://bit.ly/2OfR6LP
THINGS TO READ
**A recent Pew report looks at differences between western, central, and eastern Europe, including Georgia, using survey data from 2015 through 2017. Link: https://pewrsr.ch/2OTBZgp
**New Eastern Europe also wrote about potential threats to elections. Link: https://bit.ly/2PBt1E3
**Eurasianet wrote about how the political scandals of this election season have been received in Russia. Link: https://bit.ly/2Pu3Zqz
**The recently established company Tbilnomics Policy Advisers has a blog, the Tbilnomics Tamada Blog, which has posted some interesting looks at the social and cultural contexts of economic issues in Georgia. Link: https://bit.ly/2ETiCzv
**JAM News marked October 30th at the Day of Remembrance for the Political Victims of the USSR, covering in brief the scale of repressions in the Caucasus and Russia. Link: https://bit.ly/2Oj2mak
**The Evening Standard wrote about “Why you need to try orange wine this autumn.” Link: https://bit.ly/2Q6sV4j