More Maestro drama, Visa Free Iranians back, Abkhaz new IDs but no abortions, Anaklia goes to Khazaradze US group, CIA says Kremlin making Geo anti West, Kvirik in Brussels, airport runways to be fixed, do not sweat NATO MAP says Tiniko, Swedish FM in Tbilisi, 4 Billion US to counter Kremlin, BI moving trees, New Tiflis project to destroy Tbilisi, Fiber sale maybe, marriage equality plot, east west highway cash, NGOs say judges in a mess, casino no, Univermag may reappear, Tsulukiani says notaries into political parties, Georgian restaurant in Warsaw wins, LEDs in Vake, Mestia ski, Geo lang for minorities on TV, Lelos smash Germany, insulting religion bill BS says world, surveillance by unmarked cop cars, priest blessing iPhones, Ponichala, Bianka, Ali and Nino in Baku, Sting
Author Archives: Mark Mullen
TBLPOD4feb2016
Peacekeepers rape charge, Maestro takeover, Azeri gas, Russia miffed at ICC, Gardabani goes Otsneba, Kvirik new Otsneba boss, Margvel and ambos to Pankisi, Tiniko to Yerevan, Kvirik goes to Margvel NSC meeting, US cash for borders, Obama invites Kvirik to DC in March, Azeri IMF bailout, MCC trains teachers, minors passports, Geo Armani model, Tangerines wins in Barcelona, new lari notes, man woman marriage meatheads, flu, AZ bans Geo cattle, kindergarten salaries up, Sweden helps with radioactive waste, French dairy, addresses for everybody, Moldova wants Delta anti hail thing, new Arabic Rustaveli, salmon in Ajara, breast cancer support, Apple reseller, GeoCell iPhone 6, Kutaisi Kiev, Bulgaria, South Korean TV, Turkey murder, Kharatishvili, Beigbeder, Judo gold, Poles fix castle, Mata Hari, Kojori spa, insulting religious feelings, Margvel parl report, Opera fur, Bianka, asbestos, Noricum gold
TBLPOD28jan2016
Lari drop, ICC, Lavrov on Pankisi, Tedo in Strasbourg, Gardabani gamgebeli, army votes, Gazprom wants cash, Davos NATO, Swiss guy nabs BI cash, tax discussions, more multimember discussion, Delta sells to Saudis, Calvin Georgian model, Ajaran killed in Syria, CoE on minority rights, Kvirikashvili goes to Margvel meeting, ZZ case still open, Abastumani hotel, schools closed for flu, Film in Georgia, NY FBI freaks says Kremlin goon, HBO prize to Geo Chechen pic, Chiatura miners ticked, Rugby pres, Armo soccer no go Sokhumi, SafeSeaNet, China Geo wine centers, El Al flights, chopper skiing Gudauri, Protect Boulevard in Batumi, Rustaveli into Bulgarian, Mskheta movie to museum, Judo Cuba prize, Ryan Reynolds Khajapuri flub
TBLPOD21jan2016
Abkhaz dis Turks or not, No to Gazprom or not, Davos stuff, MEPs pass Geo res, Samegrelo prosecutor killed, two Pankisi men killed in Syria, Amal Clooney will rep Ismayilova in Strasbourg, zero tax on reinvested profits maybe, Panorama Cartu guy deputy mayor, Tabula attack case opened, Opera opens, Russia army exercises in South Ossetia, prayer cars in Metro, Southern Gas Corridor, Red Cross talks abductions, orphanages go, EBRD sewage Kobuleti, remittences down, Lagodekhi hunters still missing, gov transparency, Nobel Partner Vaziani, plagiarism plan, fifth Geo wine center in China, movies, Kus Tba owner killers IDed, Bavaria says Geo safe, swine flu, Bing Gareja photo, browsers take Kartuli, BIs table, more Pachulia
TBLPOD14jan2016
More Russian gas chatter, new parliamentary districts, Nat bank dumps 20 mil, Interior shifts, Tiniko in Afgan and Pankisi, pardons chat, Tabula brawl, Azerbaijan protests, quick French visas, Cesium arrests, NASA wine origin effort, Ritz London Chinuri, Tech Park opens, Van Dyck arrest, OS proc hit and run, Iraqi student protest in Kutaisi, Ukraine to China rout opens, Tartu Georgian lessons, Radisson will take over Tori, roads closed, pill control, hunters lost in Dagestan found, Lithuanian colors on TV tower, ski accident, EU aviation help, USAID inclusion, bottle export, parking law, fencer, Tangerine award, Bronze Star, Registry Android app, Nat bank says no funds for competitor, NBAvote Zaza Pachulia
TBLPOD7jan2015
Iran gas, Free Dem dep FM, Nat Bank Chair search, Gardabani gam candidates, New Year’s Eve, snow, Merkel note to Kvirik, Russian SO abduction, Ponichala Wakabi critic killed, Austrian shell companies, Geo scrum half, snow border death, Abastumani investment, Ali and Nino at Sundance, Hard Rock Cafe in Vera, Netflix, Lilo homeless shelter, Chinese tourist plan, EU on waste, Narmania says strike fails, Wine export down, French Tamar novel, Ananiashvili Telegraph tops, Roman piece, child law, Marat on Ukraine cops, Rooms in NYT, London events
TBLPOD31dec2015
Kvirikashvili PM, Murusidze re-judgified, BI on 2030 say’s he’ll make lists, Nat Bank dumps 20 mil USD, Georgian Daesh message, Belgium ratifies Association, Al Shishani captured maybe, courts now in collatoralized houses, 50% thresh back finally, Russia visa talks or not, Putin minion tells Abkhaz be mean to Turks because, Tibilov’s unbridled Kremlin sloberfest, Austrian pharma plant, Credit Card fraud arrests, Ninidze in Spielberg pic, Telavi cop killer, David Koma London fashion, Turk ship deal, National Park grenades, garbage and sweeper strike, kurdi arrest in Moldova, Opera reopens, Orbeliani free food fridge, Black Sea road, on-line gambling reform, uranium TSU to Russia, Rixos hotel, Bakuriani chair lift, Lelo Cap’n 8th, parliamentary districts set, volunteer law, Mav Pachulia
TBLPOD24dec2015
Gharibashvili resigns, visa free to EU, new NDI/CRRC numbers, more pardons drama, Partnership Fund to China, regional energy group, Tiniko and Pole DM, Manat drop, East West Gas Pipeline, Bollywood update, Star Wars Shengelaia Healing Twins, OSCE parliamentary assembly in Tbl July, volunteer army call, Millennium Challenge fixes schools, KfW Batumi water, cop killer sentenced, ABL abduction, chess champ Batsiashvili dominates, Kakheti dig 11th cent BC, Dream guy bit ear off, Vasadze on traditional values, Sputnik bs, Greed group, Martkopi food factories, tree laws, Enukidze gets medal, Annas Life Movie in Sweden, taxi driver search, Shkhara flood, dream rugby, prisoner singer released, constituencies change, Kargi Gogo goes goes
TBLPOD17dec2015
Kobakhidze and Beselia questioned re pardons for cash, VLAP delay, Putin says visa movement, Geo China trade talks, train containers move, Misha Avakov yell on camera, Sanakoyev talks Daesh, Margvel in Ashgabad, Poker to Tbilisi, French air defense deal, two US choppers, Korea and Austrian embassy, rate up .5, UNM guys charged, Nuka Miss World designee, EBRD gas busses, four bodies found on Turk border, Bitcoin mine opens, Geo coke captain detained in France, Pushkin overpass, Econ min closed, UK program, mountain pensions, Tbilisi health programs, City employee bribery arrest, new Gudauri, Lolitaz to Eurovision, Bolnisi German museum, Givi Margvelashvili award, excise up, election districts, no pants on subway
TBLPOD10dec2015
Patriarch pardon talk, pardon influence scandal, Die Welt says visa free for Ukraine and Georgia in 2016, Russian chopper in Geo airspace, shots fired into Nationals office in Kakheti, China free trade talks start, Kazakhs sell Batumi terminal, Georgian last playboy, Kaladze meet Miller again, PM in Bulgaria, Tiniko in DC CSIS, Georgians in Turkish prisons, Georgian fighter killed in Ukraine, right hand drive car ban, Margvel and Misha’s presidency, Beruchashvili as UK Ambo, Gardebani gamgebeli, Khaindrava complains of Otsneba informal decisions, Alasania: bring in the Germans, inflation, Russian ABL kidnapping, Leyla Yunis released in Baku, forex up, FDI up, Saguramo hydro, World Bank road safety, electricity transit task forces, Greek Abkhaz snafu, married 13 year old, worker dies in Kobuleti, FB fraud arrest, ProCredit and Liberty ATM link, Interpol turk nabbed at airport, judo, soprano, IDP building, dancing videos
TBLPOD3dec2015
NATO blah blah, AngolaGate, EU Neighborhood cash, South of Russia rout, China shipping, Daesh arrests, 58 air pollution monitors, tax police changes, Tiniko moves, PM in Paris re climate, Mitsubishi, Jehovah’s hall shot, Adeishvili gets indicted in absentia, Russian Abkhaz military deal, budget changes, BP strike, Buniatishvili plays with Coldplay, Football rigging, Georgia’s part of the Baku Tbilisi Kars railway is done, SME $, French MA’s, HIV tests, free land, mandarins, blind boxer gets gold, Georgian Falstaff in Tokyo, redistricting, Kutaisi’s mayor’s head in potholes, Coda Indigogo
TBLPOD26nov2015
Pankisi Daesh guy arrested, Daesh videos, tighter borders, Somalis in a truck, Burchaladze party, Kremlin leak Misha Adeishvili transcript (they say), Tiniko travels, Interior min meets Ilham, Latvia FM visit, Neighborhood EU Hahn visit, Brink back, Spesh Rep Abashidze Karasin meet, Patrioti update, ABL kidnapping, Giorgoba, San Marino visit, LSE Healthcare listing, Chiatura mine injuries, new hotels, Azeri electricity transit, against violence against women, skateboard movie, weight lifting, Physics GREs, Gaprindashvili chess win, two new MPs, excise increase, Jupiter, foreign owned ag land
TBLPOD19nov2015
ISIS freak out, R2 update, PM to Slovakia Brussels visa chat, young Chief Proc named, Tiniko Halifax, Patrioti hunger strike, France solidarity, anti-Gazprom rally, Vano and Adeishvili new charges re Aslan bank, Vake cop charged, CoE HG guy visits, snowed in 4th DNA strand in Cauk, ABL kidnapping, energy event, farmers loans forgiven, no net for Azeris for 8 hours, Greeks ok association, wind farm tender, remittences down, tea to EU, IFC lend to green developers, army bonuses, Turkcell about to control GeoCell, Damon Wilson visit, Budapest events, Tallinn Tbilisi culture, Blair visits, award to Georgian German writer Kharatishvili, Astrid Lindgren prize to Georgians, weed smokers released from prison, 450 IDPs get new houses, movie update, posthumous Bronze Star, Japanese corner in Botanical Gardens, Jazz in Minsk, UNM says to increase pension, Ostrovsky asks about Poti Rosneft sale, R2 timeline from Civil.ge, Kelly interview, supplements replace bonuses, 13 Syrian fathers
TBLPOD12nov2015
R2 Court says Nika out he stays court changes mind, Mogherini in town, Tiniko in Japan, IMF visit, Georgian Israeli hacker thief, Inashvili demo, cop convicted in Vazaga murder, Japaridze and Paliko launch middle Pine Cones, Vake cops beat lawyer, leaning on Margvel to move, Const Court ends Georgia’s tiny lustration, Gluksman Sr dies, Yunis released wife still in, IFAD boosts ag cash, EU money, BI pays for village internet, Co-investment update, NATO and Geo solo in Lith, Fab Lab, Kazbegi Justice House, Trans murder remembrance, German Gardabani factory, Estonians do e-Governance, China flights, police ten mill lari BoG heist, Partnership fund, more Bitcoin mining, no Abkhaz plates in Ukraine, Six Nations reform, Guria drinks factory, Turtle Lake ropes rehab, movies, Draft ends, Russian phone ad in Tbilisi, Vogue on shoes, gov salaries up again, Barbara Streisand
TBLPOD5nov2015
Rustavi 2 court decision, shut down by government, Constitutional Court ignored, immediately tries to change editorial direction, Misha calls, by-elections Sagarejo close Patriotebi close to Otsneba, PM in Estonia asked about Rustavi 2, Kvirikashvili in DC, Ilham in town, sidewalk holes, Dekanoidze leads Ukraine cops, Vasadze brings Christian homophobes to Tbilisi, Misha stripped of citizenship, MEPs Knesset OSCE permanent reps in town, National Bank put rates up half percent, EBRD Investors Council, Fady angry, cops indicted, two portfolios over? Partnership Fund and Chinese fund textiles, half Armenians want to join Russia, Abkhaz RR, new cash, Polish cement, drug visit, beard guy kept out, Japanese hacked, Khevsur road, Louisiana piano win, Lelos, films, foreign workers must be registered, Miley Cyrus wreck, Vice on ABL, “it” girls, IMF says high growth.
TBLPOD29oct2015
Even more Rustavi 2, Coup BS, PM gets emo re UNM and video, Margvel says chill, Kaladze and Gazprom, homophobic Taburetka priest gets off, personal use weed not criminal, BI long chat with Imedi says half MPs to be new, Geo in UN HR council, Kvirikashvili to Berlin, Misha mad re Odessa elections, more SO abductions, Moldovan visit, Sargsyan in Tbl, Topadze loves Stalin, Russia bans Geo meat, Just Min names two procs, OGP award! alcohol excise down, NATO meeting, gender identity freak out, Tianeti justice house, French association agreement, bridge to Armenia, official Apple, Vake Hilton, Lelo Jaba hooker to UK club, Ed Min now likes mandaturs again, longer visas to Iran, Barcelona flights, Turin Aida singer, Beka junior world Judo champ! chess women prevail, archives get 1st Rep letters, no bonus bill, pre-school law sits.
TBLPOD22oct2015
Rustavi 2 closer to being shut by government, graphic video release times with NDI polls, Kvirikashvili with Ilham, more Gazprom talk, ICC in Georgia, Dream support falls, EU support down, Const Court harassed, Georgia in Afghanistan past 2017, first eight members of Proc Council, Tibilov wants to join Russia, lari down a bit, Margvel in Israel, Ukraine brass in Tbilisi, IB at Dream party congress, EBRD loan to Kutaisi sewers, EU Hahn will visit Tbl in Nov, three hydros on Mtkvari planned, Chinese power plant in Tkibuli planned, Turk power plant in Kakheti, US ship in Batumi, Tabula arrests for putting up posters, drug tests change, manuscripts UNESCO, Canadian ski plan, Chinese Tbilisi Sea hotel opens, OGP says Georgia good, judo win, swimmer no go, Univ demo on bad leadership, Axis Vake building restarts, Wardrop sculpture, Ketevan tile in Mukhrani, remittences drop
TBLPOD15oct2015
Kakhi and Gazprom, Azeris mad, ICC and 2008 war, Const Court case re Bank Supervision, more China Silk Road stuff, NDI local numbers, US Ambo on Rustavi 2, EU visa free hopes, Tsulukiani looks for prosecutor council, Dep FinMin on US saying Geo go slow with Iran, Pikria with Margvel, PACE visit, regional Black Sea transport memo, Azeris deport Amnesty duo, prison photos by Ucha, non-Orthodox religions go to Const Court re Orthodox privilege, new S Osset crossing, half billion CERN plan by Cartu, 4 new dams, Iran says Al-Shishani killed, Chechen on US list, SMEs befuddled by DCFTA, pardons, EU employment proj, alphabet recognized, SO abductions, Dighomi children’s hospital, new English Rustaveli translation, hunger in Georgia, Vienna Georgian Pirate looses, Georgian brass in ISAF, steep stamp, free uni for 30, runway to be fixed, Vere rec zone, Guria flogging, Mtskheta hotel, Ajara mine landslide, US wine tour, Village movie win, France award to pianist, youth marriage law, Ashton Kutchner nails Batumi, Karabakh, PaNOrama numbers, Antigone
TBLPOD8oct2015
More R2 BS, UNM demo dudes detained, Margvel miffed, MAP angst, Football Fed Vote Rig, KazTransGas mess, inflation up, bent prison tenders, Marneuli Free Dems bolt, soldier shot in heart, Mayor subsidizes shuki, cheap loans, Geo Paris fashion leader, arrests in Greece, no Stalin in Gori, Meria exits, Leuville plan, Russian drafting, best actor Tolordava, Peru consul, road accidents, Batumi madrasa, small airports, new Radisson, Vale RR, Maltakva funds, Subu arrest, 17YO chess champ, Racha grapes 5 teti/KG, Kobuleti floods, arm wrestling, London sculpture, budget, proc comp, Lelo Gorgodze
TBLPOD1oct2015
GoG seizes Rustavi 2 holding company, PM/Pres NY trips, lisence to drive badly, CoE Parliament says GoG abuses prison politically, Margvel says no political pardons, lari up a bit, Duisi gets female chief, Kaladze Gazprom chat, Burjanadze in Russia (again), flood victim identified, Gori and the Stalin statue, German loans, neutrality demo, Rustavi soldier funeral, SO ABL kidnapping, father discrimination, new Batumi 5 star hotel, Leuville to Georgia, honey tests, 60 air quality test gizmos, GoG to take over from Gates, Polish grant, Stalingrad repatriation, silver coin, Vasco da Gama soprano in Berlin, Water Polo, Japan kindergarten Sachkhere, Ralph Fiennes show up, Kancheli birthday, prosecutor law, no jail for weed law, no conscription law, and as always constitutional standstill, hate crime punished, Misha and Odessa
TBLPOD24sept2015
Gigi Ugulava out then back in, Judges harassed, Brits warn re PaNOrama, lari hits ’99 low, Afghan death, 2016 growth 3 percent, EUMM head heads north, FM to France, Dima says ed min corruption, to delegations to UN NYC, Jordan MPs, ADB loan, IFC loan, priest slugs flag guy, suicide, Tech Park, US tax deal, MCC on vocations, Gudauri Radisson, anti-hail shell falls on house, shopping fraud arrests, fencer silver, bird watching Batumi, Geo culture house in Yiwu China, Georgian artist in NYC, TBC fonts, Dinola, separated twins, Ushba record, judoka gold, Financial Supervisors named, prosecutor council, constitutional changes 2020, Shishani
TBLPOD17sept2015
Turava ill but Gigi’s sprung, cheap grapes, Chinese power plant, Margvel Poroshenko talk, US Ambo Kelly arrives, Albanian chat, OGP, Russian OSCE parl will show up, anti- Misha petition, tolerance class not happening, Svan dam, 3M Euro Agro, Gurieli factory in Ozurgeti, some Zoo opens, Italian biz in Abkhazia, 80 Gali students in Tbilisi, #ElectricYerevan back, China beauty TV in Geo, 400 Geos in Antalya no plane, East Point mall, prisoner improvements, Tbilisi Minsk, back to school, Svaneti museum award, Dinola movie, Vegas wrestling champ, Tskitishvili back in NBA, Moira movie, Chief Prosecutor appointment plan ajapsandali
TBLPOD10sept2015
China! TV political chatlessness, McCain inst event, Tinko EUshi, lari 2.43, Israeli factory, Misha spars in Ukraine, new Tbl dep-mayor, Union one with Sakdrisi RMG, Abkhaz brass banished from Moldova, Kremlin drops Armenian gas price, Kulo Otsneba goon anti-Armenian, Japanese help with solid waste, Israeli hotels, Google Maps fix Abkhaz, more Russian troops in Abkhazia, guy grows weed in Samegrelo, bread standards go up, Barcelona flights, Batumi Le Meridien, visa free Argentina, Shatili park, disabled get 60 more lari, Az earthquake, new rugby bases, honey export, TSU 830th! new gym, Kilts in town, Dutch ballet prize, banking supervision out of nat bank
TBLPOD3sept2015
Reaktsia kaput, FM Beruch out, Kremlin knickers twist re NATO, no Georgian in Gali, by-elections Halloween, Norway FM in town, Usup US, Batumi coast probs, Korean Italian dam, Ismayilova gets seven, Sam-Jav guns, cop shot Okrokana, Russian choppers, coast guard dock, Tbl sea development, EEC free trade chat, soldiers can’t gamble, Moody’s say lari is nobody’s fault, Batumi DolphinGate, shuki up, Turks in Abkhazia, Vardzia hotel, Bakuriani dev, Tbilisi underground remonti, Azeris want fiber, Aslan’s guns in Khulo, Istanbul Batumi flights, School 4 Gori fixed, Yushenko Batumshi, Iranians ready, Bakuriani mountain bike track, cartoons in Nikozi, bank supervision veto
TBLPOD27aug2015
Lari drop,NATO chief visit, by-election boycott, 500 Russian railway troops in Abkhazia, China visit, AIIB founding, UN General Assembly visit drama cont., Otsneba searches for platform experts, Mushroom continues to fall apart, ABL abduction, Tibilov says no talk until ceasefire, Constitution 20 b-day, Burchaladze rumors, FM Kvirikashvili?, Ali and Nino statue broke, new old inscription, ice cream bacteria, Abkhaz football fans, Kvevri at UN Geneva, Ketevan back from India, frozen embryo to woman by court, Enguri historical, more airport drug busts, Ukrainian army treated at Tserovani, Shuki price to go way up, CT Park move kid, Pole saved on mountain, tourist marshutka wreck, Batumi investment event, crazy rain, grape subsidy, Israeli investment, Khevsur towers, Kakheti women, doc in Berlin on Osset wall, Ireland and Dadianis, L’Orial Georgian model, rugby in UK
TBLPOD20aug2015
Tiniko in DC, R2 still frozen, Russian chopper, Geo not on Russia sanctions list, Interior shufflings, PM on Lari, PM to China, PM Pres UN NY visit spat, cabinet shuffle rumors, Misha’s passport, ministries hacked, distraction of old Tbilisi approved, Zhhvania case, Airport drug bust, Kiobuleti Donnybrook, Israel biz, new Batumi hotels, Uruguay visa free, basketball Didube, Zoo about to open, women’s soccer, Greek cops look for fugitive couple, Vazagate, Mama film wins, hero award, wounded soldier competes, new civic ed course, Stalinist public hall, Vans with services to villages, bread price up, wrestlers, dancer drowns, madras in Batumi, German internet in villages, Casino Ajara tax probs, kvevris in Ajara, small planes, Kheda factory opens, new old fish, 800 year old monastery in Borjomi, Anaklia beach zamboni, kids want into business, law, econ, hazel nuts go wild
TBLPOD13aug2015
Judges bleeds Rustavi 2, +Messi!!! another fence move, internet providers merge to become monopoly, interest rates up, UNM guys tangle with cops, Georgian volunteer dies in Ukraine, Ukrainian air force general visits Tbilisi, August war commemoration statements, GRECO says Geo should look at its campaign finance situation, cop shot in Alvani, monastery Russian dog fight, Russian media says a Teriel Oniani connected thief was nabbed, tankodrome. flights, Viber no Sovereign visitor issues, woman ministers want heroes in schools, old Sokhumi mass graves, grapes, Indian hotels, Didgoroba, foresters, Gubaz in Iran again, table cloths
TBLPOD6aug2015
Kill bridge and bike, Russia warns on wine, Margvel on bank supervision veto, interior min shuffle, Interpol crankiness, Lari drop, Nino Burj no go Kiev, pipeline explosion, Dream election prep, car crashes, China like wine, NATO Jens will visit, Turks nab giant contraband cigarette haul, visa fee down, new sentences for old officials, Zhvania’s mom thinks its Vano, 10 medals, most judo, UEFA fines FC Dinamo, travel warning to SE Turkey, Khobi shuki, Signaghi water, new blood processing place, fires, Gldani martshutka drivers strike, flood money, no-TV posters, Heineken brewery in Natakhtari, oil companies sue, Belarus Ushba death, Vardzia earthquake, Rostov flights yes, Tehran flights delayed, dairy labeling, Kakheti water problems, Georgian language at Buenos Aires U, ski project, Rugby shop
TBLPOD30july2015
Sport kids, Geo join EU Rus sanctions, bank supervision mess continues, MEP visit, IMEDI TV on virginity, bad trafficking grade from US, Armenia border shift, Cuba ambo, Iranians visit re admin reform, Armo PM visit, BI soldier donation, shuki hike, Tiniko on Ukraine and Misha, Placebo-gate, Spain ratified association, crime drops says min, MCC 12 mil to vocational training, Basilashvili to 90th in world tennis, new public service hall in Poti, film tax break, Margvel Polish accident, Vazhaoba, Hep C tests, South African weed arrest, Sofia Geo arrest, Lotkini fire, sport venue tax break, chip factory, bike trails on ski slopes, chief prosecutor appointment wrangling, upside down flags, Botso dies, dust levels, GEMfest, Fatboy Slim
TBLPOD23july2015
ABL protests, Kareli man kidnapped to South Ossetia, BI bodyguard Gomelarui to be Minister of State Security, Misha Odessa deputy now Gaidar’s daughter, oil companies ticked off at fines will appeal, Tusk visits, Usupashvili talks MAP in Brussels, Margvel on Prosecutor reform, shuki prices up, ex-US Ambo Courtney on VOA guns to Geo, easier Russian visa “in future”, Antoneli hot potato, Nanuashvili on LL UNM 12million ransom, Zhvania case and Vano, drugs seizures, Kakakh flights, GMO border stops, big hazelnut stuff, Italians build giant Svaneti dam, beauty in jails, Kutaisi hotel planned, Geo tennis team, Dartlo fixed, Romans in Gonio, 13th century Vardzia discoveries, Afgan medals, Youth games start soon, banking supervision passes parliament, budget, mountain bill adopted, EBRD and ibiardi, Georigan walkers, Power Vertical, TV ad money, Pirosmani, PaNOrama
TBLPOD16july2015
Russian Army move ABL again and deny it, WTO movement, Euros hate new prosecutor plan, Tiniko more weapon deals, no Tusk trip, Ag min in China, Burjanadze in Moscow, Oil companies fined for collusion, Russia says it won’t pay Georgia European court fines, Kadagidze said cut gov expenses, EU cash, UEFA ticket saga continues 50 by 50, conscription may go in a year, Kaladze gets medal, Vitamin Cube Girl beaten by police and they know nothing, more Geo Azeri soccer anger, Zoo move, Cartu flood cash, US tax evasion deal signed, Kubuleti Muslims harassed, Gldani explosion, Spaniards attacked, Zugdidi cops ignore it and lie, Batumi summer stuff and cube hotel, new limonite brand, Usupashvili says banking regulation will remain with Nat Bank, Gubaz likes Iran, Kvachi by Rayfield out, remittences down 20%, theater for kids
TBLPOD9july2015
Kezerashvili charged, Saudi prince flood cash, US pays Misha’s salary, Kvitashvili did quit, Ukraine prosecutor charged with corruption, Turkmen gas transit, Strasbourg court may say Russia pays 70 mil, NATO exercises at Vasiani, Nat Bank report on gov, Ratiani leads UNM, Kvirik says Greek banks closed no big deal, Kutaisi mafiosi arrested in Spain, Ukraine death not war says Misha, more Russia talk, Dutch and Austrians ratify Association, new Tbilisi Sabortalo Metro stop, construction deaths, UEFA paper ticket sales, Azerbaijani flag trampled by soccer goons, cargo ship fined, life saving hero priest, Batumi Central train station opens, meat fines, KaZantip critiques Georgians, UNESCO on monuments, judo, tennis star, autism treatment, new commemorative coin, Zemfira with Ukrainian flag, film subsidies, police death cash to families, split power ministries, police violence, Hep C treatment, #ElectricYerevan in Brussels, khingali class in London
TBLPOD2july2015
Flood stuff, Khaduri in China signs AIIB, Pankisi ISIS fighter death, Ilia not with US Supreme Court, Kvitashvili out? biletebi.ge mess, Tamriko in Minsk, Swedes buy Europe-bet, Nat Bank ups rates, Econ Min gone, RR cargo sale, Austrian embassies, NATO stuff, IPRM talks canal cleaning, Russia stops inmate transfer, Kelly US Ambo confirmed, Rustaveli Airport, Rustavi steel fired people, Interpol pick-ups, no Abkhaz visas, Gonio development, Old Town hotel, US Navy ship in Batumi, TSU and Trinity in Dublin, Kvevri House, financial supervisory authority bill passed first reading, Greece remittances.
TBLPOD25june2015
Dunbar, food arm chair quarterbacking, animal count, Alasania’s def min people out, Central Bank head selection process starts, Pankisi arrest, new Misha criminal case, Tiniko at NATO again with demand, Tamriko in South America, Margvel Cameron chat, Yerevan shuki riots, budget cuts, biletebi.ge UEFA mess, Michael O’Boyle EU HR advisor, US terrorism report, French choppers, IS in North Cauk, Marneuli guy threatens blood over cartoon, Yazidi temple in Varketili, baby traffic, Tbilisi Google Maps complete. Kveda Ajara sale and hotel, Afpac Georgians find chemical explosives near Marmal, new Russian ABL abduction, winds in Marneuli, disability vacation, Geo car racer and Wimbelton, blueberries in UK, parliament violence against women law, Batsb, Misha’s new salary, Melua helps with flood, Car Free Tbilisi
TBLPOD18june2015
Flood, Tigers, Pankisi arrest, French air defense deal, Zguladze launches new Ukraine cops, Chinese buy Gardabani plant, US small dam fund, Russian army exercise in Java, Bulgaria pres visits, digital switch delay, shepherd found Khevsureti, soccer announcer fired, 226 pardons, Georgian movie in Myanmar, book corner in NYC and Barcelona, law passed on traveling for terrorism, juvenile prisoner law, split of security and interior, NYT on tone, John Oliver on Azerbaijan games and human rights, Russian tourists, UCL flood help
TBLPOD11june2015
BI wanted to arrest Kadagidze, new one year visa-free list, new Georgian in Odessa, no multi member constituencies, FDI down, lari up, US and China in the Anaklia port finals, jury mess, Chinese MP visit, Kremlin miffed at Geo EU friendship, Tamrkio to Montenegro, PM to Baku, ISAF death, NATO chief visit later maybe, Saudi prince visit, BitFury in Gldani, Mountain Minister, DefMin says they have giant device but can’t sell, Jutland and Racha, push up record, Batumi hotel, sailors hurt, Rustaveli airport, Kiev flights, KaZantip Gem Fest, profit tax changes, Spaniards at Dinamo, puppet award, Abkhaz archive, no quorum, pink haired kisser
TBLPOD4june2014
Misha in Odessa, Tiniko at NATO HQ, Ilves in Tbilisi, Margvel says he’ll veto bank supervision bill, multi-member constituency (regional proportional) momentum, kist drive by, Tibilov Putin meet, Econ min for sale, BI buys Pirosmani, Golden Arches in Zugdidi, Svan dam, Anaklia port short list, Alphabet tower Batumi, Georgia-EU committee, legalize it demo, UN says IDPs can come back, Hep C drugs for Abkhaz Ossets, new dept on state property seizing, OGP meeting, Police day, children’s hospice, Dadiani castle, another shepherd abduction, old Abkhaz mass graves opened, Polish Svaneti airlift, rafts, hail-rocket. Karate judo medals, pharmacies fined for taping calls, Cairo and Kazakh flights, 2000 year old win cellar found in Tbilisi, Innsbruck opera, runway repair, America Days, inflation, parliament towing change, marriage age bill, armed group bill, Levan Berdzenishvili committee, media: khingali, red-intelegencia, Russian visitor numbers up
TBLPOD28may2015
Government wants to oversee (control) banks, 4 UNM guys bolt, Independence Day stuff, DCFTA facility, no budget cut, Ucha kicks butt, Tsulukiani in Ukraine, high-rises behind baths, Ossetia abductions, Ankvab heart work in Tbilisi, WB projects, Batumi protests, China and Israel investment, Swiss say no refugee jobs, EBRD SMEs, sick sheep, Yerevan to Batumi train, MFA brings 75 internationals to look at the ABL, counterfeit kid, fuel price up, UN intellectual property, olympic youth flame, Lelo kids win, IDP photos UN NYC, new leopards, Napoleon death mask Tbilisshi, Const court says fix parliament set up, Georgians to Africa with EU, judges over site wrangling, Google Georgian independence day, Ian Kelly testimony, Surami bread ladies, Burns on film, happy unemployment numbers, Book Festival
TBLPOD21may2015
Riga downer, EBRD goodies, Kvirik to Iran, Austrian pres in town, Usup to NATO parl assemb, 9% budget cut, Dhabi Group talk about spending money again but don’t fix Emeli walkway, MPs in China, PM with Armo PM, Tiniko appoints 3/5 deputies, Tsulukiani finds toxins on roof, water price can’t go up, shuki maybe, 17 May tolerance events, Khrulev of 58th army now runs Abkhazia’s army, Nobel Partner still going, new Pankisi volunteer death in Syria, Russians detain guy and get bribes, Kvirik may be brought into Russia talks, Hilton Batumi opens, Poti strike over, Alazani floods, Eruvision update, Tbilisi legalize weed demo 2 June, highway strike, kids film festival, steep Pirosmani, blind judoist, no parl quorum, lari up a bit, big NYC Geo bash 4 June
TBLPOD7and14may2015
Tiniko DefMin, NDI numbers, EBRD, cabinet shuffle, Pillsbury for GoG, Armos and Ossets in Karabakh, EU charm trips, CoE wants into ABL, US materiel, Interior reforms, Moldova Ukraine Geo parl chat shop, Poti strike, inflation, Gali kid death for not paying bribe, Rezo Chkheidze died, Chiatura demos, US puts 5 million on Batirashvili of ISIS, consulate in West Jerusalem, wine to China, Kharagauli football game fixing, fuel hike, importing Russian sheep, Tbilisi Dev Fund boss fired, run, rare mammal spottings, top young pianists, Unfriended horror grosses, Italian doc on skiing, Bush painted over, immigration law getting fixed, parliament article, 3.7 mil pop, pre-Riga EU visa free issues, Kordzaia to Reps, Proc appointed by parliament soon, Tsul says, Interior and Security to be resplit, Chinese ag min in town, European Court of Human Rights says Gov caused problems in pro-tolerance march 17 May 2015, TBC gets awards, RMG gold probs, Lailash bible mess, Russian bikers, Guria governor, army convictions for mistreating conscripts, Donetsk recognizes SO and Abkh, SOCAR illegal trip for DC brass, Kobuleti fires and others, Kaladze on energy prices, Moscow Georgian and his million $ diet bracelet, Dominos, Sundance, pork
TBLPOD7&14may2015
Tiniko DefMin, NDI numbers, EBRD, cabinet shuffle, Pillsbury for GoG, Armos and Ossets in Karabakh, EU charm trips, CoE wants into ABL, US materiel, Interior reforms, Moldova Ukraine Geo parl chat shop, Poti strike, inflation, Gali kid death for not paying bribe, Rezo Chkheidze died, Chiatura demos, US puts 5 million on Batirashvili of ISIS, consulate in West Jerusalem, wine to China, Kharagauli football game fixing, fuel hike, importing Russian sheep, Tbilisi Dev Fund boss fired, run, rare mammal spottings, top young pianists, Unfriended horror grosses, Italian doc on skiing, Bush painted over, immigration law getting fixed, parliament article, 3.7 mil pop, pre-Riga EU visa free issues, Kordzaia to Reps, Proc appointed by parliament soon, Tsul says, Interior and Security to be resplit, Chinese ag min in town, European Court of Human Rights says Gov caused problems in pro-tolerance march 17 May 2015, TBC gets awards, RMG gold probs, Lailash bible mess, Russian bikers, Guria governor, army convictions for mistreating conscripts, Donetsk recognizes SO and Abkh, SOCAR illegal trip for DC brass, Kobuleti fires and others, Kaladze on energy prices, Moscow Georgian and his million $ diet bracelet, Dominos, Sundance, pork
TBLPOD30april2015
Ministers resign, Nat Bank blows 40 mil, BI on 2030 dises Gigauri, FM to UN, Terjola mess with Jehovas, free Hep C drugs, Farkas & Exercises, Gizo Ugulava to Kiev, WB 60 mil, European Investment Bank Tbl office, Misha in Baku, Greeks don’t extradite Bacho, GYLA case on Sakdrisi, CoC sets up new committee, Finland ratifies, Chile visas for some, Kobakhide genocide trip, no Otsneba to Janelidze funeral, crime level drop maybe, Moldovans check Nat Bank cash, Abkhaz don’t trust their gov, paired Brest and Batumi, Geo Women’s chess champs, Big mobiluri call scam arrests, domestic violence fashion event, new Burchaladze church, no military pride for 26 May, gender prizes, Brit and Japan investors, Geo Hansel in Turin, new manhattan Georgian spot, Margvel interested in parliamentary reform
TBLPOD23april2015
Will shows up, Pankisi recruits, pres sleeps where, Region Min goes to BI loyalist, Georgian combat death in Ukraine, Adeishvili off Interpol list, Usupashvili in Kiev, FM at EU chat, Lukashenko in Tbilisi, VazaGate developments, Merabishvili promises revenge, remittence decline, Genocide 100 year memorial, explosive disposal training, Lari dollar 2.254, lots of flights including Berlin, Zestaponi FC mess, Khodorkovsky development near airport, Vanuatu Abkhaz recognition, Khulo dam deaths, Gurjani political clashes, Austrian climbers die, another shepherd taken by Ossets, fake green cards, school grenade, Batumi recycling, new hotels, Georgian wine in Western China, Skype guy in Tbilisi, Matchaidze top soprano, khinkali icon on Facebook, Nakani, Cartu jobs, Sex in Georgia, tough trail, Geo video with 8 mil hits
TBLPOD16april2015
Regional representation in parliament, cop killer found, Pankisi kids in Syria update, Easter pardons, Northern EU FMs visit: visa free may wait, Interpol drops Adeishvili, Russia flights, Margvel and pope, new Japanese word for Georgia, EU and border guards, banks cut interest rates paid, Ucha v Jobs.ge, fiber cables, Georgians say they are religious, GDP forecast cut by IMF, Duch investors, arbitration council seat, MEPs and genocide, IDP money, Brazil visa free, Rasul Jafarov sentences and Ismayilova award, Sergeenko hires Brits, NOW Syrians and Iraqis getting asylum, inflation, AIDS, illegal border crossing in marshutka roof, woman bosses in Georgia, Deda Ena Day, translations for free, Peace Park game, ballet, illegal seizures meet in secret, free lawyers, abandoned Imereti, eleven NYC Geo restaurants!
TBLPOD9april2015
Air defense, cop shot, Pankisi kids to ISIS, NGOs mad Gov is listening, Romania def min, Danish, Polish Swedish FMs to visit, Gharibashvili wants Sakdrisi gold mine working, EU ratifications, Turk, Az, Geo Def Mins meet, ODIHR shows up, ANP to NATO, Chinese factories in Kutaisi, ex US Embassy Orbeliani palace not sold by gov, bad sit for transgender in Geo, totaled German car import, Marneuli fight, Swiss landslide warning machine, Turkish lira counterfeit arrest, Russian cell company in Abkhazia and South Ossetia now in Georgia, Nigerians students die of gas poisoning, EU health deal signed, Ajara $, Margvel gives health min a medal, Japanese woman like Geo wine, US Coast Guard memorial, Geguti getting fixed up, new power line to Armenia, Google Maps expanding, docs on mountains get support, remains of Geo war dead from 2008, biodegradable bags, Kutaisi to Istanbul 30 Euro, tiny streets named for women, oxygen leak in Imereti, solidarity fund, PM has son, Corn Island prize, AIESEC forum, new parliamentary committee chairs, the Patriarch ok’s caviar.
TBLPOD2april2015
Beso Khardziani killed, maybe re Kus Tba, Def Min in France re air defense, no extradition for Misha, IPP drop, PM delays Kiev trip cause ticked, FM in Brussels, Usup wants to speed up constitution comish, EU neighborhood reports says all, Germans ratify Asoc Agreement, new Geo NAto guy, Margvel to meet Pope, Azeris detain Gogia of Human Rights Watch, Armenian sportsmen to Baku, Margvel no thanks to Kremlin for WWII visit, Ucha slams Prosecutors, new rebel judge to Constitutional Court, NATO conference with Larry Diamond in Tbilisi, young Geo inventors to NASA, Israeli aviation factory planned, Dinola movie prize, SO scholarships, Batumi synagogue returned, Ergneti chat, Polish Army deal, Lelo Rugby update, Geo open gov rank high, wine to China, Gardabani greenhouse, Samegrelo wind, Georgia in AIIB, wind farm, Nowruz fail, more flights, fake visa priests, Hilton Batumi opens, free Kakheti WiFi park, Margvel speech dis, Shushanik, Snoop
TBLPOD26march2015
UNM rally, Roland off, new IRI numbers, Nat Bank says rate stays same at 4.5%, Geneva talks tense, Nowruz in Marneuli, procs grill ex def min guy, Imedi says Dream pressure, Norway parliament boss visit, NGOs on Industry anti-west talk, PM to Kiev delay, Econ Min on China trade, Dutch investors, State says drug drop, Hep C plan, bacteria warning, interior min firing for Givi Targ info, Batumi mosque plan, university entrance exams, Margvel marches on World Down Syndrome Day, Big Shuakhevi dam loans, Airport top, international prosecutor group says sure fine go after UNM guys, biathlon track in Bakuriani, Lelo’s dominate, manuscript translation, Georigan and Korean sailors, Judo, Zaza Pachulia dominates, eggs in Italy, Donetsk kids visit, UK 28 mil, Georgian opera singers in La Scala, Georgians negative, Gvenetadze confirmed to head Supreme Court
TBLPOD19march2015
Keeping Ugulava in, Topadze doesn’t like NATO or NGO’s, South Ossetia annexation, Dream riot in Zugdidi, Ed Min shows anti-UNM video to kids, city hall reshuffle, new US Ambo named, NATO survey team, Geo, Turk, Az presidents meet about pipeline, BI apears on his new 2030 show says people are confused, Kaladze talks to Abkhaz re Enguri Dam, Martvili by-election, BGI lawyer beat up, Zhvania forensic doc acquitted, Margvel speech delayed, Croatia signed, US exercises, EU customs doc, Geo joins EULIS, expensive furniture, Istanbul consul mess, Hyatt on Rustaveli soon, Swedish grant on services, Japan one village one product, Kikabidze Ukraine asylum, Greek arrests, aerial photo, ski win, 122 for deaf, LED street lamps, Moody’s says 3.5 growth 2015, HIV testing for youth, Kvirikashvili is honest, spelling bee
TBLPOD12march2015
Just Min dises Persians etc, Russia drills, China econ trip, gamgeblebi better build, lari news, photo puncher, gov upholstery ban, dep FM neighborhood chat, Czech shuki front ticked, OSCE longing, Brazil visa free, goofy Batumi tower sold, NetGazeti prize, Georgians at US Coast Guard Academy died in car wreck, female prisoners pardoned, Geo soldiers go to Afghanistan, Japan bus aid, EU vocation cash, Swiss meat in Racha, almond planting, stop for those on foot, Gabriadze at Lincoln Center, Kakheti anti hail missiles, tax forgiven, lynx spotted, Margvel speech, noise law
TBLPOD5march2015
Gvenetadze Court, Misha advises Porpshenko, Nuland chat, BI in Kviris Palitra, waste processing plant Tbilisi, CoE says stop settling scores, blueberries in Guria, Lari drop blame fest, IMF, UNM protest, EU neighborhood changes, Gharibashvili in Brussels, Sakdrisi, Proc on complaints, Russian ag export, Usupashvili in US, party donations, NATO, journalist beaten, EUMM, food prices up, voters lists, Osset chief says stop going to Georgian docs, Pankisi photo school, archers, Gori villages get gas, constitution changes delayed, exports