TBLPOD11jan2018

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Mark Mullen

Misha guilty for Girvliani murder pardon, more Isani, Pankisi angry, Isani suspect dies, Khajimba prisoner swap angers Abkhaz, Rand anti Javelin, Patriarch comes around to weed, Anna Dolidze to High Council of Justice, Natsvlishvili parliamentary sec, Eurobet job arrest, Batumi riot sentences, Shalva Ramishvili pays for harassment, Bibilov in Srpska, Abkhaz fish way down, Turkish petrol tourists, wine export up, winds, Larsi road shut, US State Dept says Georgia safe, Georgia up in Passport Index, Tamar Mepe in Civilizations game, Tbilisi is Holywood hipster hotspot says CNN

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TBLPOD12oct2017

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Marvel vetoes new screwed up constitution, Venice Comish finally criticizes, last Georgian schools in South Ossetia close, Bidzina gets park to become Panorama parking lot for one lari, GUAM chat, EU parliament passed Partnership resolution with lots of potential goodies, Montenegro visa free maybe, SEDM in Batumi, EU Ambos see EUMM, OSCE media boss visit, Misha wants to defeat evil, Lado Chanturia in European Court, pardons, committee tries to put women in parliament, PM says he won’t be Pres, Zaliko and Aleko neck and neck, Studio Monitori says kindergartens used by Otsneba, TI on Sakrebulo and procurement, messed up Khalvashi land deal, church clash in Samtskhe Jav. Abkhaz war remains, Serbs in Sokhumi, ICC will have Tbilisi office, Iranian business meeting, grapes, WizzAir flights to Europe from Kutaisi, new University metro, Batsiashvili grand master, 8 Minutes wins in NYC

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TBLPOD21sept2017

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Kiev lives with Misha, PM and Sec Gen in NY, Margvels constitution to Venice, Laborist put up a mayor, Republicans nominate Bolkvadze, Mukhtarli rally, Gldani kid argument, TI commercial court assessment, Block Chain land transfer, Pekini done, Tbilisi waste processing plant, stamps, electronic DJs in Berlin, Beijing and Georgian wine, David Lynch Tbilisi November, Chugo talks trade in DC, tutoring stats, borderization, Smith interview, Miami paper on Chiatura, scientist Loladze on CO2 and nutrients, Odisharia book, Ajara birdwatching, Rustavi Choir and Melua in London

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TBLPOD14sept2017

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Misha gate crashes Ukraine, Pres tries to salvage Constitutional amendments, iFact on inside Kaladze property deals, ISFED on Facebook BS against opposition mayors candidates, Joseph Alexander Smith and his great Georgian runs for Sakrebulo from Sabortalo, Baku Tbilisi Kars Railway gets close, Brink in town, support Rohingya muslims rally, minimum wage, Afghanistan injury, TI 4th report on courts including Cable case, ADB IFC 75 mil loan, Tusheti internet, China Southern flies Tbilisi Beijing, Tbilisi Square in Ankara opens, Elton John cancels, Gogita Karate champ, Irakli Mekvabishvili becomes State Auditor, Zany Batumi, Tbilisi State ranks badly but ranks, photo festival, Chakrulo

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TBLPOD7sept2017

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Archpriest Mamaladze gets 9 years in secret trial, fires continue, Korea visit, US Marines exercises, 3 Georgians injured in Afghanistan, Venice hopes for constitution, Vashadze in Tbilisi mayor candidate, European Georgia in center right EPP, Freedom House report on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, government BS on Turkish Batumi school, Railways hunger strike ends, stricter citizenship rules, EBRD chief visits, Formula 1 driver Zoe Whittaker does stuff in Georgia, 52 tourists rescued, Janelidze and Tbilisoba in Minsk, Pachulia leads Georgia win over Israel, Parliament talks IDAHO day, Kobakhidze kissing to Americano, CRRC data journalism prize, book launches

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TBLPOD20july2017

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Mark Mullen

Nationalist March then way cooler Womens March, Doofus Sandro Bregadzes Back, Gudauta beach attack Abkhazia crime worries, South Ossetia ethnic cleansing celebration, Gori borderization comments US and EU, Interfaith Conference about violence against women, Georgian heads UN tourism entity, US gives Georgia high counter terrorism marks, Bakhala newest drug plant frame job by cops, court allows gay blood donations, another market fire, Moscow Tbilisi airport dispute, Ureki Batumi train opens, new gas busses in Tbilisi, marshutka safety, EU visa liberalization views, Georgian churches in Turkey, Galleria Mall near Freedom Sq, Chemistry Bronze, Ataneli Opera sidewalk star, Marseille top prize for Koberidze film, courts criticized, Kandinsky canvas in town, Art Gene, GEM

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TBLPOD27nov2014

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD20nov2014

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD30oct2014

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Def Min sting, Deputy Min Homophobic meat head, more Mokhe, Khajimba says chill on “integration”, UNM rally planned, Misha R2 interview, EU Geo Visa process ok, NDC meets with PM, violence against women discussion, Republicans want process, Iranian MPs visit, Zug Interior blast, WB doing biz number, Aeroflot back, Gharibashvili to Abkhaz and Ossets, French Def Min tnx for Congo troops, Russians hack GoG sites says NYT, more Alaval Dasavali beating stuff, US Embassy fixes church, brother booted from marshutka, Arveladze with Timoshenko, new UAE flights, parliament wants to keep Interior crawling around telecom servers.

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TBLPOD16oct2014

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Russia moves to formalize Abkhazia’s colonial status under Khajimba, kidnapping GD UNM sparring, seventh IS Kist killed, residence mess for Armenians, Armenia joins Eurasia Economic Union, weapon cache, new Dagestan highway, Izoria talks destabilization, Paravani dam opens, Usupashvili in NYT on BI great Misha not, Justice Min excited Supreme Court head bolts in five months, new prison dep min, two nut pickers detained in Gali, US Ship in Batumi, Osset soccer match in Gori, Kazbegi trash airlift, Google Maps finishes Georgia in 2015, Kakheti highway better, Chinese scholarships, Olympic Committee visits, Wekua show in London, Petriashvili to Warsaw for NATO, Elisso Bolkvadze UNESCO Artist for Peace, Telavi Music Festival, NYT likes Botso doc, new NSC stuff, schools make kids Soviet and hate Muslims, drunk cop, Kutaisi bonuses, Peter F. Skinner book.

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TBLPOD2oct2014

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Kist killed in Syria, Patriarch cut radio slack, says TI, Asaval-Dasavali donnybrook, ex-mayor employees threatened to quit, PACE stuff, Zhvania to be exhumed, Janashia’s family hit, Khajimba picks Butba as PM, PM at UN, PM thanks BI, Margel in Istanbul, new app TravelGIS, Geo high media freedom but worst place to live in Europe, EU’s Hahn speaks, Geo NATO Lahiu speaks, Georgian ok in Turkey schools, Deltas to Saudi, Kist stabs sister, hunger strike in Kutaisi, noise bill, IFC funds dairy, new Bolnisi dig, 6K bc. wine to China, west rain, Georgian films to Georgia from Russia, Kutaisi gas explosion, Kutaisi Budapest flights, Corn Island movie wins another award, Margvel reappoints, Beselia’s English, Photo Festival, Doc Fest

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TBLPOD25sept2014

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Mark Mullen

MP Pres dis, Misha’s grandma’s garden seized, Misha Brooklyn Hipster, more Ajara discord, Georgia anti-IS training space, Bildt Misha PR pact charge, Zhvania issue, Chirkba says Geneva yuck, Ajara floods, cops nab bent refs, PM’s wife’s cousin threatens “journalist”, Khudoni problems, PM to UN: we’re hydroing, new no foreigners to own ag land law, FB littering page, foreign gogoebi sic of BS, Zura Japaridze replaces Misha Machavariani as UNM exec sec, Free Movement yells in court, China flight, C.T. Park contract review, Arms Trade Treaty ratified, wrestling leadership snafu, US Army chief in town, gas line II happening, Alasania in Armenia, al-Shishani on US list, young judo champs, Slovakia said yes to association, Tangerines movie hauls in awards, Havel memorial in Vake, abortion and new gun laws, PM and Matt Damon, remittences, London Georgian lessons at UCL

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TBLPOD11sept2014

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Cops stop & frisk, PM Pres playpen bout continues, Patriarchy has bug bucks, Navarro letter, NATO in Wales, Hagel visit, EU Füle replaced by Austrian Hahn, Chikaidze disses Misha in Alia, Ajara GD Intifada, new weapon law, anti-Muslim Kobuletians nail pig head, Margvel married, Baku IREX raid, Russian & Armo Armies pretend to invade Turkey. PM to Baku, English speakers in Mushroom, crime map plan, GoG 20 mill VC plan, CENN off Khudoni enviro assessment, China biz trip, Art students still ticked, GoG interns, Ukraine medical aid, big five star Batumi hotel in a long time, poetry translation, Winters Tale in Brest, G&T is back, better young bride protection in the works, The Trio Mandili, FDI drop, Riga exhibition

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TBLPOD4sept2014

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD28aug2014

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD21aug2014

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD14aug2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD7aug2014

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Deputy Mayors, more Misha stuff, Azeri soccer clash, Margvel’s judges rejected, NSC meeting, PM on media and NGO bias, Nato chief means business, US Russia sanctions, IMF cash, Azeri gas rule, Kakheti village water demo, mine worker death, Erdogan insulted by being called Georgian, new government charity fund, another KaZantip protest, five tons of plani, Batumi hotels, Studio Monitor on TB, Akhalgori schools skip Geo Hist, Osset Russians detain guys, free trade suspension, move bike, pardons, Geo D&G model, new cheap flights, Baku NY flights, Gvinjilia wins Benext, asylum desk at airport, Dartlo etc remonti, small biz help, Ajara skiing, Geo wine in China, surveillance chat, more foreigner land BS, Pekini ramp demise

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TBLPOD31july2014

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Misha charged, shuki mess, Gvaramia off, KUDI guy off, Kaladze & Cauk Online, Baramidze: ban Russian media, Batumi mosque, kaZantip protests, tourism guy fired, Israel support, school books, peaches to Russia, Russian cancels trade deal, 4.6 mil pop, Gldani Gulf fire, Vani floods, Geo Turk soccer clash, singer Buzaladze win, EBRD dumps Russia, McFaul shows up, Chikaidze and that Taliban person, Beselia Chiora fight, illegal abortion punishment, lame bonus reform, be weak, young Misha running

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TBLPOD24july2014

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Cabinet Shuffle, ErosiGate, Mayors 2 Aug, Abkhaz abroad vote, Bacho bro in law, Three Internat prosecutors show up, Kurdi gang visit, pensions won’t go up, bus driver dead, Armenian church donnybrook, priest against KazanTip, wine museum, rare vine project, new air traffic control, Russia to punish Georgia for DCFTA, lots of card carriers, 2K old palace in Kareli, Afgan rotation, Homophobe singer repents, English speaking cab drivers, Georigan kids rack up Informatics award, River Island leaves, Margvel shows up for ratification, Sabina Chantouria in Vake Sat.

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TBLPOD17july2014

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Mark Mullen

#ErosiGate, Elections over, Shevy funeral, Strasbourg on anti-theif-in-law law, Procs question Mishas guards, first TBL sak session, Eshba fails Abkhaz exam, 2.8 tons of smack, Chikaidze rumor, Kaladze on R2, prisoners and guards via GYLA, Ergneti to reopen, brother harassed, Abkhaz body swap, fruit to Russia, neo-Lazika, GDS butt drum scandal, new Aspindza dig, Mestia flights, Tusheti chacha khanzi, Mercer says Tbilisi cheap, Corn Island award, DF Watch backs Iakob, pre trial detention to go from 90 to 15 days, exorcism in Kutaisi, Goltz on Shevy, residence visa info

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TBLPOD10july2014

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Shevy dies, Gigi jailed, Bishop Bishop Jakob BS, Mayor debate, BI TV show, foreigners ag land, Strasbourg rules for Georgia, Romania ratifies, second round, Rustavi race, Kakha Targamadze spouts off, drunk Poti Otsneba candidate stabs guy, Koridze on pardon comish, new UK Ambo, Dane aid boost, food safety, new lari symbol, Pirosmani grave, police car jack, 26 million bottles export, Natakhtari to Mestia flights, Georgia is safe, visitor drop, disabled tourists, new sports channel, Abkhaz pitch Suarez, Melua tax issues, Burtaoba, Penguins

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TBLPOD3july2014

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Mark Mullen

EU deal, Gigi airport nab, another Bacho charge, foreigner ag land, elections, dark Brit dissed at airport, ships get better, Pankisi floods, few cars to AZ, drug dogs, biz up on EU deal, cheap Hep C drugs, art students ticked, CIS trade chat, credit cards, Charkviani suicide, camel attack, past Russian agreements, Ramishvili on zombies in Kakheti.

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TBLPOD26june2014

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Mark Mullen

EU Ass Ag! UNM Baku Airport drama, Pataraia with Margvel, revotes, Narmania’s mom peeks, no MAP yet, Russia relations, Ossets want Union, Ossets rec Lugansk, TI wins foreign ag land case, bonus limits, illegal Dream cash, peace index, trafficking problems re labor inspector, new military strategy, new coast guard base, UNM guys beat up, Australia dumps homophobic soprano, new Ambo from Armo, Frontera says big gas find, construction fraud arrest, prescriptions for antibiotics, new Kiev flights, Russian Orth music, new EU Alumni chair, parking, La Blond on fake demo, Onnik on peace.

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TBLPOD12june2014

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Giga Gigi yelled at, pre-election violence, Marneuli mess, UN IDP resolution, Osset elections, Turks in Abkhazia, Margvel and Biden in Kiev, piss cut protest, Barroso in Tbilisi, church protests evangelism and gender, soldiers to CAR, Vasiani training, coal mine fire, FDI numbers, Aldagi split, more golden arches, Khevsur road, good tax numbers, no consumer protection from parliament, Shevy people back, 23 year olds, Ajara money via TI, Pankisi Sufis

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TBLPOD5june2014

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Merkel MAP veto, Kremlin retires Ankvab, Obama billion for neighborhood Nato, opposition pressure, pictures on voter lists, Gardebani donnybrook, Gharibashvili says bad stuff in Guria, Swiss pres and Margvel re OSCE, Dariali & Roki work, more Sakdrisi drama, PM get goons for life, Misha spent more than Margvel, Police Day, job site fail, Beka is not a criminal re weed legalization, Evangelical’s prevented from meeting, Russians juice law, cigs and hooch up, schools back, prisoner release, Anaklia techno disagreement, food center Akhaltsikhe, gov listening to calls still, Misha on Poroshenko, TI on Co-investment fund, Glucksman, higher ed numbers, language exchange

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TBLPOD22may2014

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Conchita, Dariali landslide, LGBT homophobes, elections, who signs EU deal, bonus cap plan, Italy Abkhaz twin revoked, GoG ticked at Maestro Sanaia show, GYLA election numbers, meningitis closes schools, bomb scares, new Coms Comish and Public Broadcaster leaders, Abkhaz FB & Tweets, 20% add limits, factory subsidy, Ukraine trade drop, Korean dam plan, Ajara flights, kids help tourists, black box key holder, defense numbers, Kviris Azrebi: don’t be a jerk, homophobes pummel each other, digital switchover, Tserovani, Lelo, UK singing

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TBLPOD24april2014

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Mark Mullen

New Russian passport rules, Data wants Greek asylum, CEC says no Okruashvili in Gori, 3.5 mil voters, TV crew sprung, 2008 Geo prisoners in Russia sprung, Misha presidential library, new Zugdidi train, 69 pardons, gold mine halt, Abkhazia Google Voice, Georgian heroes in Netherlands, harassment in schools, entrepreneurship in curriculum, Ilia: worry about sin, Genocide monument, Georgian Cannes movie, ten things to know about new residency law, broadcaster board increase, anti-discrimination bill, NYT says Teft to Russia, Lomsadze on Khaduri’s famous meal, religion in public schools, new Georgian restaurant in London review, wandering books, Schengen rejection rate, Cambridge, Atlanta events.

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TBLPOD10april2014

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Mark Mullen

New TBLPOD.com Database! Tatukhashvili info, Giga pulled in, Ukrainian spelling, fuel content, Usupashvili talks to NATO, UNM tires, SODI Kodua on Interpol list, Misha’s civic duty and Kiev reform center, prison mistreatment, Dima the Homophobe for Mayor with Kremlin affiliate, election group set up, Republicans 30 lari tip, Tamazishvili cash to Dream, new ambos, Dev Bank of Geo talk, 9 April planting, tax refunds, Justice House roof fixed, Rustavi Marshutka drivers ticked at Kaladze, Batumi Mosque drama & bus station, Melkisedek wish, swimming record, Tbilisi recycling, Oxbridge book scan plan, K&K foods worth traveling for, local election law, Roland Akhalaia up next, idiotic flower burning, health care poll, bullying, divorce, spa at water park, new novel

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TBLPOD3april2014

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Mark Mullen

New TBLPOD.com Database, torture death, constitution marriage BS, Skype Misha, no gas with ZZ death, Russians in SO, EC report, visa free start of 2016, IRI says everybody happy, TV 25 boss problems, Zviad b-day, Karumidze UK ambo Svan issue, Tuvalu de-recognizes, Porto consul, Mr. Ankara Elegant, Courts support Curse of Ham freak, Patriarch Batumi house gift swap, more broadcast board candidates, Misha will write, marriage for cows, new subway stop, Vilnius cheap, TBL airport nice, Belarus wine probs, wine site, Georgians snatching up London pads, Ucha wants to shoot prisoners, Tsulukiani report, law on ag buying fixed, Guerrilla Gardeners picnic, Applebaum, Brits on Tbilisi dagger behind Imeli, school report, trade opportunities, Akvarium

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TBLPOD13march2014

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Krushovkas will go, residence visa changes, Ukraine resolutions, Putin supporters, Obama Garibashvili Nuke chat invite, Russian helicopters, NGOs on wiretapping, Tbilisi budget passed, Vashadze out Melia candidate, Okruashvili Gori Stalin, Kaladze runs campaign, Ugulava recorded, Kez’s accounts frozen, Dagestanis with guns, Norwegian hydro protests, Kezreti mediation, prisoners ticked, e-governance, Tsulukiani on 666, Ambo to Estonia, new GPB seat try, Geo RoL great, FDI up 6%, anti-hail seeding, export to EU tariff free, but garlic quota, Wizz air Kutaisi Budapest 30 Euros in Fall, Dynamo Torpedo fight, Topadze import tax changes, Chancelery now “Admin”, Stalin was analytical because he read tons, St Nicholas on plane, TI Local Gov sheet, Korpus 18

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TBLPOD

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Pamuk in Tbilisi, Crimea & 2008, UNM mayor primary, Bishop Gotsiridze bags US award, Fule in Tbilisi, more Russian barbed wire, Kvitsiani drama, another Vano conviction, French let Kez go, Aslan’s son back, US Human Rights Report, workers rights demo, Law bar mess, constitutional comission, dep culture min case, Guerrilla Gardeners & Studio Monitor re Vake Park restaurant, child poverty, drivers licenses to expire, Israel flights, trade up, Ajara honey to Turkey, inflation 3.5%, BI #270 -Forbes, cliff church, law to fire state employees, Margvel’s Dusheti office, de Waal, Rogin, Bokeria, TI re Post, basket number

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TBLPOD12dec2013

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Parliament donnybrook, Local Gov changes, Misha in Kiev, proc arrest for fake vid, thief in law murder nab, Internat Anti-Corruption day, Margvel ambos, Obama writes BI, Margvel on Mandiba, June local elections, Narmania tents, Papuashvili Venice Comish, Telavi tenders Stalin exit, Hanakkah whacks wrist slap, Kutaisi candy, RR numbers, Geo biz #50, investments up, architecture book, big shuki cut, new Norio dump, Khudoni damn protest, 5 mil MP housing, Cassels in Tbl, Sochi flights, budget, Antelava v de Waal, Georgian Jihadi, TI on UNM procurement, average tourist spend, Apollo photos

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TBLPOD5dec2013

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Shevy hater, Kiev sympathy demo, miscarriages of civil justice comission on hold, Unesco on Kvevris, Gharibashvili on Misha’s debt, econ council, PACE’s knickers in a twist, Bacho gets off, EBRD and Tbilisi RR tracks, Ilia hates Local Gov law, pres $, Anti-Semetic nuts, Saganelidze bolts, Volsky Dream pol sec, Vashadze thinks mayor, Reintegration becomes Reconciliation, budget says deflation, Corruption rank 51 to 55, Ilia invites Kirill, Georgian Putin puffery book appears, Chela minaret back, GPB spots, wind and Mushroom Patch problems, Lords on Justice House, new bldg in front of Raddison, Genocide movie, new liberty charter, Shalakho chatter, breadwinners

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TBLPOD10oct2013

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD3oct2012

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD26sept2013

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Mark Mullen

CRRC/NDI #’s: Jobs #1, more Osset barbed wire, Hammarberg report, Misha & Obama, Burj financial issues, Smirba got a plan, Lakayev extradition, lots of little presidents, Margvel program launch, Kbilashvili in Moscow, Vano MEP visit, Bacho on prosecutors, Bacho’s wife’s video, Sabanadze (34 million) Chkhitunidze, Melnikov extradtions, Levan Pirveli’s back! Immoral behavior & physiological needs, Kakabadze manifests metaphor, 1000 Lari Kakheti vouchers, Huter ag suit, Misha mayor, Sokhumi off plane, Lesotho Ambassador, floods in Mestia and Kakheti, Girvliani’s mom’s statue, Tamaz Tkemaladze wants TV show, Rachveli conductor quits, Export Development Agency, ISET say GeoStat numbers good, more sanitary inspectors, In Bloom award, Margvel on Stalin, Tourism guy on Azeris and Jews, Kutaisi-Vilnius, constitution, inventions, Zero tolerance schooling, old people %.

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TBLPOD8aug2013

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD1aug2013

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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.

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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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TBLPOD22nov2012

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mark Mullen

Arrests & pardons, KUDI, Nana Kakabadze, Buddah Bar, BI’s Fund, BI not Geo citizen, stupid buildings, miners, Zugdidi vendors, Misha in Italy, South Stream, photographer non-spies, SouthStream, sailors in Panama, Osset hit, no more receipt lotto, new Korea Ambo, Gabashvili back from Italy, new comedy, metro losses, art kids ticked, damn dam, EUMM docs, parliament O2, fixing post, Dart Chimp, De Waal, Sturua back, Batumi Istanbul cheap, Borjomi north, carrots.

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TBLPOD8nov2012

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD1nov2012

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD25oct2012

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD18oct2012

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPODspecial19sept2012

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Mark Mullen

Special on the parliamentary elections and the long view with special guests Tom de Waal and Rob Parsons.

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TBLPOD24may2012

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Mark Mullen

Brodsky bday, Tallinn report, Ivanishvili EU PP, Komagi, Chicago report, Lermontov crunched, materiel parade, Bezhuashvili sues, Vano Chkhartishvili reapears, Bokeria Commission, Dumbadze shot, Jioeva VP, Abkhaz & FIFA, Misha Kvareli pad, no RR LSE, the 2%, Tegeta tenders, Athens flights, Mobipay bolts, EBRD, Circasia in Anaklia, Bendukidze fish in NYT, Malcolm McDowell in town.

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TBLPOD12april2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Mark Mullen

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

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