TBLPOD29june2017

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Otsneba pulls a fast one with Parliament changes now in 7 years not next elections, some BS on marriage inequality, Geneva, Mukhtarli, Sebia trip, Batumi European court meeting, Abkhaz crime wave, new Russian law enforcement entity in Abkhazia and S Ossetia, US House pretends US cares about NATO under Trump, Otsneba hires new DC lobbyist Rasky, Kaladze officially runs for mayor, Margvel says elections third week of October or so, drill sergeants, Poti IDP kindergarten, new dairy labeling to end powder in cheese, Shuakhevi dam finished, Shilda gets medals in Krakow, Lelos beat US and Canada loose to Argentina, Georgian stunt bikers in Bollywood movie, new drug law draft, handicapped access, corrupt Gardabani land privatization agency, DCFTA challenges, Jeffries with Azerbaijan ambo in DC, Tarzans Testicles in Abkhazia, Georgia tier one in US trafficking report, 7.7 million books printed in Georgia in 2011

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TBLPOD22june2017

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD8june2017

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Government still embarrassed about giving Mukhtari to Baku, offer wife citizenship, Parliament rushing on constitution amendments, Janelidze in Japan, Abkhaz release Kanjiogli, Senate bill on Russian Influence, Turkish Azeri exercises, North Cauk exercises, new South Ossetian parliamentary head, Serbska goon chums up to South Ossetians, Montenegro joins NATO, Border Guards abduct more Georgians along ABL, Congo pilot hostage video, Pankisi ISIS death, prisoner separation, Svaneti hydros, WB lowers GDP numbers, inflation down, airport numbers up, ad agencies win hammers, Pachulia starts against Cavs, top wrestler, Ajara Stone Age find, Lomsadze on Mukhtarli and hospitality, Karabakh danger, Chiatura, Red Dear, Elton John

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TBLPOD1june2017

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD25may2017

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD18may2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD27april2017

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD13april2017

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD6april2017

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Ossetian army now Russian, Armenia vote, St Petersburg attack, cyanide priest on hunger strike, Misha at Euro Peoples Party, Norway def min, ski resort meeting, Ergneti IPRM, senators on territorial integrity, join Europole, new ambo to Swiss, Riga Tbilisi Square, Center Point prison terms including ex vice speaker of parliament, former deputy interior min attacked, Russian border guards abduct near ABL, rail line to Kutaisi airport, Metechi bridge non bomb, lions and tiger at zoo, littering fines, Narmania builds parking lots, sick kids in Sighnaghi, more tourists, wine export, Barcelona flights, new Freedom Sq Accor hotel, Georgian Kiwis to Japan, anti smoking law discussion, Rayfield

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TBLPOD30march2017

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Mark Mullen

VISA FREE, Rustavi 2 privatization, Abkhaz runoff, Bakradze by Bay, PM in Kiev Athens Brussels, UNHRC, constitution, Russian abduction, Bagram switch, Misha hosts Kiev TV, former Ukraine Energy Min extradition, Ukrainian soldiers medical treatment, disabled kids, ICC shut down re corrupt judges, GDP numbers, ADB Batumi bypass, Crystal gets Dutch cash, textile factory Tbilisi, Amman flights, Demna award, thirteen championships, Ucha says sign anti women violence treaty, Stalin, street vendors, unsafe marshutkas, Gessen in Harpers, Margvels daughters friends framed, Kokoiti, Protestants

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TBLPOD16march2017

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Batumi riots, Abkhaz vote, McCain on Rustavi 2, Margvel in Baku, Klimkin Ukraine FM visit, Putin makes South Osset Army Russian, Tskhinvali protests re Kokoity, new ambos, Azoti employees suit, Israeli asylum, Georgia Iran Technology transfer office, remittances up US tops list, FDI numbers Baku tops, St Petes flights, Ryanair, wine in Japan and London, Kutaisi sewing, Lelos beat Russia, Ananiashvili gets Oracle of Art, London Book fair features Georgian translators, Margvel opens constitution process, noise regulations, TI on campaign funds, Tedo on chain reaction, Dunbar Wheeler on Jorbenadze not Avto, NPR on Khurvaleti, bikes

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TBLPOD9march2017

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD2march2017

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD23feb2017

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD16feb2017

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD9feb2017

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD2feb2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD26jan2017

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD19jan2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD12jan2017

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD5jan2017

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD29dec2016

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Court strikes jail for weed, Abkhaz gunman convicted, National Movement split drama continues, Constitutional Commission meets, Kaladze meets RAO and Gazprom, Usupashvili mulls party says Khmalade, McCain and Graham talk NATO, Syria help, Russian military choir plane crash, PM says Janelidze speaks to chief Trump Kremlin lackey Michael Flynn, Imedi buys Maestro, Bedukadze gets show, visa free for Abkhaz and Ossets too, EU 44 mill, new central bank VPs, 15 candidates for public broadcaster chief, tiny car tax on the rich, TV manufacturer, Agrohub store for local crops, Teliani beer, Lysistrata gets gold, Iranian translation, judicial reform bill passes, free busses on new years

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TBLPOD22dec2016

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD15dec2016

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Mark Mullen

EU visa free progress, Parliament chair Kobakhidze constitution comission, charges on UNM fake photographer spies case, Kaladze and Gazprom, Tedo Japaridze works with PM, weed decriminalization protest, European Investment Bank puts 450 million Euros into infrastructure, EUMM extension, UNM fires 20, Burchaladze back to song, Svans ticked at selfie, guy mad he was fired, Ajara avalanche victims saved, American tourist murder charge, another Pankisi Daesh kill, abortion church, Gelati fresco damage, book thief, Marneuli substation, Korean net station, lari slides, FDI up, export down, BoG 9 bil lari, no Alfa Bank, Svaneti power station by Turks, DC wine tasting, French TV like Buniatishvili, budget low, Melua song, Tillerson, Svaneti trip

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TBLPOD8dec2016

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD24nov2016

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD17nov2016

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD10nov2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD3nov2016

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD27oct2016

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Sandra calls fowl, Free Dems go Otsneba, Krtsanisi shooting, EU visa free update, Pakistan meeting, Rakviashvili Sec of Sec Council, Isoria on draft, Patriotebi new math, fewer ministries, Ukraine and Poland talk WWII start, South Ossets to join Russian army, EU governance reform 30 mil, 3 ABL abductions, soldier death in Kakheti, Geo Manganese lawyer arrested, Larsi closes due to snow, 112 Rustavi office, Tarek food response, Sarpi software glitch, savings down lari loans up, IMF growth numbers, Gardabani plant, TBC insurance, Textile plant in Poti, German trains to Tehran, Rakia fixes Metechi, more right hand drive car drama, tennis win, Poles study Geo wine, Chubabria on homelessness, De Waal Pushkin, Melua, sheep, VOTE

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TBLPOD20oct2016

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Runoffs, Mtatsminda, Zugdidi, amendments, Givis car bomb arrest, trans women beaten in Ortachala, Abkhaz death in assassination attempt, Geo joins EU Energy Community, Duma joins Russian and Abkhaz armies, movies return, French ship in Batumi, new Geo China leader, Alasania future, Rustavi crash, Sabortalo construction death, Larsi road closed, bear, Bakurtsikhi bypass, Kazakh cargo tariff free, Biltmore casino, Israeli airplane part factory planned, citrus harvest, Mitarbi back, Dartlo road rebuild, Gia Dvali wins Humboldt, Jashi wins in Chile film fest, Halloween

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TBLPOD13oct2016

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD30june2016

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Draft ends, No CAR abuse, Abkhaz murderer house arrest, wiretappers jailed, Dolidze pres parliament sec, Supreme court picks resubmitted, Conservatives want with Otsneba, Gigi wants OSCE parliament chair, Margvel in Berlin, PM Swiss, Imedi fires Tabagari, Natsebi plan on economy, Erdogan apologizes to Putin, Dariali mudslide, Molashvili dies, Georgian cars torched in Berlin, Daesh Pankisi man dies, Georgian thieves arrested in Madrid, EFTA, peach export, Tbilisi worst air in the world, new terminal 2017, new bypass highway, SAP in Georgia, LEDs, Samtredia gas, Lelos 11 in world, Shake on the road, amnesty for old prisoners, less smoke in a year, recess with no judicial fixes

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TBLPOD24march2016

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Bank buys big bucks, more Karasin BS, Kardava in Brussels, TSU Papava mess, Beselia and Kobakhidze get off, Sagarego case closed, This Affects You demo, Malmstrom, Breedlove, PM in Belarus, Usupash sees Saudi King, Estonian tax deal starts Jan, Interpol drops Akhalaia, Sokhumi lets Incident group resume, crude tappers nabbed, Maestro logo, girl pre cadets, electoral working group, S Osset embassy in Rome, no BI on list says Kakhi, Batumi tower, Kargaretili goes green, Jacobs U win, Nowruz, film awards, Sameba fire, French billionaire, miner problems again, Lost in Karastan plough cards, Lelos v Pacifics, soldiers to AfPac, Art Palace, Rosslyn khajapuri, wool to EU, Otsneba man woman marriage law, BI tree on ship, Sukhishvilebi with Savchenko, Rimple on stolovaya, MOMA

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TBLPOD24dec2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD17dec2015

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD1oct2015

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD6aug2015

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD5march2015

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD30jan2014

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Vano corpse chat vid, car inspection, Eko-Georgia lead milk, 26 May 2011 demo trial, dual NSCs, BI’s NGO, BI citizenship, BI gift exhibition, EBRD Tbilisi meeting 2015, GoG funds other churches, PM to Russian mag, translator pressured over Lapankuri, Shamanidi minority post, Vano wants lie detector, Kezereshvili extradition, KUDI case, city budget mess continues, Ukrainian solidarity, Pirveli EU dis, NATO says good job, Shalva gets 43 lari from EU court, Misha at Tufts, Georgia friend killed in Kabul, new vehicle prototype, Kaladze opens Larsi dam, digital switch update, foreign trade up, Iraqi beating, Fly Georgia no salaries, gondola up to Mtatsminda, McDonalds building nomination, Parliament and GBP, prisoners rights, local gov, Tbilisi, I love you, TI on Interior Min spies on state bodies, volunteers.

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28nov2013

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Forum: Jail Shevy, yay rice! Georgia EU Bound via Vilnius, Mayor Narmania, English BI letter, Dream congress, proc and int shuffle, Irina NSC, Vano Machavariani Margvel internat guy, Zakro continues to get fired, Green MP bolts maj, new ambos, NGO types in pardon comish, more Russian concertina, Chechens Georgia & Syria, Swiss visas, Norland opens school, Lekishvili wants in, Zakareishvili religion council, Ajara citrus north, Tbl poor travel cheap, president.gov.ge cleaned of Misha, UNESCO honors Akaki, Giorgoba, knife law, Germany in Pshavi, IDP change, historical building status change, Misha by piano, prison numbers, Royal Sails.

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TBLPOD17oct2013

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD5sept2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD30may2013

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Tallinn, Osset fence, No theocracy demo, calm independence, digital privacy (not), BI ambo meeting, Gali spies, Tamazashvili resurfaces, Vano still in, Pipia Ag Min, new Kutaisi mayor, priests, Subari on Bacho methods, Ferro strike, Abkhaz Church under who, IDP IDs, Kobakhidze on UNM, R2 guy on State Audit payroll, Chiora aggressor walks, Saviatoslav passport, TI sues FinMin, Jr MP mom got GoG $, trash cost by family size, new pushup record, Borjomi in Russia, Christian Dems want to take land, Call of Taburetka, inequality numbers, LGBT meeting, WIP on language, Japan crafts

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TBLPOD18april2013

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Our 18 April surprise guest! Minister questions, Data v. Vano, new NDI #s, no army parade, Ajara MP beatings firings, prison guards arrested, prison hunger strike, prison cameras, Coms Comish Chair Chikovani Concession, Misha receipts, Kutaisi Mayor impeached, Tbl Sakrebulo UNM defection, Broadcaster firing suit, Topadze anti-free trade, big farm tax break, more on non res deposits, Love Day, Deda Ena day, labor code, Saak Ibn-Ashvili on Russian TV, marriage age, KargiGogo and Dusseldorf flesh pots!

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TBLPOD14feb2013

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Chatham House report on NGOs, Bibliogeddon, Koba Sergo cage fight, Narazeni eggs, Okruasvhili walks, Donadze chat, 5.2 mil in “jobs”, Bacho mistreats Dreamers, Tortladze’s Toyota, 7K walk, Margvel Deputy PM, Fule 20 mil, Kabakhidze resigns, Forestry guy back, Givi in Moscow with 600 bucks, Resources to environment, monument to Misha’s victims, more pink Stalin, no more API Super, Russian wine documents, tax owed, strikes, Navtlugi market, cheap Pegasus, Pasha Bank, Collective Ag Bill, pop names, Imedi on Elton John’s kids, Ms. Bagrationi on a bed, movies

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TBLPOD10jan2013

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Juries in big cases, Orthodox Christmas, Misha on Kempinski high-rise, TAV runway, Khobi hydro, amnesty, Kakha Targamadze crawls out, Adeishvili looses passports, Bedukadze coming back, some Okruashvili cases dropped, KUDI guys, Alasania ditches draft, CIPDD inside deal with Presidents Fund, new head of Revenue Service, Gulf disassembled, GoG fuel deal, signatures for Misha to resign, tractor jobs, Punjabi farmers, no pilgrim visas for Israel, more Stalins, Fisher Island Badri connection, free births, new ambos, UNESCO may drop Bagrat, Dubai flights, creepy xenophobic FB group with famous likes, 2012 top clergy quotes, smoking, Lebanese food.

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TBLPOD29nov2012

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD11oct2012

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD6sept2012

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Mark Mullen

NDI poll Vano’s liked; demo’s not, UNM lists, Liberali back, Nato in town, UNEP, US Ambo arrives, EU talks on visas, new enviro min, IFES debates, shenmartav.ge, BI in Atlantic, FT blog, Must Carry Must Offer OSCE, Emirate on Dagestan mess, tribuna.ge gone, Imedi radio in Mestia, runways, Dutch FDI numbers, Melua hitched, ODA

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