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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TBLPOD29jan2015

Chikaidze bolts, PM in Davos, Lith PM visit, Usupashvili in Iran, NATO Vershbow in town, Tamriko in US, Lari still sliding, long BI interview he “researches” NGO leaders, Russia duma oks Abkhaz treaty, Margvel Supreme Court consultations, EU delegation talks visa free, Lifers in Guldani 8 are ticked, shortlist for deep Anaklia port, investigation for harassing prisoner “L”, Kvitsiani, EU cash, UEFA U19, Ireland okays Geo EU Association Agreement, e-visas coming, coke arrest, Corn Island wins Trieste, Henkel plant in Garadabani, smart lights, Alain Delon visit, NYT rec Pheasant’s Tears, Interior bill to limit freedom of speech, foreigners and farm land, Rimple great, Soros NYT great, Chiatora cable cars, ugly/great Tbilisi Buildings, econ freedom high reg freedom not, Rayfield on Niko Marr in London

TBLPOD22jan2015

Exploding plant, Kist protest, EU brass Hahn visit, Geo soldier falls at Donetsk Airport, Arminia family murder by Russian soldier, OSCE parl visit, Oscar talk, Geo joins EU Ukraine Advisory Mission, NATO sec gen to visit in Feb, Garibashvili in Davos, new Supreme Court leader chat, Zguladze on Ukraine traffic police reform, Interior brass to Spain, (non) univ tower in Batumi to be sold, lost shepherd in Ergneti froze, 2:1 lari/$, EBRD SMEs, Enguri talks, Daesh whacko from Batumi, Armenian churches, priest who helped ferry passengers honored, Epiphany, prosecutors thank US, Koguasvhili Blind Date movie in Brussels, Zezva and Mzia in Israel, Japanese Telavi disabilities place, Sao Paulo Georigan film festival, Margvel: 2015 Year of Women, youth offenders change, bus tickets waved, Elbakidze collapses, Saturday Panorama protest 3pm Freedom Square

TBLPOD8jan2015

PM sets up parallel MFA, Ilia says no jobs so men beat wives, PM to Latvia, EU Neighborhood Hahn to Tbilisi 15-17th, Janelidze to Afghanistan, more Zhvania investigations, intelegencia KGB says KGB guy, Bakhmaro avalanche, missing Georgian in South Ossetia found dead, NBG Kadagidze gets award, Georgia shrinking & aging, female Georgian chess players dominate, plastic bags, underage internet gaming to be regulated, Togonidze on friendships with handicapped on Azrebi, Eka Bseselia’s white boots, Rostneft in Poti, Gogava on Ukraine, Jones on Bendukidze, visitors, Geo movies in DC.

TBLPOD25dec2014

Def Min botches Georigan war death response, Sakdrisi protests, Maestro to be more anti-western so journos quit, Putin insults Misha in a speech because that’s really important for Russia right now, anti wire-tapping protests, South Ossetia annexation agreement, PM ticked off at UNM folk in Ukraine ministries, Margvel meets with Free Dems and Republicans, UN wrap up, Estonian FM visit, former NATO ambo from Lithuania will head EUMM, BI on Russia and open borders, EU Association Council, CoE projects, Ucha on Geguti prison problems, Ajara refugees ticked off, soldier shot, WiP on Stalin, two Oscar nominations for Geo movies, prison min reforms, legal mosques, Telavi emergency stuff, new GYLA boss, Chile Guatamala visa free relaunch, 2008 war Strasbourg trial, Tiflisi TV Show, Korea Svaneti dam, women’s rights

TBLPOD11dec2014

Garibash team shrinks, Lari tanks, Interior deck chair arrangement, Georgian Daesh death, Beruch & Turks, Steinmeier in Tbilisi, Armo PM in Tbilisi, Beruch & Kerry, NATO brass in Tbilisi, BoG buys Kiev PrivatBank, Ucha mad re Batumi prison beatings, Misha says Geo officers fight in Ukraine DefMin says BS, BI disses Alasania, Azeri Journo Ismailova jailed, TBL protest, Mtvari water level, Geo Air ticked at Rus Air, funerals for Abkhaz war victims, CAR troop replacement, gold at Sarpi, North Cauk drills, Mistro journo locked up at Grigory Leps concert, Margvel gives Zhvania medal, another husband kills wife, Georgian video app does well on app store, Geo DC theater, Health min proposes limits on women’s reproductive rights, parliamentary majority prevents pres from proposing bills, Chirkva interview, Mdivani charming prince, FDI numbers

TBLPOD4dec2014

Sandro Kiev Health Min, Nato center yes, Lari fall, Mokhe Mosque, Ucha on Lapankuri, BI show Feb+, Int Min to Yerevan, Margvel to Poland, Maidan Kiev Georgians awards, Railways strike ok, Grozny shootings, Macau investor casino in Tbilisi, Abkhaz ticked at EU visa deal, Wrestling goon gone, Moscow flights cut, FreeZone bonus inflation demo, prison reception, Nana top chess player, Tbilisi Guangzhou deal, EU Military visit, BoG and KfW hydro deal, 2016 EU enviro chat Tbl, Georgian soldiers to Wales, body chat with Abkhaz, Swedes declare clean spots, Bosch warehouse, wire tap law veto override, matsoni law, what do the Abkhaz want, Khauri (not) on Nat Bank, Dagestan highway, HIV, Amnesty event

TBLPOD27nov2014

Abkhaz Russian “treaty” signed & hyperventilation, more MoD BS, 9th Block’s Back, prison torture letter, Misha charges, foreigners rape in Svaneti, Bendukidze funeral, leaning on Kvitsiani court, Latvia pres visit, lari plunge, Guantanamo Yemenis in Tbilisi, Margvel pardons, Georgian riot in Greece, violence against women demos, railway strikes, Hungry ratified EU deal, Free Gen at UNM, Fule said EU neighborhood policy irrational, Georgian Battalion back from Kandahar, Transgender day remembered, Sokhumi airport to Russians, gas pipeline 2, Giorgoba, Mall between Zugdidi and Abkhazia at bridge, Georgian movies in Kiev, Tbilisi homeless shelter, Tbilisi rugby stadium, Turkish corner, snow, tablecloths in Italy, Vardzia at night, Beselia’s bill for the Interior Ministry, wheelchairs in parking spots

TBLPOD14nov2014.2

RIP Bendukidze, Beruchashvili now FM, Garibashvili Alasania spar, BI interview gems, Otsneba lobbying in DC, Pankisi fight, tranny killed, new Vano Misha charges, al Shishani killed? Margvel to Parl re EW, Narmania starts plating seeds. EBRD Dariali dam, angry priests, Abkhaz water to Sokhumi.

TBLPOD13nov2014

RIP Bendukidze, Beruchashvili now FM, Garibashvili Alasania spar, BI interview gems, Otsneba lobbying in DC, Pankisi fight, tranny killed, new Vano Misha charges, al Shishani killed? Margvel to Parl re EW, Narmania starts plating seeds. EBRD Dariali dam, angry priests, Abkhaz water to Sokhumi,

TBLPOD6nov2014

Def Min Sting! Alasania out! Free Dems out! NATO/EU direction? Banks can’t own biz, doc classification, Estonia ratifies Geo EU deal, Chechens dissed, Abkhaz say no thanks, young Lelos win, MFA: Donbas vote BS, PACE says Rus Abkhaz deal bad, 100 Geos fight with Kiev, Azeris give Geo church free gas, Turk speaker visits, monitoring radioactive aerosols (!?), PM’s Chugo replacement, more Corn Island gold, wild west weather, Sinai flights, surveillance law back to parl, single parents in law, Azrebi on aggression, mirror mirror