Constitutional veto overridden, elections soon, candidate confusion on environment, pressure on candidates, Otsneba raises 4 mil lari, budget talks, Geneva talks, Turkey Az and Geo defense agreement, MFA says Catalan independence bad, Margvel in Italy, Geo sends Buk to Dutch intelligence, labor inspections open now, transgender city court case on forced sterilization grounds, South Ossetia follows Russia labels Jehovas extremist, SO information center run by Russian Interior Min, Sameba memorial for Abkhaz war dead, new Abkhaz Interior Minister to deal with crime, Gali mess, special Abkhaz bitcoin, BI gets 15 percent of Geo bitcoin mined, no women mayors, Ajara mountains gas pipeline, trade numbers: Turkey, Russia, China Az top list, exporting potatoes, Poland permanent archeological office in Kutaisi, Geo films in Chicago, Strange Nights Vodka in NYC, stink bugs get to Tbilisi, Malta house cleaner, marathon back on
Tag Archives: Bidzina
TBLPOD27march2014
Misha questions, Tufts, ZZ death, Obama NATO, Tax goons hit TV Nielsen rating agency, Ag U, EU deal pronto, quick Obama Garibash chat, Okruashvili questions on Imedi, Applebaum on TV, MEP Schulz forgets Georgia, Burj & Christian Dems, Dom Kino fight, Koka on passports, early bride suicide, Gold deal, Cartu fund shuffle, TV $, giant BI Sololaki development, UN disaster, exporter protection, Wine #3, new Batumi RR station, subway safety, McD cheaper than Subway, Margvel and citizenship, wrong declarations, trust, nationalism, guerrilla guarders & splice!, Tuh-bli-si, dem rank, movies, London Bloom, Bauhaus
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
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.
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.
TBLPOD8aug2013
Aslan retraction, Gunava Kalandadze off, Medvedev says stuff, Patriarch likes Stalin, factcheck.ge, Koba bolts from Dream, occupation protests, growth numbers (or not), criminal numbers (or not), priest rioter let off, Abkhaz church wants out, Misha on UNM, fly ash import, Thea looks at election violations, Bolnisi’s mukhtahora, Zestaponians ticked about Bendukidze’s cheap old wine, Rustavi Dreamers want jobs, prison strikes, thief-in-law law, TI on Margvel using state resources to campaign, Azeris PNG Turashvili and Khvedelidze for Karabakh trip, Kazbegi road limestone damaged, Zakro on virgins, International ad cash down, expired goods, demography and dating, Yerevan and Kuwait flights, foreclosure bill BI slap down, PM/pres balance
TBLPOD1aug2013
Aslan’s back, Bakradze’s UNM’s guy, Margvel: “no one on one debate”, new IDP count, Georgian’s abroad must register for elections, DCFTA in the bag, no parliament bomb (thanks Omar), more Stalin statue drama, veto overrides, Kvirikashvili in deputy PM job, Sanikidze new Ed Min down sizes Dato Zurabishvili, BI’s money, Bedukadze drama, Imedi on virginity certificates, Gegenava destroys plants on his ill gotten plot, prison protests, Zestaponi demos over corrupt archbishop, Iranian arrest, Rice advice?, Hill Hill to rep UK, 140mil US for ed from MCC, WB 60mil, truck regulation, Tbilisi Sakrebulo changes, city hall admissions, Pres may be in Orbeliani Palace on Atoneli, floods, Ukraine flights, new trains to Batumi, parliament, EU confidence number, Lexo’s finger.
TBLPOD29nov2012
Stalin, Ashton, Post pissed, Girvliani & Zhvania open, Strasbourg movement, Chip IDs optional, crime, price of Misha, Martvili, La Figaro Kobakhidze & gayness, Tiniko GYLA board, Givi investigations, TV tax breaks, more KUDI & SODI, Tetradze open, photographer’s lawyers, 6500 to be released, Luba for Bekauri, Niazov’s heart & Kurtanidze, Murkhrovani guys, Ako called, IFOR numbers up, Gali orgs, new BI fund, flag BS, Zezerashvili, new Shevy RR guy, Parliament re-owns parliament, Swiss IDPs, Fady says no FDI, Sturua back, dam probs, more Nigvziani, pushups, Fiji rugby, pushups, Irish movies.
TBLPOD8nov2012
Bacho’s back! Ilia, Jones & Holyoke, Bono, local gov, budget, lots of strikes and new comish, Kaladze sells, new faction, Moroshkina with prisoners, dep ed min says move to UK set up, Rev Service hist Channel 1, Chanturia cries politics, Badri’s daughter takes over Imedi, SOCAR gets Itera, Ex Interior Min Targamadze says he’ll return, new GeoCell boss, DCFTA, long churchkhela, Brazilian film festival, Lit in Georgia book, Iare Pekhit.
TBLPOD1nov2012
Givi Zaldastanishvili b day, Nazis, text book kick backs, new top prosecutor, Rus rep, Interior Dep Mins, students ticked, more vacations, ZZ death, Anaklia land, IDP dispute, New Ag Min talks cooperation, 3 mo Burj hiatus, Def Min 68 mil short, Just Min says Adeish good lawyer, no more taps, Constitutional Court GYLA Judgement (finally), SOCAR controls taps, Sosar ditches Mishas photo, sports shake up, Cartu guy in Ajara, Antelava Lukashenko & Chveni Will, Indians & Land, Borjomi strike over, Nigvziani Lebanon, Gulashvili out, cheap trash, Kodori family back, Def min council of elders, Patriarch & Gurchiani, Kokoity Fandarast guys, wombs, Justice servers, Soviet museum, calls from the joint, Kimeridze reopened, Grechikha’s son, Dutch Israeli dispute near baths, heavy metals in food, finger to Gorozia.
TBLPOD25oct2012
There’s a government! vague on numbers and dates, budget questions, Kaladze will sell, Shashkin & Adeishvili statements, Caucasus Online forced to sell, Tsulukiani talks Girvliani, Alasania stays with ISAF, Subari talks releases, Jansung’s daughter, Liberty Peoples Bank tussle, door and roof problems, law speed, Zviad Jr out, Gori statue search, strikes, plane prob, GNCC issues, US Rubin around, PIK gone, Kazbegi game tax, Lordkipanidze gayness issues, alcohol, & tons of culture.
TBLPOD18oct2012
More ministers! Kakhi’s Energy, Bidzina’s got a passport & is PM, Darakhvelidze says Georgia for Georgians (oh, great), Margvelashvili Education, revote GD landslides, Badri’s wife gets Imedi, Fin Min UNM gift to Rustavi 2 and Imedi, no tower cash, Tabula TV, Kezerashvili sells Rustavi 2 after three days, Vano Chkhartishvili’s back, PIK protest, earthquakes, Abkhaz side, Tbl Dev Fund gone, diplomatic passports still work, Zugdidi sakrebulo, Vano Sec Gen, miners strike, prisoner amnesty, Liberty heist, Gudauri leaves Tblisi, garbage, Fule and Schmid in town, girls.
TBLPOD11oct2012
Who bolted, New Ministers, Committee Chairs (names, names, names), New Gigi Cops, artful taxonomizing, Municipal funds to strip club, unemployment benefits?, BI: “biz probs? Go to court”, Gagra, Geneva talks, EU IDP cash, Zaza Burchuladze jumped, Akobia out, marine chat, salary stats, Coca Cola Chkonia will do Abkhazia deal, Batumi Istanbul flights.
TBLPOD4oct2012
Elections, Elections, Elections, Elections, Elections, Elections, Asaval-Dasavali proscription list, Elections, Elections, Elections, Gamkhrelidze resigns, Elections, Elections, Elections, ZZ investigation, Elections, Elections, Elections, new dam, Elections, Elections, Elections, Elections, Ajara Textile, Elections, Golf, Amsterdam, Orban and WizAir
TBLPOD27sept2012
More tapes & videos, Tugush plans, Abdaladze spy BS, ISFED, 80%, Liberali hits Bildt, Misha at UN in NY, EUMM on Rus, arrests, Goga chats up thief, Ilia on demos, Bidzina on Abkhazia, Bishop on ambos, Burduli drops medal, Puri Square
TBLPODspecial19sept2012
Special on the parliamentary elections and the long view with special guests Tom de Waal and Rob Parsons.
TBLPOD12april2012
Georgian Minutemen, GoG leaning on locals, The Passport EU & Constitution, GNCC Communication Commission bias, property rights in tourist spots, Tsotne Bakuria resurfaces, breakaway travel ban, KGBnik Tiblov wins in SO, more Onishchenko BS, Parliament opens 26 May, Georgian drone, police internal nab, Khobi Kudi Jeep, Russian schools axed in Ajara, Stalins museum now Stalinism, Tbilisi 14km tram, Over banked, China money, Azeris fight back with McDonalds, Ghachava Pirimze, Gldani Lake, Dika gone, Partnership Fund, SOCAR carbamide, Iran gas, floods expected
TBLPOD5april2012
Mathias appears, Bidzina’s passport, NATO and election observers, Public Defender report jails are bad, Dream ticked at NDI and Luis Navarro, Facebook wars, Forbes mess, Murman Dumbadze not so cleaver, all environmental legislation repealed (really), Gudiashvili, video upload ban proposed, Global TV tribulations, Bass says Geo journos not so curious, Imedi to Strasbourg, no Malaysia executions, Parliament will meet in Tbilisi some, Gov raking it in on non existent 112, Vano and Zura no shows, Ajara election law changes, 21 year old kids in parliament, Yesterday’s opposition becomes Voter’s League, more mining drama, Kavkaz 2012 red army exercises, Laborists want referendum on Afghanistan troops, Finn in town, Seoul embassy and flights, Tallinn flights, USAID and TB, Poti docs ticked at Aldagi BCI, Zara, Wendy’s, old honey, Azizie Mosque, Zedazeni Beer, Akhtala resort