Partskhaladze is super corrupt and Otsneba is in a rush to show they care before the run off, same with Zugdidi corruption arrests, Otsneba tries to make it difficult for ExPats, cui bono? Otsneba trying not to talk about their candidate, BI says mistakes were made, endorsements, Akhalkalaki incident investigation, Whacko confused with Misha in Ninotsminda, Zurabashvili gets the campaign cash prize, 11th anniversary of crackdown, Misha more xenophobia, judiciary weed wrangling by church and Otsneba, PM in China, new ambos, South Ossetians put up new fence celebrate Komsomol, Batumi defense conference, Devdariani harassed, Lari drop, tusks plucked, new food truck on Peninsula, Girchi milk or cheese, destroying Armenian churches, hydro fight, Svaneti tourism, Book Days, Oxford talks, Artisterium
The MEME this week is a Girchi video depicting failed presidential candidate Zura Japaridze looking pensively at a table laid with cheese, milk, and a pinecone. Link: https://tinyurl.com/yd6a9lck
THINGS TO READ
**Eurasianet wrote about the destruction of Armenian churches by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Link: https://tinyurl.com/y8ozamav
**OC Media wrote about “Georgia’s Deadly Construction Sites.” Link: https://bit.ly/2JJM8pZ
**Chai Khana documented women activists fighting a hydropower project in the Pankisi Gorge. Link: https://tinyurl.com/y84fbw4h
**Eurasianet also briefly covered the impact of tourism on life in Svaneti. Link: https://tinyurl.com/yd448hpk
**JAM News wrote about the lack of sex shops in the South Caucasus. Link: https://tinyurl.com/y7qf4m5c