TBLPOD22june2017

Venice comments nice but specific, Kobakhidze wants Pres debate who says bring it on, Usupashvili new party, government continues to flail about Mukhtarli, Geneva, Bordeaux, Luxembourg eastern partnership chat, Senate Russia bill, Maghlaperidze ends American shows, Patriarch meets Mamaladze family and wants monarchy, R2 Udumashvili runs for mayor with Dzveli Natsebi, Justice Min violence against women program, DCTFA dot GE, Congo hostage maybe Uganda, Sokhumi bomb, Istanbul extortion arrests, Tsalenjikha rain, Asian bank roads, trade up but deficit also up, Black Sea fish ok for EU, Borjomi in cans, Baharain flights, Snatch gold, fencing, foreigner ag land ban, wine and vine bill, NUF BS says Jaba, NYT on polyphony, Tillerson plan, bacteriophage

TBLPOD1june2017

Georgian government hands dissident Azeri journalist to Baku, Georgian gov arrest Turkish teacher on Turkish government orders, European Georgia party congress, Brink meets PM and Tedo, Bratislava, Mamaladze brother says Ilia says bro is innocent, Free Dems and Republicans join, five judge candidates, no more AKs, Abkhaz release Khanjiogli, Dutch ratify Ukraine EU deal, Gori ID theft, EU in Keda and Khulo, Red-Co in Gudauri, kids clothes shops, Kiwi opera, bank bill, Tskhinvali banks fund Donbas factories, Manchester City

TBLPOD25may2017

Otsneba says screw Venice Commission, Salber sorry but its complicated, Archpriest trial hushed walks out, NATO Spring Session in Tbilisi, Republicans and Free Dems cooperate, Mattis writes letter, Russians set up Command Center in Sokhumi, Kulakhmetovs back, Ukraine EU visa free soon, Ukraine investigates Stalin and Beria for Tatar deportations, Primakov to Russia from Armenian jail, new Kvemo Kartli gov, German detained by Russians in Gali, Tordia Partskhaladze charges, Khakhubia MP son death, GoG detains Turki as gift to Erdogan, Gruzvinprom, Beirut flights, draft dodging criminalized, Gutbrod on air pollution, Tbilisi Veep, Junior Lelos, Shagina book on Euro BS and parties

TBLPOD18may2017

Constitution changes still anti-proportional anti-president, four miners killed in Tkibuli, EU special rep hangs with Bibilov, PM with Trump and Estonia, Luzhkov visit, US Congress singles out Nauru, Georgians with NATO exercises in Estonia, Georgian fighter killed in Donbas, Abkhaz no US visa for prayer breakfast, new SO cabinet head, Russia pays SO pensions and gov salaries, new DC lobbyist Trump guy, IDAHO day Patriarch on Dads, Red Cross graves, top auditor attacked, road workers unpaid, healthcare changes, China trade deal, ADB more cash, EBRD GDP, Fitch GOGC, Liberty Bank fines and fees, tons of new flights Aktau Tehran etc, Tsalenjikha tea, CineDoc Didube, youth gambling, Aerosmith, Tsopi, Hep C, Misha and Trump, Georgians not ok with the gays, press and court trouble, Alcatraz mental health swim, Junior Lelos

TBLPOD27april2017

Constitution Commission tries to lock in majority, Lavrov in Abkhazia, Bibilov in place, Orban protests, Iranians re corridor, Estonians in town, Sultan Erdogan, Abkhaz parliament, Georgian Abkhaz IDs, Israel fights asylum cheats, security min report, ECHR vacancy, Beruch gets award, Georgians rob Burma cash, Russian SO abduction, Order of St Nick to charity cab driver, Chiatura cable cars, exports up, passengers up, more tea, churkhchela export, Pepela Dusseldorf restaurant, Nana wins Euro Chess, Ninidze film up for top in Cannes, Vazha reading space, reserve Army plan, EU Energy Community, coffee

TBLPOD13april2017

Ossets pick Bibilov, Speaker sticks to guns on bad constitutional amendments, smoking ban, Belgian speaker in town, Janelidze in Warsaw, Margvel blasts government, Military agreement with France, Foreign Min backs Trumps bombing Syria, priest files human right suit, infrastructure plans, reserve fund for fire victims, Chiatura accident, penguins, giant bus parking lot, Misha wants a wall in Ukraine, Big Tabasco goes to court, IMF ready, more flyers, young Lelos beat Japan, This Affects You to court over gov surveillance, constitution mess, SO election, black market uranium, fake USAID Armenia letter, Orban coming

TBLPOD9march2017

Government further leans on Rustavi 2 via Supreme Court, EU Court calls BS, charges in Church scandal, EU visa free 28 March, NATO visit, Abkhaz closures, Austria FM says send refugees to Georgia, Kokoity can not run, Public Broadcaster summer shut down, PM says Media Omsbudsman, Def Min gets rid of planes, Enguri shutdown, Putin pardons innocent, Bidzina 276 richest, gender march in Tbilisi, Tbilisi Sea IDP flats, Kobuleti road work, fire victims demo, gas explosion on Politovskaya, Sagarejo wind, inflation up, aircraft component factory, wind farm plan near Zestaponi, Anaklia plan, container hotel Gudauri, two thirds of wine export to Russia, deposit insurance, Rosie dad

TBLPOD2march2017

Supreme Court meets in secret re Rustavi 2, Patriarch head of security resigns in widening church scandal, Visa free starts 28 March, Janalidze in Switzerland, US House members visit, EU Energy Community boss visits Tbilisi, Karabakh heats up, Aliyev supports Southern Line, NATO says closing Abkhaz checkpoints bad idea, Abashidze and Karasin spar over recognition, name of second Congo hostage released, Uzbek American held in Batumi for extradition name not released, Israelis say no more Georgian asylum, Girchi not prosecuted for weed plants, Otsneba and presidential elections, 12 Georgians this year abducted on the ABL, Interior Minister buys 100 thousand kilos of chocolate Because, Iran and German tourism up, new 285 mil IMF deal, growth high, Beirut flights, new whiskey, Aerosmith sells out, Kalashnikova wins, Judo two golds, Kobakhidze award, new messed up surveillance law, chess boats, Pmoerantsev in Georgian

TBLPOD23feb2017

Rustavi 2 closure protest, Ilia II back and ok, gov puts gag on poison case, EU ambos endorse visa free, Norway visit, Lavrov BS, Alasania heads to DC, Ed Min becomes Dep PM, Georgian hostage in Congo, Karachay say Ossets aren’t Alans, Gali powwow, Enguri quick closer, 41 parliament millionaires, Mtkvari clean up, Biblus fires video people, Snow shuts western roads, Tbilisi bike path, IMP program, Russians want a pipeline to Iran through Georgia, GOGC spend money oddly, Rooms Batumi, Samepo Telavi, Gatwick Tbilisi flights, parliament mulls point system for drivers and smoke free public spaces, divorce and marriage, Amnesty report, Black Dog, Traktor, new Metro map

TBLPOD16feb2017

Senior priest cyanide arrest conspiracy, immanent Rustavi 2 decision anxiety protests, Ucha law on occupied territory movement, Margvel looks at Security Strategy, new conscripts, guy who wanted to blow up Givi Targamandze gets no jail time, US says no Alania, Vake BMW shooting, Russian bus in Abkhazia gets stoned, Philip Morris gets ginormous fine, Biblus employees ticked off, remittences up, Rustavi Metallurgical exports pipes to EU, WizzAir starts London Kutaisi, Flydubai starts Dubai Batumi, Georgian olive oil, Georgian movies at Berlinale, Kobakhidze replaced in parliament, great new prison law, Janelidze in DC, Georgia 2nd to Trump, Coda on identity, alphabet, Kvanchkhara

TBLPOD9feb2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

TBLPOD5feb2015

5 cops charged for ’06 op in VazagashviliGate, NATO Vershbow visit, Irma Inaishvili Kvitsiani protest re punishing UNM, BI’s research on NGO leaders, NATO meeting, Public Defender lawsuit on Interior Min server hoover, Kadagidze on exchange rate and growth, Guerrilla Gardening Vake Park hotel protests, PaNOrama protests, Econ and Energy mins in Kiev, John Kerry to visit Tbilisi, Adeishvili in Kiev, Rustavi 2 interview on Vazagashvili, DCFTA with EU non EEC member, US 51 million for Geo and Moldova, two more charged re Zhvania death, Margvel discussed new parliament structure multi-member constituencies, Putin signs Abkhazia annexation, Russian border guards attach Abkhaz Armenians, Socar and gas price increase, Donetsk unrecognized states summit, new proc dept on legal proceeding botch ups, USAID good gov, Human Rights Watch says Geo not dealing with attacks against UNM, Free Generation rab rousers, Meskhi to Oscars, EU ILO pay for union chats, Synetic Theater in DC awards, Chinese hotel Tbilisi Sea, French in Tskhaltubo, Margvel son born, labor migration law mess

TBLPOD20nov2014

UNM anti-Occupation demo, PM EU NATO charm trip, new #NightOfTheDullKnives appointments, Butba beaten, more Def Min “investigations”, Burjanadze says stuff, ZZ forensic doc dies, Margvel & Alasania chat, Kvitsiani drama, Bagram bombing, prison torture (not videos, now), US Army GEneral visit, Guria Gov says UNM stole his $, Lith FM says EU learn from 2008, Ossets kidnap more shepherds for “fines”, Sokhumi airport, Hep C drug, EU Parl will vote on Geo EU deal, EU NGO bash in Batumi, wind farm, new art school, women entrepreneur $, BI rugby award, blind police site, residence law amended, Margvel says we need institutions, crime

TBLPOD4sept2014

Misha in Sarpi, NATO in Wales, more NDI #’s, visas, meds, Mestia cop brawl, DCFTA in force, Margvel in UK, EBRD, top Marine visit, Azeri guards fired, Georgia competitive rank increase, more Bakradze HSBS bs, Dariali opens, Ukrainian kids to Georgia, ex-GYLA Chugo gives out HR Tulips, pro Ukraine demo, no passport for Kitovani, Bacho book, new army MP chief, Nikosi film festival, Mufti says no Shia/Sunni issues, bridge painters fined, Czech research, IS says will attach Chechnya, Tedo in Iran, Kiev flights, army death, wine in Austria, Geo Estonian movie Oscar nomination, Frankfurt book fair, KaZantip wrap up, artificial snow, Tusheti Red Dear spotted, parl committees meet in Tbilisi now, fat photos, Slade book, Sunlight & TI on campaign cash

TBLPOD28aug2014

Bass to Yerevan, Raul new Abkhaz boss, more Dariali mud, Melnikov Girvliani cops plea, mayor sends poor kids to monastery (which is weird) UNM Ukraine support demo, Russians detain Gerogian along South Osset line, more Bakaradze HSBC stuff, tree choppers fined & ticked off, NDI poll, residence permits and new visa rules, prisoner fight, Ebola monitoring, Georgian ISAF award, Kakhi plays in Almaty, export boost to Russia, Turk paper on 2012 Tbilisi Sepāh plot, NATO Wales, Lavada on Russians on Abkhaz and Osetia and Georgia, free Hep C drugs for prisoners, film awards, Brides and President, Ali and Nino, shuki price drop, KaZantip probs, Alasania in CAR ice bucket, Abkhaz line clinic, Margvel’s declaration, Racha rain, Geo consulate in Donetsk bombed, 74% pass U exams, PM in Yerevan, Khevsur historical building fixed, Margvel award, ticked off Russian girls, Misha on Groundhog Day, Czechs on Georgian hero, Georgian classes in London

TBLPOD21aug2014

More Misha money drama, Margval Commander in Chief change maybe, Abkhaz elections, Margvel PM tiff re docs, prescriptions, Kakha Targamadze passport, Bakradze bank declaration, CEC Chair says no prob to bishop, new base in Akhalkalaki, Geo Az and Turk Def Min chat, NATO summit, Def Min PR stunt with church, Yazidis show up, PM in Armenia, Dariali landslide, MEPs call for ratifying EU deal, Ugulava b-day party, Bulgarians nab PINs & get nabbed, KaZAntip fun, IDP gas stunt, Poles find Romans in Gonio, Georgians in Edinburgh Fringe, Tsavkisi fire, ambulances a mess, Imedi journalist chat re 2010 fake attack report, US war ship in Batumi, San Diego State opens via MCC, Georgians and salt, wrestlers, ID charge boost, residence card mess, Mary’s skirt, Batumi mosque, IMF, gold, road safety.

TBLPOD14aug2014

Bildt dis, Misha’s slush fund, FM on sanctions, Melnikov squawks, Vano charges, PM pres bout re classified doc release, French detained for pain killers, August war memorial, Erosi and Rafaliants, Kist IS leader maybe killed, new prescription drugs, Georgian Euro Chess Czar, Batumi cop bribe, MP Kandelaki bit, new Hague ambo, Yazidi demos, people who want to see Narmania fight, eyelid lifting, white horse to PM, Alasania in Afghanistan, overdose treatment improvement, Crimean Congo Fever, floods, Pachulia scores big, Laghodeki waterless village ticked, Ilia’s village gets two mill, drug bust, new Stalin bust, traitor graffiti, Bakuriani improvements, Kirtadze premieres in Toronto, no sex at KaZantip, ticketless Canadian detained

TBLPOD20march2014

ZZ vid, BI Margvel dis, Odisharia too, visa free to Israel, EU speed up, Bendukidze questions, Kodua arrest, Data arrest, Friday phone protest, Aug 2008 exits, Targamadze leaves Burj, Rustavi mayor race, UNDP guy says 14mil to Abkhaz, Crimea fight, Garibash at TSU, gold mine goes, Turk troop Armo flip out, Mokalake wants to train journos, new Partnership Fund factory, salary jump, dead fish, Khobi Jahovas, UK visa move, Sukhishvilebi cancels Russia, Intercon to open on Kostava, MP Roland Akhalaia investigation, “We are Ukrainians” song, surveillance (still), Rimple on Sakdrisi, Mishga Guardian, TV market, state views, peace rank, Mchedlishvili on Adoration, Tamar Mepe talk in London

TBLPOD26dec2013

2013’s Best fight, quote, song, priest, practical joke, campaign slogan and protest! Ugulava demayored, Georgia residence issues, top proc German arrest, Girvliani MP questions, ZZ guard no bail, UNM back to parliament, Chiora v Beselia, prison hunger strike, Christmas paroles, Russian visas, BI Forbes chat, BI looses a B, Vere Palace protest, quick EU sigs, Reconciliation not Reintegration ministry, ADB infrastructure, discrimination draft, budget, pres salary, Misha on Ukraine no go list, Misha at Fletcher, Kakhi on gas price, IDP Batumi flats, UK visa TB test, bank complaints, 30 min WiFi limit, forest policy, New Year’s stuff.

TBLPOD7nov2013

Prince baptism, PM Gharibashvili, Top Prosecutor Kbilashvili resigns, Israel visa free, spying, Bacho pardon, Kezerashvili still in, Imerlishvili head of Nat Sec Council, Vano Machavariani to be Margvel’s top foreign ops guy, new Republican head Samnidze, new lender law, anti-junket law, Misha’s house to be Univ, Margvel on BBC, US ambo says UNM is the opposition, flag burning, MTC problem real, misha dolling out passports, tourism numbers up, IMF overview, AmCham to DC, “religious sentiments ” prohibition

TBLPODpreElection2013

Pre-election special from Tbilisi with Will Dunbar, candidates, history, speculation, wisecracks, what’s up with the 50% threshold crankiness…

TBLPOD17oct2013

Kez gets Interpoled, BI on Sochi, Misha in Dvani, apples, Russians warm on Georgia, Gennady on lab, ag approved for Russia, Strasbourg cour’s late, Hammarberg’s told intolerance is a Georgian tradition, UNM freaks & walks over Tsulukiani, Batu bolts, no Geo vote in Russia, party $ #s, Orban gives Sabanadze asylum, Norland gets bracelet, Russian bikers in Mskheta, BI Bayrams, Ucha says don’t criticize Patriarch, Kremlin likes Misha not BI -Edik, Vano predicts trouble, Batumi rabble rousers, IMF downgrades, passports to Turks, BI on Armenian “other”, clutchless drivers tests, Prudential debates, Pres library, Baia leads Maestro TV, Goodwill problems blames UNM, whacky Rikhe building no $, March Moscow flights, Gandagana meme, spanking, Tbl jazz, Artisterium, Nov Tbi Startup Weekend.

TBLPOD10oct2013

Gogi Khutsishvili dies, Bacho tape, Misha still UNM chief, boycott Sochi, more barbed wire, Azeri presidential appointment, BI on Norland, new Bacho prosecutor, Lith MPs visit Vano in joint. BI meets with Muslims, Synod, CEC candidate numbers, Rosner’s numbers, GYLA, ISFED, Marvel and Mir, Burj’s program, Burj tax problems, Parliament builder arrested, Kutaisi mayor on vacation, more Kremlin wine BS via Genady, floods, GPB pressure, EU numbers, Georgia third friendliest,
Poti closed, Intercon in Ajara, Subway in Tbilisi, Cops Karate champs.

TBLPOD3oct2012

Falina, Bi on Natvlishvili, more barbed wire, BI lectures journalists, Misha at UN, freakish exit visa law pulled, giant new fund with BI’s billion, Misha yells at Bryza, Misha says barbed wire in Samegrelo next, jihad video case, salary increase enters judicial negotiations, Bidzinoba, Margvel at 56%, Dato 12%, Nino 10%, Ilia says vote, Ugulava talks ships, Dream MP Kiguradze is corrupt, Price of the State launch, CEC list of world polling stations, 20 years since Sokhumi fall, fine increase, Khudoni dam in Svaneti, CNN on Georgian biz, wine makers in Kvareli, grape buying, environment laws, grammar police, JumpStart church money poster, tourism rank.

TBLPOD12sept2013

1% Law, In Riga BI says EU Pronto, CEC chair Zhvania, Salome still out, US State big guy meets Patriarch, 1st Channel director fired (again), RR boss Bakhtadze PM rumor, French choppers, Adeishvili with Orban, Kvitashvili leads Bakradze’s bid, crime rate up and half amnestied prisoners back in jail. ex MP arrested for drugs, Kutaisi mayor to spend time wit family, Russian diplomat shot in Sokhumi, UNM small change, City wastes Climate 1/2 mill Euro, customs point at Kazbegi, Kartveli Air Show, Kakheti Stalin statues, Misha up Kazbegi, archeology find in Old Tblisi, vetoes, Culture min takes back building permission, foreigners & ag land wrangles, Koba on cohabitation, Georgia happiness, Megrelian mummy, Marathon.

TBLPOD5sept2013

BI says again he’ll soon bolt, Armenia joins new improved USSR, more MinaretGate, cohabitation, destroyed video compromats, CEC chair runs for pres, Zurabashvili’s run in peril, BI meets Ambos, Misha won’t sign off on 7 Ambos. WikiLeakes on Mskheta security, Vano’s health bad, digital request for info, Kvesitadze and Paichadze get ax, Turk hospital boss probs, pension increase, Stalin in Telavi, Russians on 2008, floods this week, climate change Mayors Covenant, Croatians found, cigarette excise up, mil air show, Iraqi Air flies Kurds to Batumi, big judo win, parliament back in session, few Jews, Christianity big, WIPS, Batumi Indy Film, London Geo Film Fest

TBLPOD22aug2013

TV 9 Deep Sixed, Maestro Imedi flight, Kist fight, Misha on Imedi Closure: Giorgi did it, more Bacho, Girvliani guy beat up in Athens, Misha’s amnesty plan, former prison ministers called, destruction of tapes delayed, Papava heads TSU, Nice: Okruashvili beats up MP, Tajik journalist detained in Tbilisi, Koba & Kartlos run, Kako homeless, Chancelery sidewalk parkers, Ureki rains, Rustavi movie fire, Batumi parking fines, life on 145 Lari a month, 22.1% Av interest rate, Bera starts summer.

TBLPOD15aug2013

CEC chief’s new career, EUMM does something, Bacho drama, Misha and BI spar at US ship event, Abkhaz war remembrance, Dream Margvel launch, Supreme Court protests, Misha dinner interrupted, Aug 2008 info request, Jgushia shoots, grape subsidy change, Gov takes Israeli hospitals, Econ min cancels Bakradze, new Airport and square names, Samsung, Uzbek trafficker, Girvliani guy flees, Khakhi on wind, drowned miners in Chiatura, wine export stats, hunting season, Bolnisi hotel, new tourist helpers, tiny earthquake, prison numbers, Polish and Russian videos, Aqua Park, Oda NYC