Visa free for Abkhaz and Osset Geo passport holders, Court about to decide wether to silence Rustavi 2 special clip, OSCE chair in town Janelidze DC trip, Tibilov furthers Alaniazation, Russian troops in S Ossetia inspected, Batumi Gulen school shut down because Erdogan said so, Maglaperidze kills Public Broadcaster, Kobakhidze on Constitutional Court, Ugulava interview, trans murderer gets 13 years, trans attack in nightclub, Imedi consolidates control of news, Azoti strike, Russian abduction, inflation 4, new hotels, labor problems at Fresco, Geo wine in France, Riga tourism, Glurjidze movie new heights, Rachvelishvili award, veto override judicial law, pedestrians, Muradashvili on Rustavi 2, Navarro on Misha
Author Archives: Mark Mullen
TBLPOD2feb2017
EU Parliament OKs visa free travel, Borjomi Bishop solicits fifteen year old, Ukraine releases Tsertsvadze, Misha split off now called Movement for Freedom European Georgia, Pres pardons innocent Def Min employees, CoE guy in town, Kaladze says Enguri will close for rehab, Congo chopper crash, Abashidze says no Russian diplomatic relations, drunk cops arrested, Vagzal fire, Gali protests border closures, Def Min protests re firings, Russian soldiers kidnap Gali man, more new blue airport busses, new Batumi bypass, Sachkhere fish, Beeline contract, rental cars, steep chacha, new Lelo shirts, Jr Eurovision, Paris models, idiotic surveillance draft, migrant numbers
TBLPOD26jan2017
Misha has party congress, Gov defends Gazprom deal, Russia tries to extradite Georgian from Ukraine gov leaked info to Russia, Womens March Tbilisi, yikes Kobakhidze to Constitutional Court, new Nationals want to observe EPP, Vano leaves parties, Kordzaia number 2 in Republicans, PACE talks about media, EU program on EU, EBRD to go to 300 mil Euro, 34 villages to get shuki and gas, interest rates up 25, ISET on prices, bank deposit numbers, more PAULs, Aerosmith tickets, broadcasting law, court law veto by Margvel, Green faction, Lomsadze in Coda, Ebert on youth, DeWaal on Karabakh war, TI Corruption Perception Index out Georgia does great, 1st Republic book, Izoria in Scandinavia
TBLPOD19jan2017
National Movement finally splits, EU parliament committee voted for visa lib, everybody ticked off at Gazprom deal, State Sec Kerry quick stop, Spain trip, Davos, Tibilov talks crap and SO election 9 April, Usupashvil will start new party oh great, Igor Giorgadzes knickers in a twist, Turkmen oil back, EBRD funds Sadakhlo bridge, imports up 28 percent, remittence numbers, real estate sales up, Chinese buying Poti port from Arabs, Kuwait in Ajara, China wine deal, Batumi Subway, Racha strip works, Zestaponi wind farm coming, childrens hospice, Wekua at Gladstone, femicide bill, NDI numbers, Misha on R2, wool numbers down, lots of Georgia stuff in London
TBLPOD12jan2017
Ugulava unchained, Surveillance group, Grechikha’s kid hits Gvaramia, Vasiko heads Public Broadcaster, Kaladze says cash for Gazprom, Janelidze Turkey Iran, Russians destroy Abkhaz church, GDS shuts down politics, cops pull Girchi weed, EU worries about overstays, Spanish raid Georgian criminals, ABL abduction, Racha Oni park, Italians oversee road, EBRD dam, factories, Fab Labs, helicopter skiing, World Youth Rugby Championship in Georgia, Zaza gets all star votes, Lariazation plan passes, creepy Tovlis Babu video, Kalandadze interviews Damon Wilson, Boyz II Men, Burns Night
TBLPOD5jan2017
McCain we still love Georgia tour, New Years speeches, Alania, Usupash says Margvel will resign, Misha v rest of the leaders continues, PM Poroshenko chat, visa free to Serbia, Abkhaz may leave Geneva, Abkhaz ABL crossings shut, Lith say no to Russian extradition, Pinecones plant weed, Ilia bday, Public Broadcaster short list, Booking dot com problem, Pankisi center torched, Santa robbery, GDP and inflation numbers, new tax code in force, three million tourists, Rukhi car market for Abkhaz, grape seed oil, Torpedo Kutaisi auction, Rural strategy, Sherlock shoot up in UK embassy, Molly McKew on Putins long game
TBLPOD29dec2016
Court strikes jail for weed, Abkhaz gunman convicted, National Movement split drama continues, Constitutional Commission meets, Kaladze meets RAO and Gazprom, Usupashvili mulls party says Khmalade, McCain and Graham talk NATO, Syria help, Russian military choir plane crash, PM says Janelidze speaks to chief Trump Kremlin lackey Michael Flynn, Imedi buys Maestro, Bedukadze gets show, visa free for Abkhaz and Ossets too, EU 44 mill, new central bank VPs, 15 candidates for public broadcaster chief, tiny car tax on the rich, TV manufacturer, Agrohub store for local crops, Teliani beer, Lysistrata gets gold, Iranian translation, judicial reform bill passes, free busses on new years
TBLPOD22dec2016
Russian ambo Istambul killed, EU visa lib progress, Lari slides, Akhalaia sentenced, Abkhaz protests, Russia human rights payout, Tedo in Turkey, Ajara Supreme Council probs, Europol, Trump pulls Batumi building, Norway CoE proj, new USAID cash, embezzling detentions, cop adults journo on ice, train fire, Svan avalanche, Vasadze says control media and women, Kakheti gets roads, German shuki in Guria, TBC helps Dutch, Qatar Doha flights, Melua gets medal, French pin Ovashvili, Demna get award, parliament talks budget and Syria aid, Inguri, Akhmeta metro, ISET loves Pinochet, Stephen Jones interview, Bitfury
TBLPOD15dec2016
EU visa free progress, Parliament chair Kobakhidze constitution comission, charges on UNM fake photographer spies case, Kaladze and Gazprom, Tedo Japaridze works with PM, weed decriminalization protest, European Investment Bank puts 450 million Euros into infrastructure, EUMM extension, UNM fires 20, Burchaladze back to song, Svans ticked at selfie, guy mad he was fired, Ajara avalanche victims saved, American tourist murder charge, another Pankisi Daesh kill, abortion church, Gelati fresco damage, book thief, Marneuli substation, Korean net station, lari slides, FDI up, export down, BoG 9 bil lari, no Alfa Bank, Svaneti power station by Turks, DC wine tasting, French TV like Buniatishvili, budget low, Melua song, Tillerson, Svaneti trip
TBLPOD8dec2016
PM meets on EU visas, Russian jail for texter, reserve fund abuse, Abkhaz opposition leader detained, Brit visit, end violence against women treaty, Ukraine talks occupation in UN, US defense pact signed, US Kelly says chill re Trump, IOM on HIV, Mokhe Mosque mess, Gori torah trashed, Akhaltsikhe marshutka wreck 8 dead, Chiatura mine death, Moodys on lariazation, inflation flat, car tax, textile factories opening via Turkey, wine numbers, Water bond, Racha airport and hotel, Abramishvili paintings, budget in parliament, Ellena on sex selective abortions, pension numbers via Meidan TV, ethnics ranked for biz, top khinkali says Rimple, Alania, persimmons, QSI
TBLPOD1dec2016
Lari drop, cabinet approved, National Movement wrangling, Brussels trip, violence against women demonstration, election problem statement, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia statement, Ajara Supreme Council meets, Paliko leaves Pinecones, Public Broadcaster leadership competition, OSCE on Darknet, Trans attack, TSU protests, forgery ring TSU diplomas, peanuts in hazelnuts export arrest, Spain busts Georgian burglars, PM tells cops to only use flashers in emergency, kids with cancer house, on line gambling regulation, SOCAR may by GOGC stock, frozen chakapuli, alphabet on UNESCO list, movies, infrastructure, Georgian fake Hillary news maker in NYT, Kokoity, Iare Pekhit
TBLPOD24nov2016
PM announces cabinet, Gov says they will fix Avar FGM, Brink in town, Ilia II in Moscow, McCain and Lindsey Graham will visit in Jan on Dont Worry About Trump tour, Margvel says he will fight changing directly elected president, Varsh steps down in Batumi, Karasin says up yours, Chachibaia new top general, Broadcaster and Border Police chiefs step down, Transgender day of remembrance, peacekeepers monument at Krtsanisi, campaign finance numbers, parties to be funded up to twenty, Israel sick of fake asylum seekers, winds, Luftansa strike, Narmania helps cars, Omsbudsman tells Vake pool let women swim, trade up, WB says grown up, Pharmadepot bought, Kiev flights, Lelos beat Samoa, Bidzina sells de Kooning, new Chokhatauri Art Palace, Jr Eurovision win, Will on spas
TBLPOD17nov2016
Misha leaves Odessa starts national party in Ukraine feuds with Bokeria and thinks Trump is smart, Mogherini wants Geo EU visaless, Izoria has an army plan, Georgians protect Germans from Taliban, final CEC numbers, Avar female genital mutilation, Putin wants to subsume Armenian army, NATO exercises, Kumsishvili meets OPIC boss, Patriarch to Russia for birthday party, Kremlin sponsored demos in Kiev, Dekanoidze resigns as Ukraine police chief, Geo for UN tourism spot, Gubaz leaves Forum, Diaspora ministry goes GYLA mad, EU NATO church talks succeed, Petriahsvili attacker sentenced, Tabula TV hiatus, UN livestock deal, lari dive, Trump Tower Batumi and Silk Road Group, 126 new enterprises, gas pipeline, Brandy in Gremi, Double B on Galaktioni, Aerosmith, Annas Life, GeoCapital video
TBLPOD10nov2016
Mish leaves Odessa, draft back, Sandra out, Trump, Karasin on visas, NATO exercise, Burchaladzes party exits, PM mets Serzh chats with Biden, German Def Min says EU Army, Pankisi volunteer killed, Zugdidi arrest, three Chinese arrested, German dies in Svaneti, car inspection in a year, Batumi Iliachevsk back, H and M in Galaria, wine export up, Ajara factory, Chinese Kutaisi metal plant, Italian salon leaves, Food Panda, olives, ads down, movie school, theater awards, Kobakhidze speaker maybe, Beselia legal committee, Avar female genital mutilation, Vogue Tbilisi streets, EAAG podcast, 44 ships, Abkhaz residency, McClain party, Japan rugby, Radarami Oil and Honey, new Metro map
TBLPOD3nov2016
Otsneba sweeps runoffs, Usupashvili mulls future, R2 to Const Ct, OECD tax chat, 12 life judges, NGOs against annexation. Nats say camera attacked in Sam Jav, Molashvilis dacha, Abkhaz Russia army deal, SO ABL abduction, Sakvarelidze green paint, EU ag bid, drug pile burned, rest areas, growth up, 100 lari note, Doha flights, Zara factory in Guria, EU geographical indications, pizza, Indian movie, cabinet rumors, EAAG Georgian language EU podcast
TBLPOD27oct2016
Sandra calls fowl, Free Dems go Otsneba, Krtsanisi shooting, EU visa free update, Pakistan meeting, Rakviashvili Sec of Sec Council, Isoria on draft, Patriotebi new math, fewer ministries, Ukraine and Poland talk WWII start, South Ossets to join Russian army, EU governance reform 30 mil, 3 ABL abductions, soldier death in Kakheti, Geo Manganese lawyer arrested, Larsi closes due to snow, 112 Rustavi office, Tarek food response, Sarpi software glitch, savings down lari loans up, IMF growth numbers, Gardabani plant, TBC insurance, Textile plant in Poti, German trains to Tehran, Rakia fixes Metechi, more right hand drive car drama, tennis win, Poles study Geo wine, Chubabria on homelessness, De Waal Pushkin, Melua, sheep, VOTE
TBLPOD20oct2016
Runoffs, Mtatsminda, Zugdidi, amendments, Givis car bomb arrest, trans women beaten in Ortachala, Abkhaz death in assassination attempt, Geo joins EU Energy Community, Duma joins Russian and Abkhaz armies, movies return, French ship in Batumi, new Geo China leader, Alasania future, Rustavi crash, Sabortalo construction death, Larsi road closed, bear, Bakurtsikhi bypass, Kazakh cargo tariff free, Biltmore casino, Israeli airplane part factory planned, citrus harvest, Mitarbi back, Dartlo road rebuild, Gia Dvali wins Humboldt, Jashi wins in Chile film fest, Halloween
TBLPOD13oct2016
Big Otsneba win, 49 majoritarian run offs, National Movement in with 27 percent, Patriots squeak in, everybody else out, Alasania takes vacation, Otsneba headed for constitutional control, want to get rid of Margvel and prevent marriage equality, Kyrgyz president visits, USS Mount Whitney in Batumi, Davit Bakradze replaces Gegeshidze in DC, Georgia does not support Ukraine in Council of Europe vote, Center Point prison, Vazisubani clashes, mine worker death in Tkibuli, Tbilisi budget, Arabs sell Poti Zone to Government, Gudauri hotels, TBC share sale, bag maker starts shoes, plastic expansion, Gudauri shuki, foreign ease with Georigan bonds, wine export up, Ambrolauri strip, blue bus on 61, Turtle lake ropeway, three new Gudauri lifts, Ball visits Orbeliani, Geo American says no hijab chess game, new Melua album, Tbilisoba, Cinedoc, Asly
TBLPOD6oct2016
Pope visit, Givis car blown up, pre election incidents, Nat rally, predictions, visa lib pre new year, China memo re free trade, const court strikes down second strike law for weed, new head of state security council, US educated Armenian def min, US boats to coast guard, Almaty airport mercury, new cop tech, Vazha metro closure, Zugdidi Tech Park opens, Batumi sports palace, IMF predictions, Tourism Development Fund, Chinese train factory, Anaklia port, wind power starts in Gori, Kutaisi textile, French fashion, tourism up, first whiskey, draft budget, Hans numbers, DCFTA, political money from TI, Rimple on cheese, car numbers, MitOst, Bugiani
TBLPOD29sept2016
Free Zone drama, Gigi the revolutionary, Pine Cones out, Misha Zugdidi video, Vano convicted again, top Odessa cop convicted, Auditorium 115 back, Pope soon no Ilia prayer, new Afghan deployment, Georgian Power demo mess, PM with Biz, Otsneba DC lobbyists, BI scolds Biz, Lithuania says speed visa free, Nuaru in South Ossetia, Dutch say Russia bombed flight, ABL abductions, all salons register re hep C, Radio Marneuli, illegal slot machines, Liberty Bank Gldani robbed, Gamgebeli punches journo, bone marrow, ebooks for kids, Kobuleti landslide, Impact Hub in Faberika, Car Free Day, Anaklia, Georgia 59 in Davos rank, Cement injection, Borjomi hotel, WizzAir in Kutaisi, Iran freight, Saba Lit Prize, Andorra up, Asly, Toastmasters, REGISTER, GET BALLOT, VOTE
TBLPOD22sept2016
Message from Dunbar, vote in US elections, new Const Court guy, new charges on KUDI guys, Kobuleti Muslims win, PM at UN in NYC, OSCE PMs arrive, Estonians in town, Otsneba cash, Paata pissed at BI, Usupashvili criticizes BI, Misha on univ student fees, peace memorandum, 56 overseas voting places, Abkhaz Chirkba resigns, Orthodox Parents Goons angry at Pope, Russian journalist moves to Tbilisi, Austria opens embassy, Kakheti gov, Cadets girls scholarship, ABL abduction, bank robbers caught, Batumi rain, GDP 8 bil, Gori wind farm, BoG & EBRD loans towards EU, Telasi guy now Armo min, Odessa flights, hazel nuts, Danish IKEA comes, football fixing Turkish Batumi school, Lisi path, Pilarmonia Muse sculptor died and vote
TBLPOD15sept2016
New Ministers, TBC buys Bank Republic, Industry saved by court, Burchuladze woes, EU Council talks visas, R2 to Supreme Court, Sturua Cop appears, French Def Min, PACE shows up, BI likes FDs and Reps, new Const Court judge nominations, Usupashvili says he turned down PM job, Nat Movement land grabs get compensation, US House on territorial integrity, German West Point in Geo, ABL abduction, Imereti cop bribed, wind in Laghodekhi, Kremlin cash in territories, gas smell, China trade deal, trade numbers, wine up, Kutaisi Univ City, tablet factory, Nokalakevi museum, Givi Margvel Nobel nomination, American movie in Tbilisi, Judo gold in Paralympics, Nino Arobelize interview
TBLPOD8sept2016
EU parliament committee votes yes to visa free, NATO brass in TBL, Okruashvili enters Rustavi2 case, Armenian PM resigns, new UK Ambo, Otsneba list out, Audit Office fines donors, Coalition for a Euro-Atlantic Georgia, Chugo says Nationals have provocation wing, Bidzina says 2/3 seats Otsneba, Usupashvili wants US base, Gori sakrebulo ejects Okru ally, Sturua witnesses threatened, still environmental protests Tbilisi Meria, too many cars, fake phones, benchmark rate lowered, Exxon Mobile puts screws on Azeris, import duty rate overhaul, Enguri repairs coming, Tsinandali five star hotel 2018, Fabrika hostel soon, grapes start, Guria Hazelnut, new BoG CEO, domestic violence center opens, German busses, GIPA environmental MA, Parliament quorumless, legal committee says yes to Margvel judges, trust in banks goes down, Misha on anti Roma mob, Pomerantsev podcast
TBLPOD1sept2016
Pipeline insider spills, Turks call off scuba search, parties and blocks finalized by CEC, visa vote 5 Sept, IPRM on SO, Ilham meeting, Izoria to Baghram, R US Reps in Tbl and ABL, OSCE observers, NATO exercises, Otsneba will build road through Dariali, Targamadze on crime boss, Narmania yelled at on trees, Rustavi prisoner escapes again, Kakheti fire, Liberty Bank in Gldani robbed, Mestia tourists found, GDP down, wind turbine in Gori, candy in Baghdati, Borjomi in Korea, Japan Tobacco says excise high, Racha tourists, Georgia safe, Georgia great medal count per GDP, youth chess champ, no show for neutrality meeting, Russian TV bundles, Stalins Ghost new movie, TI on budget, Trans Caulk trail, Dariko wedding photos, War Nerd on 2008, DeWaal on Russia Turkey Melua with Gori singers
TBLPOD25aug2016
Pipeline attack foiled, Paatas with the Pinecones, Sandra in Zugdidi, PM no homophobic referendum but constitution yes post election, EU visa free in Jan, Scorpions, Belarus spy chief, Otsneba Khobi MP swap, Army drowning, Gulists not in Batumi, Pankisi Daesh guy killed, Ajara bride abduction, Vodka biz guy wounded in Krasnodar, another ABL land grab, Gori wreck, Russian soldier who killed Gyumri family convicted, Big demo against cutting down trees and Narmania, Ashgabad flights, Ski Tetnuldi, Geo 7 medals in Rio, heavy backpacks, Pirosmani at Nat Gallery, Hualing in Forbes
TBLPOD18aug2016
Freaky Centrist ad, Russia exercises in S Ossetia, Abkhaz deputy PM resigns, storm out west, Bosnian FM, Melua in Gori, Free Dems say decriminalize drugs, garbage to Narmania, Okruashvili runs in Gori, sportsmen for Otsneba in Tbilisi, Burchaladzes team says pressured, Abkhaz abducts guys fishing and swimming, US hiker stabbing, soldiers drowns, Gulen guy eats in Tbilisi, remittences up, FDI down, new terminal, bakery in Kakheti, S Osetia has 53K they say, Olympic gold in weightlifting and wrestling, new lynx, dolphins
TBLPOD11aug2016
Margvel chucks stupid divisive referendum YAY, Procs talk to Papu re court pressure, August War anniversary, Bartsits new Abkhaz PM, CEC says 3.45 mill voters, Marvel says too many Def Mins, high school seniors GOTV, Girchi and Memarjvenebi, Alasania runs in Gori, new Def Min says bring back draft, Socialists slap, Nat Forum break in, OSCE says Geo media great, former MP Modebadze shot, Pankisi guy 12 years for joining Daesh, Ushba deaths, Kartli feud, corporal heart attack, Tabuk embezzling, 6.6 percent Fin Min bonds, china wine, brewers want excise lowered, Bakuriani makeover, Turtle Lake ropeway, Gudauri school, Racha strip, Glurjidze movie to Oscars, Judoka beats Russian, US Embassy on assault
TBLPOD4aug2016
New Def Min and Min for Reconciliation, Def Min nepotism allegations, more Constitutional Court pressure, Lottery mess, Yerevan hostage mess over but ripples, Margvel in Brazil, Otkhozoria family gets apt, Kremlin stooge marriage referendum gets sigs, Usupashvili tops Republican list, Tsereteli and Bobokhidze in Kutaisi for Nats, GYLA says Misha broke campaign law, pardons, Pankisi man arrested for online threats, ABL abduction, Zestaponi fire, no hammer and sickles, growth up, over three mil tourists this year, Gori wind farm, Biltmore sidewalk issue, Chinese coat factory, Mestia museum, UNDP ag, Gudauri water, Iranian eco village, plots to eco refugees, Batumi counterfeit talk, Abkhaz writer Iskander dies, Zura Tsereteli has a sculpture of Christ, sumo win, white cubs, Girchi video, match fixing, Gem Fest
TBLPOD28july2016
Pressure on Constitutional Court, Yerevan, Turkey lock ups, Aguilera, next Def Min, Gegeshidze stays, full Nat list, Lavrov says all well, Abkhaz gov changes, Burchaladze guys arrested, Catholics in Rustavi churchless, Interpol ignores Igor, Frontera debts, Russian soldiers beat up shepherd, Domodedovo arrest, car crashes, Ushba body, earthquake, no prison suicides, lending increase soon rate cut, FinMin says lari not dollars, Koreans look at new metallurgical plant, Amman flights, Tsnori water, Svaneti school, Sarukhanova, Buniatishvili prize, vertical garden, Olympic uniforms faf, mom son Olympic shooters, Lottery Company debts
TBLPOD21july2016
Turk Coup, Batumi Gulen School, Yerevan cop siege, Turk Mtkvari Hydro, Pope Tbilisi plan, Usup said no to Otsneba, Free Dems list, Igor Giorgadze wants back in, Nats call gerrymandering, Georgian killed in Nice, soldiers near home, TI says Varsh buys votes, Margel says more Russian prop, Duma said no wine, Georgians arrested in Turkey for killing cop, mountain climber missing, demonstration against harsh ecstasy sentence, remittences up, EBRD Magti net deal Azot ammonia, fiber soon, Azeri harvesters help, apartments to wounded soldiers, Hebrew guide to Jewish sights, fencer tops, parliament chickens out and smoking continues, Dive job, Open Mic Tbilisi
TBLPOD14july2016
Republicans loose ministers, finally CenterPoint indictments, NATO summit, Kerry, Ankvab fail, more GegeshidzeGate, new Ajara leader, Chugo and others for Otsneba MPs, Hahn in Batumi, Nats Anti Crisis Plan, attempts to pull Dekanoidzes passport, Burchaladze plan, femicide protest, family murdered, Georgian mob boss arrested in Moscow, Daesh confirmed Omar al Shishani is dead, two other Pankisi Daesh deaths, Samegrelo drownings, earthquake, trade up, Kalashnikovs for sale, EBRD waste, air quality monitoring, runway fixed, new Batumi trains, grape subsidy, Lilo US factory, Kakheti pipeline, Czech award to Geo movie, Cartu gives Shekhvetili venue, Dinamo for the blind, UNESCO puts Mskheta back on list, polyphonic Nirvana, nuke transit, new busses, Lelos in Kilmarnock
TBLPOD7july2016
EU Parl Committee approves visa lib, OSCE Parl Asemb in Tbl, Austrian gets chair not Gigi, Chatayev Istanbul bomb mastermind Georgia connections, Kerry visit, Gegeshidze recalled, Ajara pres rep steps down, Svaneti dam protests, Sokhumi protests Interior Min resigns, EU As Ag in effect, Free Dems will give out money if they win, no new Russia Armenia road, CEC rejects one marriage referendum, Ossets say some guy is a spy, Tbililov talks fences, Papuna gets medal, soccer safety convention, mom murders family, bypass is via Natakhtari, flights diverted, Hualing buys Bank Republic, tourists up, German China railroad link, flights up, Saudis get Sairme water, IFC says no corruption, IDP houses, Dunn talks IDP support problems, Urushadze new movie, Bollywood Machine, digitizing movies finally, Kakabaze painting, Pachulia to the Bay, old prisoner amnesty, ugly Batumi buildings in NYT, ten thousand bottles of wine a day to China
TBLPOD30june2016
Draft ends, No CAR abuse, Abkhaz murderer house arrest, wiretappers jailed, Dolidze pres parliament sec, Supreme court picks resubmitted, Conservatives want with Otsneba, Gigi wants OSCE parliament chair, Margvel in Berlin, PM Swiss, Imedi fires Tabagari, Natsebi plan on economy, Erdogan apologizes to Putin, Dariali mudslide, Molashvili dies, Georgian cars torched in Berlin, Daesh Pankisi man dies, Georgian thieves arrested in Madrid, EFTA, peach export, Tbilisi worst air in the world, new terminal 2017, new bypass highway, SAP in Georgia, LEDs, Samtredia gas, Lelos 11 in world, Shake on the road, amnesty for old prisoners, less smoke in a year, recess with no judicial fixes
TBLPOD23june2016
Brexit, Gazprom deal, NDI, BI looses half bil in tax dodge gone wrong, visa lib will happen say FMs, US dem brass in town, Vano was moved say court, Civil Av guy gets cash, Russia case, Erosi suicide says probe, Patriarchs in Cyprus Ilia and Kirill stay home, new ambos, R2 airport brawl, lari up, IDP Min bribe charge, left bank blast, Agro info, kurdi arrested, Rome Abkhaz office, EBRD bonds, Papashvili says stop Tbl building, IDP houses, pool finished, house for sick kids, Ganmakhuri garden, Jr Lelos win, ballerina dies, Father’s Day, Oxford on early Georgian church, more Batumi flights, young flood volunteer doc, Cannes ad win, more party ads, jury trials expand, sidewalk parking
TBLPOD16june2016
Dunbar! R2! Still EU visas! Vano gets Euros, flood BD, 3.5 mil voters says CEC, NATO chickenpox, homophobia referendum, PM in Berlin, Geneva talks, Russian abduction, BI painting and Ganmukhuri hotel, Ilia pulls church out of Cyprus powwow, Sokhumi mayor criticizes Russia, NB cuts to 7, FDI up, Delta Saudi deal, Kazakhs forgive debt, Urumqi, German biz, K St deal, Armo McDs, Aspindza bribes, 214 kg coke, Batumi death, Satekhia food sickness, Tskhneti cliff falls on road, kinder-protest, Three Sisters Chekov, Lordkipanidze, wrestlers beat US for bronze, Beselia bill on not employing UNM, Brutalist BOG
TBLPOD9june2016
Germany says no visa lib now, Mechiauri new pol party clown squad, Russians move border sign, campaign started 8 June, JamFest mess, new Nat Bank dollar sale, Rustavi2 decision, RAO sells thermos, Kiwi wants to move, BI chats with RFE Geo patiently wait for NATO, Ed min fired, soldier fired for election fight, Misha moves to roadside tent, PM on Abkhaz murderer, OSCE observes, Euro Free Trade Assoc deal, UN res on IDPs, Bundestag genocide res, Abkhaz referendum on early elections, Abashidze says Geos held for spying released, CoE anti traffic group days good job Geo, 32 mil Delta deal with UAE, another woman killed by husband, ex prisoner center opens, child sex in CAR investigation, Pirosmani purchase, Abkhaz win CONIFA, 32 Geos to Olympics, Hualing hospital, Bazaleti hotel, Kiev journo dies on Kazbegi, Kazakhs in town, Tkibuli Zestaponi top cops fired over May Oni mess, Justice House in Borjomi, Mimino sequel, Maroon5, Sophia Loren will show up, Dusheti designer, Const court bill, no Supreme Ct confirmation
TBLPOD2june2016
Kiwi Cafe meat mess, Const Court veto compromise, Samagrelo UNM beaterupers arrested, 20pp of BI re IRA and NDI, Rustavi2 case postponed, IPRM back re murder, Osset vote delayed, Abkhaz football cup, PM in France, NATO Warsaw text re MAP, Geo soldiers to CAR, ABL abduction, commercial attaches to embassies, abstentia verdicts, Russia paid 70k for heart attack, 2030 journo drowns, Isakadze fired, Iran RR, Iare Pekhit Tbilisi Ugly Walk, Robbie Williams Maroon 5, water quality, EIB, little Lelos, volunteer soldier test, lots of Kazakh flights, Zugdidi airport, zoo gets mongoose, IDP houses, hail missiles miss, Drink Like a Georgian, Carlsbad movie, Startup win, divisive marriage law, Moby tweet, Never Trump, Canada drugs
TBLPOD26may2016
National leaders beat up in Samegrelo, Abkhaz guard shoots Gali man, Otsneba relieved as Mechiauri leaves, renewed student conflicts over Student Gov at TSU, Zika goes north, Lari up as Bank spends yet more dollars, rally on unjust sentencing in Cables Case, Beselia lies to Venice Commission on Constitutional Court case, 4 abducted on ABL, Bollywood in Mestia, OSCE monitors, Georgians in NATO response force, Poti cop Beselia relative arrested, Margvel in Istanbul and Warsaw, more Geo wine in China, media monitoring, EU food safety cash, Iran flights, oil plant in Kulevi, elevator factory in Kutaisi, giant Batumi hotel, Tech institute, Misha R2 interview, Shekvetili venue, livestock security points, Defense Conference, Gogol, Bourdain, hipster barber shop, Jordania, new Dive
TBLPOD19may2016
World Congress of Families, Ministry of Defense procurement Alasania guys found guilty, proportional majoritarians bill from Republicans, Otsneba party congress, National list, China free trade, more Lari support, NATO says chill, Tiniko in Baku, PM in Greece, Narmania yelled at re land sale, Vienna meeting re NK, Burchaladze gets Metreveli, Shindisi movie on Aug war, prisoner hunger strike, Shalva Ramishvili tape, Delta chief fired, hail, Geo on World Rugby Council, 14 parties with CEC, Slafist speaks in Tbilisi, student housing, Morocco consulate, EBRD gas busses, border security, Heidelberg cement invests in Kaspi, Krakow photos, judo and sambo, tons of Batumi flights, City Library project, Rowling tweet, no tax on reinvested profits passes, GoG takeover of Constitutional Court, priest and cop kissing, Sameba fire cash
TBLPOD12may2016
NATO exercises, Mechiauri cranky, pre election period starts 8 June, CEC bonuses, Armaz out, PaNOrama protest, Indian film in Svaneti, Auditorium 115 sue TSU, national marriage push, Hualing investing, Hungary stuff, Victory day and Stalin, Alasania and the def min employees case, Chief Proc says no sex tape charges so far, Le Pen and W may come for World Congress of Families to celebrate bigotry, Zguladze resigns in Kiev, Janelidze and Lavrov may meet, senior Israeli cop bribed Kezerashvili, Larsi landslide protection, Tiniko on 2030, Spanish food, new UK Ambo named, kids basketball, Invictus games, gas busses, Korea Mirza Library, HIV in school book, cleaning fee for all Tbilisians, thief Galski detained in Moscow, mosquito spray, Anaklia partners, Kardava awards for photos, Annas Life film award in BA, Bahrain flights, art in London, Lang on Geo skiing, Seedstart start up awards, Young Georgian Lolitaz, anti tolerance marriage law advances, judge shifting, Jonas on PaNOrama, road accident deaths
TBLPOD5may2016
Partnership Fund buys chunk of Tbilisi for BI, Vashadze leaves Nationals, World Congress of Families get ready for Pilarmonia gig, Nat Bank buys more dollars, voter lists, IRI numbers, Otsneba and Margvel argue on court nominees, Nationals say biz folk forced to pay for Check in Georgia, Geo killed in Ukraine, ABL abduction, deserted villages, CoE rapporteurs, Hahn on visas, bike paths Mziuri, Geo OGP chair, start up funding, animals for Zoo, cop kills sheep fines shepherd, Tokyo Rope invests, workplace deaths, Nobel Partner, MoD stops food imports, no vote on Kosova UEFA, Khardziani arrests, sumo in Tbilisi, fencing win, EU culture cash, Gaprindashvili award, film directors everywhere, three new factories, bit more East West hwy, Geo wine in Paris, Emirates tourists, inflation drop, USAID IDP housing, Rustaveli in Korean, Kasakh flight, femicide draft, same sex marriage bs, Bloss at Frontline
TBLPOD28april2016
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
TBLPOD21april2016
Students still ticked off PM involved, Constitutional Court says gov can’t vacuum up all personal data all the time, Bollywood push, lari up, local elections runs don’t require party, Putin will organize Ossetian referendum, visa free no conditions, PM TV chat, Free Uni Google Start up. Abkhaz mp car bomb, solar farm, anti-smoking bill, Mariott Moxy, German 140 mill, Uranium 238 sale arrest, gold arrest, LNG terminal, Batumi mosque rally, court against Giuli, Georgian in Greece, hazelnut rules, Racha parks, Senaki cement plant, Cologne exhibition, Estonian tax model bill
TBLPOD14april2016
New NDI numbers, sex tape arrests, TSU students ticked still, Kezerashvili in Panama Papers, Tibilov slobbering on Kremlin, Republican Ministers may resign in Aug, Syria death, Megis Kardava hit alleged, PM in Dubai, US Human Rights Report, another shepherd abducted to Tskhinvali, Yerevan anti-Russia demos, Birt dam near Mtskheta, Ponichala murder arrest, teachers salary increase, Manganese looses tax case, Mechiauri moves further Kremlinwards, PM on CCTV, Old Rustavi remonti, Zurab Tsereteli sculpts Zhirinovsky, drug dogs, Indian wrestlers, baggage handling award, IDP houses, Best Mezzo Soprano to Surguladze, parliament genocide fight, Akunin on Georgianess, TEDxTbilisi
TBLPOD7april2016
Bidzina and the Panama Papers, Elections 8 Oct, NK, more sex tapes, Dream and Republicans run apart, students still at it, Pankisi imams say no child brides, Sakvarelidze booted in Kiev, Gazprom deal, IS drop, Shalva Ramishvili fired, women to top court one a homophobe, Keza not extradited, E Kodua sentenced, taxi regulations, 140 German Euro line to gov, marriage inequality referendum, Gori prof fired for saying no Stalin statue, Korea investment, big hotel, new Tskneti Betania road collapse, red zebras in Didube, teacher training, olives in Sighnaghi, dolphins, Lelos, anti smoking rally, tractor plant, and continuing coverage of the European Emergency Number Association
TBLPOD24march2016
Bank buys big bucks, more Karasin BS, Kardava in Brussels, TSU Papava mess, Beselia and Kobakhidze get off, Sagarego case closed, This Affects You demo, Malmstrom, Breedlove, PM in Belarus, Usupash sees Saudi King, Estonian tax deal starts Jan, Interpol drops Akhalaia, Sokhumi lets Incident group resume, crude tappers nabbed, Maestro logo, girl pre cadets, electoral working group, S Osset embassy in Rome, no BI on list says Kakhi, Batumi tower, Kargaretili goes green, Jacobs U win, Nowruz, film awards, Sameba fire, French billionaire, miner problems again, Lost in Karastan plough cards, Lelos v Pacifics, soldiers to AfPac, Art Palace, Rosslyn khajapuri, wool to EU, Otsneba man woman marriage law, BI tree on ship, Sukhishvilebi with Savchenko, Rimple on stolovaya, MOMA
TBLPOD17march2016
Dunbar visit, University protests, sex tapes, lari up, Karasin BS, Gvenetadze replaces Kadagidze, new AZ gas deal, SO road, Otsneba marriage inequality amendment, Levan Gach Maestro director, visa free update, Petriashvili attack arrest, al-Shishani dead again, Daesh arrests, governors resign, Otsneba strife, prisoner exchange, Margvel econ adviser, Japan highway cash, EU cash for association deal, Bobokhidze Tsulukiani exchange, Army Muslim mosque, Tech park in Zugdidi, Crowne Plaze Borjomi opens, Tskhaltubo development, replace Radisson parking lot finally, Larsi checkpoint update, Saudis get Delta trucks, rich guy wants Jvari in Jerusalem, Beigbeder visit, Riga parrots, loud noise law, Beidul Rustaveli
TBLPOD3march2016
PaNOrama, attempted murder of ex minister Petriashvili, Vake Hotel looses building permit, bike lanes, Tkhibuli coal strike moves to Tbilisi, Georgia gets EU visa free Ukraine waits, Muslim Orthodox fight over cemetery, more Sagarego Industry Republican sparring, SOCAR gas, Sandra may lead list, Russian shuki to Abkhaz, Spains FM in Tbilisi, Host in Georgia funds, drive over Pushkin, CoE HR condemns hate speech and violence, free trade deal with non-EU Europe, Gonio Industrial Zone 5 bil, 155 prisoners pardoned, German International School, Ananiashvili in Moscow, Bagram Kuljanishvili memorial, Ukraine Tatar song for EuroVision, 15 year old married, Lelos top Spain, mom and son Olympic shooters, Davis cup, French museum with Geo wine, ultramarine, Kanye wants Demna, CheeseBoatNYC
TBLPOD25feb2016
Judge talks gets fired, China free trade talks, Gazprom protest, Katagidze out, Margvel says Ana Dolidze for Supreme Court, Topadze hates Republicans, Vimpelcom and Gulnara, OECD Geo group, Coal miner strike, S Ossetia to Russia, new Daesh vid, Romanov US TV show in Georgia, Misha vision, gasification, Ugulava bail lifted, law enforcement crime draft, Amnesty criticizes, Radisson Gudauri 2017, ADB cash, Azeri abduction, Abkhaz visa punishment, TSU LGBT mess, Kuwait says no Geo livestock, new coordinating dept says Kvirik, recycling, Ergneti chat, UN women, Vere tunnel, Alitalia leaves, Gino Wellness, Narmania may resign, Mestia heli-skying, WiFi marshutkas
TBLPOD18feb2016
Iran visa free, new nat bank guy via IMF, Munich security chat, tax reform moves, fewer ministries, Enguri low so low Abkhaz shuki, Bidzina tree pause, Kutaisi flights, Topadze spazes on Tiniko, gay marriage guy blackmail, refugees, NATO ships, Adeisvili Iberia, PIK back maybe, Gennady flips re Zika plot, WB water on ABL and Gareja fix, PM on higher ed, Geo safe says Austria, Pankisi soldiers, more radar, state Muslim money, hotel booking, Japanese woman wine, no iodine salt arrests, Kazbegi truck stop, Dutch TV on mountain roads, translator dies, Jachvliani pulls stupid draft, anti porn law, Licinia book, Dunn on refugee support, Vancouver fraud