TBLPOD4aug2016

New Def Min and Min for Reconciliation, Def Min nepotism allegations, more Constitutional Court pressure, Lottery mess, Yerevan hostage mess over but ripples, Margvel in Brazil, Otkhozoria family gets apt, Kremlin stooge marriage referendum gets sigs, Usupashvili tops Republican list, Tsereteli and Bobokhidze in Kutaisi for Nats, GYLA says Misha broke campaign law, pardons, Pankisi man arrested for online threats, ABL abduction, Zestaponi fire, no hammer and sickles, growth up, over three mil tourists this year, Gori wind farm, Biltmore sidewalk issue, Chinese coat factory, Mestia museum, UNDP ag, Gudauri water, Iranian eco village, plots to eco refugees, Batumi counterfeit talk, Abkhaz writer Iskander dies, Zura Tsereteli has a sculpture of Christ, sumo win, white cubs, Girchi video, match fixing, Gem Fest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TBLPOD12feb2015

Proc Gen from Parl, VazagashGate grenade arrest, Margvel Supreme Court short list, Def Min resignation, PM and VP Munich chat, PM with Orban, construction bribe, Geo e-visas, certain forces chatter, Margvel parl speech, Bundestag pres visit, Russian NATO goon Grushko ticked, Sida Goga Gigauri stuff, Otsneba looses majority in Ajara assembly, illegal Vake Park hotel construction still halted, Kutaisi cop wife driver issue, Bulgaria visa simplification, Prison 17 chief arrested, Khobe direct sale for laurel trees to Tamazishvilis, frank Alasania interview, ISAF honors, Abkhaz graves, Poland ratifies, Poti fishermen angry, Gmaps changes to Sokhumi, Geo movies, Misha on Ukrainian army beating Russia, TBC snow machines, Astana, Swede Geo Chamber of Commerce, ADB west water fixing, 20 Geo start ups get Estonian help, Lelos smash Germany, lots of Georgian books, ad law targets R2, zebra crossing in Tbilisi

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

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