Isani special op 4 killed, Talks with Kremlin re WTO, Janelidze in Turkmenistan re Lapis Corridor, Kobakhidze in Belarus, new EU map, US sells Georgia Javelin missiles, new interior leadership, new Ucha talks, Otsneba brass bad mouth public defender, NGOs want to keep EU NATO ministry, CRRC says people don’t know about amendments, adds on Public Broadcaster maybe, new campaign finance draft, Gov tells judge no asylum to Turk, UNM prison guards charged, Abkhaz border report, stink bug help vanishes, Kilmarnock Sokhumi drama, sexist Mareuli mayor, Georgian tolerance made intangible, Freedom of Net rank, Silknet puts Jonas on board, OC Media talks to Abkhaz remembering the war, BBC on khachapuri
Tag Archives: Rustavi
TBLPOD2nov2017
Mechiauri won in Tianeti, first Baku Tbilisi Kars train, Estonian pres visit, Finn def min, Big Saudi, Georgia pro-Spain, South Ossetia pro Catalan, US congress resolution, Senator Rich interview, Geo death in Ukraine, Interpol extradition of smuggler, Pvliashvili death investigation, Georgians in North Ossetia protest, 500 Syrian Circassians, Abkhaz language day, 250 IDP houses, Green Akubardia caused of abuse, Kashia rainbow armband freakoutage, Marneuli mosque, coal mine death, economy tops four percent, tons of oranges, EU bio safety point in Kakheti, new Turk border point, road rehab, new Khulo trail, deWaal on Abkhazia, AmCham Cowgill in Hill
TBLPOD3aug2017
Pence in Tbilisi, Mishas passport, Abkhaz say Georgians can be Abkhaz, South Ossetia purges Georgianess from curriculum, Putin to Abkhazia in August, Otsneba just behind None of the Above in polls, Aleko wants to ditch CT Park, BoG keeps Transport funds, Anaklia goes with US operator, fire at Rustavi 2, slap on wrist for illegal logging in Kakheti, Ajara dig finds artifacts, Enguri tourism planned, Bordeaux museum features Georgia, China wine import grows, Anna Dolidze Kobakhidze snarkathon, Concrete and Kitch, Cocktails and Dog tails
TBLPOD27july2017
Poroshenko yanks Mishas passport, Anti Kremlin pro diversity rally, new Patriarch Sno hotel, Prime Minister hints dividing church and state is non Georgian, President vetos Otsneba control of election commission and preventing direct mayor elections, UK human rights report, civilian patrol of ABL, PM meets Bibi, Tbilisi mayor race stuff, NDI says polarization, Georgians ship themselves to the Main, ProCredit investment, visa free numbers in and overstays are not giant, more European court judge stuff, Kutaisi airport takes off, Tbilisi airport Taxi mess, new Scenar clinic, foreign Saperavi competition, dog stuff, parks, Bassiani award, Rustavi MP check ups, MEPs say not much on membership, Tbilisi bad on green space 12 not 25 sq Ms per head, Azeri activist deportations, splash party
TBLPOD6july2017
Pence will visit, R2 says less Geo in Afghan then DefMin says BS, drama on Turkish persecution via extradition, Surkov wants Russian owning Abkhaz land, Russia moves Osset Border half a KM EUMM quiet, Karabakh heats up, Kaladze will run Aleko closer, Manganese crooks get gift from Kutaisi courts, 25 years of relations with various, Eliava fire, Rustaveli Theater and Film school judge illegally on looks, US embassy commissary theft, not serious traffic violation point system, Rustavi rail link to Samgori possibility. GeoStat says GDP growth high, Kuwait Kutaisi flights, star photos, junior wrestlers gold, The Christian Evangelical Protestant Biblical Freedom Church of Georgia, TI on Osneba’s delay of parliamentary change, Swiss study of real trade, prejudice at border against Indians
TBLPOD29june2017
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
TBLPOD22june2017
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
TBLPOD8june2017
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
TBLPOD1june2017
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
TBLPOD25may2017
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
TBLPOD18may2017
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
TBLPOD27april2017
Constitution Commission tries to lock in majority, Lavrov in Abkhazia, Bibilov in place, Orban protests, Iranians re corridor, Estonians in town, Sultan Erdogan, Abkhaz parliament, Georgian Abkhaz IDs, Israel fights asylum cheats, security min report, ECHR vacancy, Beruch gets award, Georgians rob Burma cash, Russian SO abduction, Order of St Nick to charity cab driver, Chiatura cable cars, exports up, passengers up, more tea, churkhchela export, Pepela Dusseldorf restaurant, Nana wins Euro Chess, Ninidze film up for top in Cannes, Vazha reading space, reserve Army plan, EU Energy Community, coffee
TBLPOD13april2017
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
TBLPOD6april2017
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
TBLPOD30march2017
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
TBLPOD16march2017
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
TBLPOD10nov2016
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
TBLPOD3nov2016
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
TBLPOD27oct2016
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
TBLPOD20oct2016
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
TBLPOD13oct2016
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
TBLPOD6oct2016
Pope visit, Givis car blown up, pre election incidents, Nat rally, predictions, visa lib pre new year, China memo re free trade, const court strikes down second strike law for weed, new head of state security council, US educated Armenian def min, US boats to coast guard, Almaty airport mercury, new cop tech, Vazha metro closure, Zugdidi Tech Park opens, Batumi sports palace, IMF predictions, Tourism Development Fund, Chinese train factory, Anaklia port, wind power starts in Gori, Kutaisi textile, French fashion, tourism up, first whiskey, draft budget, Hans numbers, DCFTA, political money from TI, Rimple on cheese, car numbers, MitOst, Bugiani
TBLPOD29sept2016
Free Zone drama, Gigi the revolutionary, Pine Cones out, Misha Zugdidi video, Vano convicted again, top Odessa cop convicted, Auditorium 115 back, Pope soon no Ilia prayer, new Afghan deployment, Georgian Power demo mess, PM with Biz, Otsneba DC lobbyists, BI scolds Biz, Lithuania says speed visa free, Nuaru in South Ossetia, Dutch say Russia bombed flight, ABL abductions, all salons register re hep C, Radio Marneuli, illegal slot machines, Liberty Bank Gldani robbed, Gamgebeli punches journo, bone marrow, ebooks for kids, Kobuleti landslide, Impact Hub in Faberika, Car Free Day, Anaklia, Georgia 59 in Davos rank, Cement injection, Borjomi hotel, WizzAir in Kutaisi, Iran freight, Saba Lit Prize, Andorra up, Asly, Toastmasters, REGISTER, GET BALLOT, VOTE
TBLPOD22sept2016
Message from Dunbar, vote in US elections, new Const Court guy, new charges on KUDI guys, Kobuleti Muslims win, PM at UN in NYC, OSCE PMs arrive, Estonians in town, Otsneba cash, Paata pissed at BI, Usupashvili criticizes BI, Misha on univ student fees, peace memorandum, 56 overseas voting places, Abkhaz Chirkba resigns, Orthodox Parents Goons angry at Pope, Russian journalist moves to Tbilisi, Austria opens embassy, Kakheti gov, Cadets girls scholarship, ABL abduction, bank robbers caught, Batumi rain, GDP 8 bil, Gori wind farm, BoG & EBRD loans towards EU, Telasi guy now Armo min, Odessa flights, hazel nuts, Danish IKEA comes, football fixing Turkish Batumi school, Lisi path, Pilarmonia Muse sculptor died and vote
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
TBLPOD28july2016
Pressure on Constitutional Court, Yerevan, Turkey lock ups, Aguilera, next Def Min, Gegeshidze stays, full Nat list, Lavrov says all well, Abkhaz gov changes, Burchaladze guys arrested, Catholics in Rustavi churchless, Interpol ignores Igor, Frontera debts, Russian soldiers beat up shepherd, Domodedovo arrest, car crashes, Ushba body, earthquake, no prison suicides, lending increase soon rate cut, FinMin says lari not dollars, Koreans look at new metallurgical plant, Amman flights, Tsnori water, Svaneti school, Sarukhanova, Buniatishvili prize, vertical garden, Olympic uniforms faf, mom son Olympic shooters, Lottery Company debts
TBLPOD7july2016
EU Parl Committee approves visa lib, OSCE Parl Asemb in Tbl, Austrian gets chair not Gigi, Chatayev Istanbul bomb mastermind Georgia connections, Kerry visit, Gegeshidze recalled, Ajara pres rep steps down, Svaneti dam protests, Sokhumi protests Interior Min resigns, EU As Ag in effect, Free Dems will give out money if they win, no new Russia Armenia road, CEC rejects one marriage referendum, Ossets say some guy is a spy, Tbililov talks fences, Papuna gets medal, soccer safety convention, mom murders family, bypass is via Natakhtari, flights diverted, Hualing buys Bank Republic, tourists up, German China railroad link, flights up, Saudis get Sairme water, IFC says no corruption, IDP houses, Dunn talks IDP support problems, Urushadze new movie, Bollywood Machine, digitizing movies finally, Kakabaze painting, Pachulia to the Bay, old prisoner amnesty, ugly Batumi buildings in NYT, ten thousand bottles of wine a day to China
TBLPOD19may2016
World Congress of Families, Ministry of Defense procurement Alasania guys found guilty, proportional majoritarians bill from Republicans, Otsneba party congress, National list, China free trade, more Lari support, NATO says chill, Tiniko in Baku, PM in Greece, Narmania yelled at re land sale, Vienna meeting re NK, Burchaladze gets Metreveli, Shindisi movie on Aug war, prisoner hunger strike, Shalva Ramishvili tape, Delta chief fired, hail, Geo on World Rugby Council, 14 parties with CEC, Slafist speaks in Tbilisi, student housing, Morocco consulate, EBRD gas busses, border security, Heidelberg cement invests in Kaspi, Krakow photos, judo and sambo, tons of Batumi flights, City Library project, Rowling tweet, no tax on reinvested profits passes, GoG takeover of Constitutional Court, priest and cop kissing, Sameba fire cash
TBLPOD14april2016
New NDI numbers, sex tape arrests, TSU students ticked still, Kezerashvili in Panama Papers, Tibilov slobbering on Kremlin, Republican Ministers may resign in Aug, Syria death, Megis Kardava hit alleged, PM in Dubai, US Human Rights Report, another shepherd abducted to Tskhinvali, Yerevan anti-Russia demos, Birt dam near Mtskheta, Ponichala murder arrest, teachers salary increase, Manganese looses tax case, Mechiauri moves further Kremlinwards, PM on CCTV, Old Rustavi remonti, Zurab Tsereteli sculpts Zhirinovsky, drug dogs, Indian wrestlers, baggage handling award, IDP houses, Best Mezzo Soprano to Surguladze, parliament genocide fight, Akunin on Georgianess, TEDxTbilisi
TBLPOD7jan2015
Iran gas, Free Dem dep FM, Nat Bank Chair search, Gardabani gam candidates, New Year’s Eve, snow, Merkel note to Kvirik, Russian SO abduction, Ponichala Wakabi critic killed, Austrian shell companies, Geo scrum half, snow border death, Abastumani investment, Ali and Nino at Sundance, Hard Rock Cafe in Vera, Netflix, Lilo homeless shelter, Chinese tourist plan, EU on waste, Narmania says strike fails, Wine export down, French Tamar novel, Ananiashvili Telegraph tops, Roman piece, child law, Marat on Ukraine cops, Rooms in NYT, London events
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
TBLPOD10sept2015
China! TV political chatlessness, McCain inst event, Tinko EUshi, lari 2.43, Israeli factory, Misha spars in Ukraine, new Tbl dep-mayor, Union one with Sakdrisi RMG, Abkhaz brass banished from Moldova, Kremlin drops Armenian gas price, Kulo Otsneba goon anti-Armenian, Japanese help with solid waste, Israeli hotels, Google Maps fix Abkhaz, more Russian troops in Abkhazia, guy grows weed in Samegrelo, bread standards go up, Barcelona flights, Batumi Le Meridien, visa free Argentina, Shatili park, disabled get 60 more lari, Az earthquake, new rugby bases, honey export, TSU 830th! new gym, Kilts in town, Dutch ballet prize, banking supervision out of nat bank
TBLPOD30july2015
Sport kids, Geo join EU Rus sanctions, bank supervision mess continues, MEP visit, IMEDI TV on virginity, bad trafficking grade from US, Armenia border shift, Cuba ambo, Iranians visit re admin reform, Armo PM visit, BI soldier donation, shuki hike, Tiniko on Ukraine and Misha, Placebo-gate, Spain ratified association, crime drops says min, MCC 12 mil to vocational training, Basilashvili to 90th in world tennis, new public service hall in Poti, film tax break, Margvel Polish accident, Vazhaoba, Hep C tests, South African weed arrest, Sofia Geo arrest, Lotkini fire, sport venue tax break, chip factory, bike trails on ski slopes, chief prosecutor appointment wrangling, upside down flags, Botso dies, dust levels, GEMfest, Fatboy Slim
TBLPOD21may2015
Riga downer, EBRD goodies, Kvirik to Iran, Austrian pres in town, Usup to NATO parl assemb, 9% budget cut, Dhabi Group talk about spending money again but don’t fix Emeli walkway, MPs in China, PM with Armo PM, Tiniko appoints 3/5 deputies, Tsulukiani finds toxins on roof, water price can’t go up, shuki maybe, 17 May tolerance events, Khrulev of 58th army now runs Abkhazia’s army, Nobel Partner still going, new Pankisi volunteer death in Syria, Russians detain guy and get bribes, Kvirik may be brought into Russia talks, Hilton Batumi opens, Poti strike over, Alazani floods, Eruvision update, Tbilisi legalize weed demo 2 June, highway strike, kids film festival, steep Pirosmani, blind judoist, no parl quorum, lari up a bit, big NYC Geo bash 4 June
TBLPOD28aug2014
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
TBLPOD24july2014
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.
TBLPOD17july2014
#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
TBLPOD10july2014
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
TBLPOD19june2014
Will’s back! Elections, Khajimba, Machavariani, Barroso fleeced, new German, drunk Interior video, Polish asylum offer to Vano, Freedom House, Rikoti landslide, Larsi reopened, president award shift plot, Georgians in Mosul, Kazakh’s split, shady Russian investors, Japanese medical equipment, Navarro Orthodoxizes, priest insults Armenian kid, Arabs kicked out of pool, worker deaths, Archeologist drug, new Kakheti mud resort, Tusheti land tenure, wine numbers, parliament out, Dato and the watermelon, more KazanTip, TBL turnout number.
TBLPOD12june2014
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
TBLPOD29may2014
Ankvab booted, Chiaberishvili beaten, Gharibashvili signs, Kremlin consequences, Misha with Petro, Gigi back, Kez innocent not so bro, 87 mayors, kids on tanks, FOI drop, independent investigation entity, GoG salaries up, fruit safe to Russia, Kars rail moves, plane bodies return, Geo expat site, schools still closed, Telavi airport, FixMyStreet in Kutaisi Zugdidi, and Batumi, domestic violence deaths, Sochi Georgian concert, Svaneti UNESCO, constitutional commission update, mountain draft, easier docs for Geo expats, old photos, Portuguese book, who owns Tbl water, Siko on education, Blauvelt on Bolsheviks on Migrelians, cross shaped container building for priests
TBLPOD1may2014
Church sticks up for the right and obligation to discriminate, Dream mayors named, Judo goon throws eggs in Kvareli, Small Biz Dev Agency starts, Kodua and Siradze of KUDI and SODI investigated, Okruashvili sends in friend, Jonjoli operation, DCFTA chat, obligatory car insurance, Mokalake media study, IDP houses, free land to Church on Agmashenabeli, Geo wine in Russia, Georgian-Indian deal, new cement factory in Poti, Crimea bound tourists come to Georgia, Germans fix books, Esquire on London’s Marani, Ajaruli dish of the week in DC, handgun regs, Baramidze & free speech bill, Tbilisi snobs, tons to read, huge foreign trade boost, and lots of photos in Tbilisi.
TBLPOD10april2014
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
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
TBLPOD20feb2014
Kiev, Sarkisi gold, Vano nickel , Grist back, Gov hits GeoCell, Geo Army to Congo, Bio death, thief-in-law used to quelled Geguti prison, Okruashvili runs in Gori, Gunava runs in Zugdidi, more Batumi mayor news, Narmania on Kutaisi mayor, new dep def min, bus and fire strikes, Strasbourg court cases down, new ag LEPL, GMO info, electrocution, IDP houses, digital switch, refinance rate hike, MCC school tender, BoG U, goofy tourism slogan, DC Embassy owns building, Sochi results, Dream bottle chucker, 50% threshold! Margvel parl tomorrow, leak law, Batum 1915, not much exercise, new London Georgian restaurant
TBLPOD26dec2013
2013’s Best fight, quote, song, priest, practical joke, campaign slogan and protest! Ugulava demayored, Georgia residence issues, top proc German arrest, Girvliani MP questions, ZZ guard no bail, UNM back to parliament, Chiora v Beselia, prison hunger strike, Christmas paroles, Russian visas, BI Forbes chat, BI looses a B, Vere Palace protest, quick EU sigs, Reconciliation not Reintegration ministry, ADB infrastructure, discrimination draft, budget, pres salary, Misha on Ukraine no go list, Misha at Fletcher, Kakhi on gas price, IDP Batumi flats, UK visa TB test, bank complaints, 30 min WiFi limit, forest policy, New Year’s stuff.
TBLPOD17oct2013
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.
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.
TBLPOD5sept2013
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
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.