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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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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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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TBLPOD17march2016

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Dunbar visit, University protests, sex tapes, lari up, Karasin BS, Gvenetadze replaces Kadagidze, new AZ gas deal, SO road, Otsneba marriage inequality amendment, Levan Gach Maestro director, visa free update, Petriashvili attack arrest, al-Shishani dead again, Daesh arrests, governors resign, Otsneba strife, prisoner exchange, Margvel econ adviser, Japan highway cash, EU cash for association deal, Bobokhidze Tsulukiani exchange, Army Muslim mosque, Tech park in Zugdidi, Crowne Plaze Borjomi opens, Tskhaltubo development, replace Radisson parking lot finally, Larsi checkpoint update, Saudis get Delta trucks, rich guy wants Jvari in Jerusalem, Beigbeder visit, Riga parrots, loud noise law, Beidul Rustaveli

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TBLPOD11feb2016

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Mark Mullen

More Maestro drama, Visa Free Iranians back, Abkhaz new IDs but no abortions, Anaklia goes to Khazaradze US group, CIA says Kremlin making Geo anti West, Kvirik in Brussels, airport runways to be fixed, do not sweat NATO MAP says Tiniko, Swedish FM in Tbilisi, 4 Billion US to counter Kremlin, BI moving trees, New Tiflis project to destroy Tbilisi, Fiber sale maybe, marriage equality plot, east west highway cash, NGOs say judges in a mess, casino no, Univermag may reappear, Tsulukiani says notaries into political parties, Georgian restaurant in Warsaw wins, LEDs in Vake, Mestia ski, Geo lang for minorities on TV, Lelos smash Germany, insulting religion bill BS says world, surveillance by unmarked cop cars, priest blessing iPhones, Ponichala, Bianka, Ali and Nino in Baku, Sting

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TBLPOD4feb2016

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Mark Mullen

Peacekeepers rape charge, Maestro takeover, Azeri gas, Russia miffed at ICC, Gardabani goes Otsneba, Kvirik new Otsneba boss, Margvel and ambos to Pankisi, Tiniko to Yerevan, Kvirik goes to Margvel NSC meeting, US cash for borders, Obama invites Kvirik to DC in March, Azeri IMF bailout, MCC trains teachers, minors passports, Geo Armani model, Tangerines wins in Barcelona, new lari notes, man woman marriage meatheads, flu, AZ bans Geo cattle, kindergarten salaries up, Sweden helps with radioactive waste, French dairy, addresses for everybody, Moldova wants Delta anti hail thing, new Arabic Rustaveli, salmon in Ajara, breast cancer support, Apple reseller, GeoCell iPhone 6, Kutaisi Kiev, Bulgaria, South Korean TV, Turkey murder, Kharatishvili, Beigbeder, Judo gold, Poles fix castle, Mata Hari, Kojori spa, insulting religious feelings, Margvel parl report, Opera fur, Bianka, asbestos, Noricum gold

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TBLPOD19nov2015

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Mark Mullen

ISIS freak out, R2 update, PM to Slovakia Brussels visa chat, young Chief Proc named, Tiniko Halifax, Patrioti hunger strike, France solidarity, anti-Gazprom rally, Vano and Adeishvili new charges re Aslan bank, Vake cop charged, CoE HG guy visits, snowed in 4th DNA strand in Cauk, ABL kidnapping, energy event, farmers loans forgiven, no net for Azeris for 8 hours, Greeks ok association, wind farm tender, remittences down, tea to EU, IFC lend to green developers, army bonuses, Turkcell about to control GeoCell, Damon Wilson visit, Budapest events, Tallinn Tbilisi culture, Blair visits, award to Georgian German writer Kharatishvili, Astrid Lindgren prize to Georgians, weed smokers released from prison, 450 IDPs get new houses, movie update, posthumous Bronze Star, Japanese corner in Botanical Gardens, Jazz in Minsk, UNM says to increase pension, Ostrovsky asks about Poti Rosneft sale, R2 timeline from Civil.ge, Kelly interview, supplements replace bonuses, 13 Syrian fathers

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TBLPOD12nov2015

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Mark Mullen

R2 Court says Nika out he stays court changes mind, Mogherini in town, Tiniko in Japan, IMF visit, Georgian Israeli hacker thief, Inashvili demo, cop convicted in Vazaga murder, Japaridze and Paliko launch middle Pine Cones, Vake cops beat lawyer, leaning on Margvel to move, Const Court ends Georgia’s tiny lustration, Gluksman Sr dies, Yunis released wife still in, IFAD boosts ag cash, EU money, BI pays for village internet, Co-investment update, NATO and Geo solo in Lith, Fab Lab, Kazbegi Justice House, Trans murder remembrance, German Gardabani factory, Estonians do e-Governance, China flights, police ten mill lari BoG heist, Partnership fund, more Bitcoin mining, no Abkhaz plates in Ukraine, Six Nations reform, Guria drinks factory, Turtle Lake ropes rehab, movies, Draft ends, Russian phone ad in Tbilisi, Vogue on shoes, gov salaries up again, Barbara Streisand

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TBLPOD5nov2015

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Rustavi 2 court decision, shut down by government, Constitutional Court ignored, immediately tries to change editorial direction, Misha calls, by-elections Sagarejo close Patriotebi close to Otsneba, PM in Estonia asked about Rustavi 2, Kvirikashvili in DC, Ilham in town, sidewalk holes, Dekanoidze leads Ukraine cops, Vasadze brings Christian homophobes to Tbilisi, Misha stripped of citizenship, MEPs Knesset OSCE permanent reps in town, National Bank put rates up half percent, EBRD Investors Council, Fady angry, cops indicted, two portfolios over? Partnership Fund and Chinese fund textiles, half Armenians want to join Russia, Abkhaz RR, new cash, Polish cement, drug visit, beard guy kept out, Japanese hacked, Khevsur road, Louisiana piano win, Lelos, films, foreign workers must be registered, Miley Cyrus wreck, Vice on ABL, “it” girls, IMF says high growth.

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TBLPOD29oct2015

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Even more Rustavi 2, Coup BS, PM gets emo re UNM and video, Margvel says chill, Kaladze and Gazprom, homophobic Taburetka priest gets off, personal use weed not criminal, BI long chat with Imedi says half MPs to be new, Geo in UN HR council, Kvirikashvili to Berlin, Misha mad re Odessa elections, more SO abductions, Moldovan visit, Sargsyan in Tbl, Topadze loves Stalin, Russia bans Geo meat, Just Min names two procs, OGP award! alcohol excise down, NATO meeting, gender identity freak out, Tianeti justice house, French association agreement, bridge to Armenia, official Apple, Vake Hilton, Lelo Jaba hooker to UK club, Ed Min now likes mandaturs again, longer visas to Iran, Barcelona flights, Turin Aida singer, Beka junior world Judo champ! chess women prevail, archives get 1st Rep letters, no bonus bill, pre-school law sits.

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TBLPOD22oct2015

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Rustavi 2 closer to being shut by government, graphic video release times with NDI polls, Kvirikashvili with Ilham, more Gazprom talk, ICC in Georgia, Dream support falls, EU support down, Const Court harassed, Georgia in Afghanistan past 2017, first eight members of Proc Council, Tibilov wants to join Russia, lari down a bit, Margvel in Israel, Ukraine brass in Tbilisi, IB at Dream party congress, EBRD loan to Kutaisi sewers, EU Hahn will visit Tbl in Nov, three hydros on Mtkvari planned, Chinese power plant in Tkibuli planned, Turk power plant in Kakheti, US ship in Batumi, Tabula arrests for putting up posters, drug tests change, manuscripts UNESCO, Canadian ski plan, Chinese Tbilisi Sea hotel opens, OGP says Georgia good, judo win, swimmer no go, Univ demo on bad leadership, Axis Vake building restarts, Wardrop sculpture, Ketevan tile in Mukhrani, remittences drop

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TBLPOD15oct2015

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Kakhi and Gazprom, Azeris mad, ICC and 2008 war, Const Court case re Bank Supervision, more China Silk Road stuff, NDI local numbers, US Ambo on Rustavi 2, EU visa free hopes, Tsulukiani looks for prosecutor council, Dep FinMin on US saying Geo go slow with Iran, Pikria with Margvel, PACE visit, regional Black Sea transport memo, Azeris deport Amnesty duo, prison photos by Ucha, non-Orthodox religions go to Const Court re Orthodox privilege, new S Osset crossing, half billion CERN plan by Cartu, 4 new dams, Iran says Al-Shishani killed, Chechen on US list, SMEs befuddled by DCFTA, pardons, EU employment proj, alphabet recognized, SO abductions, Dighomi children’s hospital, new English Rustaveli translation, hunger in Georgia, Vienna Georgian Pirate looses, Georgian brass in ISAF, steep stamp, free uni for 30, runway to be fixed, Vere rec zone, Guria flogging, Mtskheta hotel, Ajara mine landslide, US wine tour, Village movie win, France award to pianist, youth marriage law, Ashton Kutchner nails Batumi, Karabakh, PaNOrama numbers, Antigone

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TBLPOD8oct2015

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Mark Mullen

More R2 BS, UNM demo dudes detained, Margvel miffed, MAP angst, Football Fed Vote Rig, KazTransGas mess, inflation up, bent prison tenders, Marneuli Free Dems bolt, soldier shot in heart, Mayor subsidizes shuki, cheap loans, Geo Paris fashion leader, arrests in Greece, no Stalin in Gori, Meria exits, Leuville plan, Russian drafting, best actor Tolordava, Peru consul, road accidents, Batumi madrasa, small airports, new Radisson, Vale RR, Maltakva funds, Subu arrest, 17YO chess champ, Racha grapes 5 teti/KG, Kobuleti floods, arm wrestling, London sculpture, budget, proc comp, Lelo Gorgodze

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TBLPOD20aug2015

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Tiniko in DC, R2 still frozen, Russian chopper, Geo not on Russia sanctions list, Interior shufflings, PM on Lari, PM to China, PM Pres UN NY visit spat, cabinet shuffle rumors, Misha’s passport, ministries hacked, distraction of old Tbilisi approved, Zhhvania case, Airport drug bust, Kiobuleti Donnybrook, Israel biz, new Batumi hotels, Uruguay visa free, basketball Didube, Zoo about to open, women’s soccer, Greek cops look for fugitive couple, Vazagate, Mama film wins, hero award, wounded soldier competes, new civic ed course, Stalinist public hall, Vans with services to villages, bread price up, wrestlers, dancer drowns, madras in Batumi, German internet in villages, Casino Ajara tax probs, kvevris in Ajara, small planes, Kheda factory opens, new old fish, 800 year old monastery in Borjomi, Anaklia beach zamboni, kids want into business, law, econ, hazel nuts go wild

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TBLPOD30july2015

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD16july2015

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Russian Army move ABL again and deny it, WTO movement, Euros hate new prosecutor plan, Tiniko more weapon deals, no Tusk trip, Ag min in China, Burjanadze in Moscow, Oil companies fined for collusion, Russia says it won’t pay Georgia European court fines, Kadagidze said cut gov expenses, EU cash, UEFA ticket saga continues 50 by 50, conscription may go in a year, Kaladze gets medal, Vitamin Cube Girl beaten by police and they know nothing, more Geo Azeri soccer anger, Zoo move, Cartu flood cash, US tax evasion deal signed, Kubuleti Muslims harassed, Gldani explosion, Spaniards attacked, Zugdidi cops ignore it and lie, Batumi summer stuff and cube hotel, new limonite brand, Usupashvili says banking regulation will remain with Nat Bank, Gubaz likes Iran, Kvachi by Rayfield out, remittences down 20%, theater for kids

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TBLPOD4june2014

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Misha in Odessa, Tiniko at NATO HQ, Ilves in Tbilisi, Margvel says he’ll veto bank supervision bill, multi-member constituency (regional proportional) momentum, kist drive by, Tibilov Putin meet, Econ min for sale, BI buys Pirosmani, Golden Arches in Zugdidi, Svan dam, Anaklia port short list, Alphabet tower Batumi, Georgia-EU committee, legalize it demo, UN says IDPs can come back, Hep C drugs for Abkhaz Ossets, new dept on state property seizing, OGP meeting, Police day, children’s hospice, Dadiani castle, another shepherd abduction, old Abkhaz mass graves opened, Polish Svaneti airlift, rafts, hail-rocket. Karate judo medals, pharmacies fined for taping calls, Cairo and Kazakh flights, 2000 year old win cellar found in Tbilisi, Innsbruck opera, runway repair, America Days, inflation, parliament towing change, marriage age bill, armed group bill, Levan Berdzenishvili committee, media: khingali, red-intelegencia, Russian visitor numbers up

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TBLPOD28may2015

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Government wants to oversee (control) banks, 4 UNM guys bolt, Independence Day stuff, DCFTA facility, no budget cut, Ucha kicks butt, Tsulukiani in Ukraine, high-rises behind baths, Ossetia abductions, Ankvab heart work in Tbilisi, WB projects, Batumi protests, China and Israel investment, Swiss say no refugee jobs, EBRD SMEs, sick sheep, Yerevan to Batumi train, MFA brings 75 internationals to look at the ABL, counterfeit kid, fuel price up, UN intellectual property, olympic youth flame, Lelo kids win, IDP photos UN NYC, new leopards, Napoleon death mask Tbilisshi, Const court says fix parliament set up, Georgians to Africa with EU, judges over site wrangling, Google Georgian independence day, Ian Kelly testimony, Surami bread ladies, Burns on film, happy unemployment numbers, Book Festival

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TBLPOD21may2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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

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TBLPOD7and14may2015

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Tiniko DefMin, NDI numbers, EBRD, cabinet shuffle, Pillsbury for GoG, Armos and Ossets in Karabakh, EU charm trips, CoE wants into ABL, US materiel, Interior reforms, Moldova Ukraine Geo parl chat shop, Poti strike, inflation, Gali kid death for not paying bribe, Rezo Chkheidze died, Chiatura demos, US puts 5 million on Batirashvili of ISIS, consulate in West Jerusalem, wine to China, Kharagauli football game fixing, fuel hike, importing Russian sheep, Tbilisi Dev Fund boss fired, run, rare mammal spottings, top young pianists, Unfriended horror grosses, Italian doc on skiing, Bush painted over, immigration law getting fixed, parliament article, 3.7 mil pop, pre-Riga EU visa free issues, Kordzaia to Reps, Proc appointed by parliament soon, Tsul says, Interior and Security to be resplit, Chinese ag min in town, European Court of Human Rights says Gov caused problems in pro-tolerance march 17 May 2015, TBC gets awards, RMG gold probs, Lailash bible mess, Russian bikers, Guria governor, army convictions for mistreating conscripts, Donetsk recognizes SO and Abkh, SOCAR illegal trip for DC brass, Kobuleti fires and others, Kaladze on energy prices, Moscow Georgian and his million $ diet bracelet, Dominos, Sundance, pork

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TBLPOD7&14may2015

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Mark Mullen

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TBLPOD9april2015

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Air defense, cop shot, Pankisi kids to ISIS, NGOs mad Gov is listening, Romania def min, Danish, Polish Swedish FMs to visit, Gharibashvili wants Sakdrisi gold mine working, EU ratifications, Turk, Az, Geo Def Mins meet, ODIHR shows up, ANP to NATO, Chinese factories in Kutaisi, ex US Embassy Orbeliani palace not sold by gov, bad sit for transgender in Geo, totaled German car import, Marneuli fight, Swiss landslide warning machine, Turkish lira counterfeit arrest, Russian cell company in Abkhazia and South Ossetia now in Georgia, Nigerians students die of gas poisoning, EU health deal signed, Ajara $, Margvel gives health min a medal, Japanese woman like Geo wine, US Coast Guard memorial, Geguti getting fixed up, new power line to Armenia, Google Maps expanding, docs on mountains get support, remains of Geo war dead from 2008, biodegradable bags, Kutaisi to Istanbul 30 Euro, tiny streets named for women, oxygen leak in Imereti, solidarity fund, PM has son, Corn Island prize, AIESEC forum, new parliamentary committee chairs, the Patriarch ok’s caviar.

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TBLPOD12march2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Just Min dises Persians etc, Russia drills, China econ trip, gamgeblebi better build, lari news, photo puncher, gov upholstery ban, dep FM neighborhood chat, Czech shuki front ticked, OSCE longing, Brazil visa free, goofy Batumi tower sold, NetGazeti prize, Georgians at US Coast Guard Academy died in car wreck, female prisoners pardoned, Geo soldiers go to Afghanistan, Japan bus aid, EU vocation cash, Swiss meat in Racha, almond planting, stop for those on foot, Gabriadze at Lincoln Center, Kakheti anti hail missiles, tax forgiven, lynx spotted, Margvel speech, noise law

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TBLPOD15jan2015

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Getsadze and Ebanoidze appointed in Ukraine, Identoba threatened, Estonian PM says EU visa free in the bag, NDI Armenia closes, NATO talks in Brussels (Va!), Margvel appoints GYLA guy, more inclusion hopes for Supreme Court chair candidates, new lower Lari level, PM disses Pres on Parl speech, Mish sounds off on Geo Daesh guys, BI guest not host on show, Panorama plows ahead illegal and permit-less, Generation v Zone, 6K old Beri Kldeebi site permit-less builders, 5 killed in Gali, Geo taken from garden by Ossetians, ProCredit sells small loans, everybody Je Suis Charlie, Chikaidze says domestic violence is bad, big parking garage planned, Krtsanisi village protest, IFC cash to bottle plant, US ticked at Putin fan conductor Gergiev and singer Netrebko, embassy in Riyadh, textile plant, gov building inventory, Cartu talks new technical Univ, Rixos hotel in Likani, Jerusalem/Sokhumi/Santa, Kabanadze in Bagram with Breedlove, Japanese & Elkana, Dunkin Donuts, litter 120 lari fine, foreign fighter law

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TBLPOD8jan2015

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Mark Mullen

PM sets up parallel MFA, Ilia says no jobs so men beat wives, PM to Latvia, EU Neighborhood Hahn to Tbilisi 15-17th, Janelidze to Afghanistan, more Zhvania investigations, intelegencia KGB says KGB guy, Bakhmaro avalanche, missing Georgian in South Ossetia found dead, NBG Kadagidze gets award, Georgia shrinking & aging, female Georgian chess players dominate, plastic bags, underage internet gaming to be regulated, Togonidze on friendships with handicapped on Azrebi, Eka Bseselia’s white boots, Rostneft in Poti, Gogava on Ukraine, Jones on Bendukidze, visitors, Geo movies in DC.

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TBLPOD1jan2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Mark Mullen

Parliament Donnybrook, Rosneft buys Poti, another Georgian dies in Syria, Guerrilla Gardeners arrested over Panorama demo, Misha on Interpol red notice, Def Min hostages still no bail, Tsulukiani calls on Supreme Court chair replacement chat, priest dies in Italian ferry fire, Sputnik off, Monte Carlo fined, Margvel ok with Putin chat, PM and Margvel addresses, Gldani prison beating, Geo anti-US says BS NGO, Kadyrov train to Geo, pardons, Baku Kars train, Foreigners reg on line not Mushroom, plastic bags may go, IDP dad visit detained, Judo guy gets prize, Sakdrisi halt, CEC appointment, Georgian film brand, Ilia 37 year seat.

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TBLPOD18dec2014

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Info man Kldiashvili arrest, Russian mining giant restart at Sakdrisi, US money appears, Russia sanctions, Zguladze Ukraine min, Interior reform, MEPs vote for Georgia, Kremlin annoyed with Georgia’s unrestrained NATO fetish so annex Abkhazia, EUMM two more years, Def Min employee arrested for 400 lari bribe, Latvian FM said EU visa grew for Georgia in 2015, lari drop, Zhvania guard released on bail, Otsneba wants to boot Free Dem Budget Committee chair, more Mokhe, Geo Airways still ticked, Margvel in Ashgabad, Dubliners deal with traffic, Georgian army with Germans to Mazar-i-Sharif, Mandarinebi for Golden Globe, 3K year old find in Kakheti, Harvard Georigan chair maybe, NY voices concert, liver transplant, CEC appointments, budget, excise, Arabs and girls, Mbube

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TBLPOD14nov2014.2

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Mark Mullen

RIP Bendukidze, Beruchashvili now FM, Garibashvili Alasania spar, BI interview gems, Otsneba lobbying in DC, Pankisi fight, tranny killed, new Vano Misha charges, al Shishani killed? Margvel to Parl re EW, Narmania starts plating seeds. EBRD Dariali dam, angry priests, Abkhaz water to Sokhumi.

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TBLPOD13nov2014

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Mark Mullen

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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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TBLPOD23oct2014

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Russian Abkhazia annexation angst, Bacho & Vano sentenced, TSU prof murder suicide, more Muslim Christian village strife, NATO chief in town, Pankisi IS commander chatter, Usupashvili’s latter was ad, Azeri freedom of speech demos in Tbilisi, anti UNM demos, Jewish museum reopens, new EU ambo set up, Lith FM in town, students against gas station, Margvel in Japan, Turkish days, The President movie gets award, floods, Ukraine support rallies, Supreme Court appointments supported, violence against women, ego plates, Capa in Kutaisi

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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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TBLPOD9oct2014

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Free Fight on Pekini, fewer Abkhaz crossings, Jankarashvili runs Dream Party, PM notes residence permit probs, BI show plan is back, budget, Mogherini comments, Petriashvili in Brussels, Proc says Erosi not murdered, Geo couple detained in S.O., Russia leaves FLEX, spots to Neighborhood, Geo Lith Nato exercises, Zhvania guards tried, Margvel pardons, UNM council members not allowed in meeting, OSCE parl will meet in Batumi in 2016, GoG learn Geo site, Russia doesn’t want rebel training in Geo, Margvel Forbes interview, Margvel DC trip, Jehovahs Strasbourg win, illegal migrant facility opens, theater director Chkheidze back, Tangerines movie gets another award, new ambulances, Tkibuli earthquake, Iveri LGBT concert delay, vets kids get free MAs, Surami IDPs, 37th mass baptism, kickboxing win, Botti concert, Georgian film in Pusan, pensions

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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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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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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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TBLPOD8may2014

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Mark Mullen

Anti-discrimination passes, new virus, R2 spying, Shalva back, Gul visit, Kudua pummeled, PM ticked at NGOs for being NGOs, UNM not 5, NDI says Geo loves EU, Mikeladze questions, Füle tosses in 30 mil, Azeri double standard, Police Day shift, Krushovkas to go, 2008 movie party questions, up on Freedom of Press, Brussels event, Batumi medical U, church collapse, Zazantip festival from Crimea to Anaklia, Broadcasting Law change, Ninia on the church, NDI delegation, institutional trust, TI Georgia transparent, Azeri border issues, Iranian rockers, inflation, Eldar in Cannes, Europe Day.

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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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TBLPOD6feb2014

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Mark Mullen

BI’s NGO, PM on Russia, PM on corpses, Burj on war, Kez bracelet, vids to procs, more on prison punishments, Lefort exit, Georgians to Sochi, Russian release, the Osset Sardinia connection, Margvel to parl later, Khmaladze still on biometric thing, TBL budget hope, Misha at Fletcher, Khudoni chats, Justice hall to fall down, abandoned villages, rich coach, CIA threats: pol to econ, visitors up, in vitro law, local gov law passed, threshold problems, Georgian inventor, Trader Joe’s goes Georgian, Tedo on vision, Jehova’s in Ozurgeti, Goble’s blog, female MPs, Red Hen

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TBLPOD26dec2013

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Mark Mullen

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.

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TBLPOD19dec2013

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Ugulava questioned, Vano threatened, Kakhi on new gas line, new governors, new crisis group, ex-ZZ body guard prosecuted, ZZ case will reopen, Vashadze slanders, Misha in NYC, Misha medal to Petraeus, NDI on Russia attitudes, EU programs & 27 Euros, Rasmussen thanks BI, Usupashvili annoyed with chatty MPs, Lari drops, 54 pardons from comission, Kakabadze wants miscarriage committee, Gali villages renamed, fancy Ajara car (Kakhi ticked), agenda.ge, Georgian crime ring in France and Denmark, Stalin in Georgia statue on hold, Chabua Amirejibi dies, parliament on Ukraine, AgeWatch on Georgia, Radarami on Stalin

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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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TBLPOD21nov2013

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Mark Mullen

Margvel pres, Gharibashvili with MPs, Israel visa free, Norland straight talk, Karasin says nothing, Identoba clarification, naughty hypocritical priest, new judges, Gvaramia and Khetaguri let off, Interpol on Adeishvili, loaded MP Dato Bezhuashvili leaves UNM, Zakaria replaced as Dream faction boss, Kaladze takes over Dream party, Misha gives out 400 passports, Misha “books not guns” Misha awards to Hillary, journos, Residence empty, Abashidze replaces Barnovi, RR strike, Subari talks Hep C, some idiots on the internet, more hydro, fake Abkhaz operation, Danelia blames Tkhemaladze, Chkhikvadze monument, Gurjaani tomb, winds in Samegrelo, Abasha rice experiment, visa changes, great Jones piece, Geo environment rank, Destination EU, recycling

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TBLPOD24oct2013

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Mark Mullen

One Homo genus, Gennady gone?, pres debates, BI & Margvel on 50%, KUDI detentions, Depardieu in Tbilisi, Zhvania death investigation, more Lapankuri investigation, drunk soldiers, BI leaves 24 Nov, ministers doing great, press election restrictions lifted, 3.5 million voters, Targamadze sues BI for calling him a traitor, pardons, prison deaths, expensive UNM gov cars, church gas, fake Rossner email, Bokeria to leave, Dream for Burj?, Gunava off, new 2008 refugee food discovery, BI’s ex-wife talks, Misha’s library, Misha moves, new pension system, Khudoni dam problems, drunk priest in fancy car, wine production up, new plates, Batumi floods, slavery

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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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