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Pankisi Anti-dam riots, Saudi asylum seeking sisters, Otsneba’s court appointment changes and Venice Commission, Environment Minister fired Turnava takes over, Pres chief of staff back to Patriarch, FM in Portugal, Cyprus pres visits, sexual harassment amendments discussed in parliament, Kobakhidze … Continue reading →

Khazaradze clarification, Chiatura Zestaponi, Beselia etc join Defend Georgia, Saudi sisters, FM at NATO70, PM asked about TI pressure at PACE, PM in Romania, Jordanian visit, 8 US Reps visit, Geneva talks, two Otsneba Sakrebulo defections, Misha BS on R2, … Continue reading →

Construction workers die in Lake, EU meeting, Zugdidi school Otsneba pressure, Speaker to Serbia Korea set up print shop in parliament, NATO brass visit, comments on NATO (yawn), MP meets Bernie, whacky socks, BI campaign stop in Samegrelo Otsneba brass … Continue reading →

Gori jury convicts Smith murderer, Vashadze UNM chair, Sandra will run in Zugdidi, social worker strike, amendments for Otsneba to control courts pass, Gotsiridze summons PM re crime stats, Sesiashvili tries to end Girchi draft dodge Religion exemption, knuckle draggers … Continue reading →

Gali Georgian suicide under Russian detention in Abkhazia, Illegal Uranium sale in Ajara, Misha leaves as UNM chair, another Otsneba MP leaves party, PM BSes about TBC, no parliamentary investigation about Gakharia threats to Khazaradze, exNBG Katagidze questioned, Broers with … Continue reading →

Khazaradze spills all and yes Otsneba is doing what the Kremlin tells it to do re Anaklia with taking over TBC just a bonus, Gakharia letter, Subeliani gets his 13 month deal, Gharibashvili is back, European Georgia looses minority status, … Continue reading →

Osneba’s (Kremlin requested) war on Anaklia via TBC, Abkhaz shuki shortage, Beselia and crew leave Otsneba, Hong Kong free trade agreement, Pres Z in France Germany Baku, FM in Warsaw and Geneva, Izoria to Yerevan, EuroJust agreement, pension policy train … Continue reading →

Paddy Power buys Adjarabet, OPIC supports Poti v Anaklia, court says Machalikashvili shooting was ok, Swiss say Russia negotiations on cargo finished, Abkhazia opened, South Ossetia still not, Otsneba says they didn’t technically break any laws on court appointments, new … Continue reading →

Beselia sex tape reports, B10 biodiesel pollution corruption, PM in Davos talked by phone to Bolton, FM to Spain, pres to France Germany Afghanistan won’t take salary, Georgia will e ICC prison destination, Russia has to pay 10 million euro … Continue reading →

KazTransGaz guys arrested, Speedboat Killer arrested, new Supreme Court method in the works, nominees resign, NATO drills, Zurabashvili to Brussels, Bakhtadze to Vilnius, PACE report, Magnitsky and beyond, Security Service reshuffle, Foreign Minister pro Ukraine church independence, Khunjua head of … Continue reading →

Otsneba buys anti-Gigauri Facebook adds, Supreme Court appointment formula rift, Beselia mad, BI said rift but no rift, Swine Flue, Abkhaz and Ossets close ABL, gas explosion in Didi Dighomi, Good that Ukraine Church split off? Patriarch and Otsneba get … Continue reading →

Supreme Court nominee list bumms everybody out, Beselia most bummed leaves committee, Murusidze gets life appellate court appointment yikes, prosecutor looks at election crimes that Rustavi 2 broke, CEC chair reappointed, women not excited at new press parl sec, Shoria … Continue reading →

Zurabashvili inaugurated in Telavi, protesters kept out, new constitution in force, Rustavi 2 show ballot box stuffing, Ugulava wants protests, budget vote, Vano guys get jail for coverup, Geneva discussions, Ergneti IPRM, Lavrov says some BS, more Kremlin Luger Lab … Continue reading →

Brinkendectomy!!! Courts overrule BS no ag land to foreigners! Cartu distributes promised payoffs, election law suit, parliamentary procedures changed, more debiloba from Margvel’s son in law, no budget law subsequent donnybrook, president staff category change, Def Min report, Appathurai visit, … Continue reading →

Gov cuts Pres budget in half, Zurabashvili says EU and NATO are priority, inauguration in Telavi, Ukrainians arrested for guns, UNM rally, Margvel met with Zurabashvili, NDI says elections sucked, Gali allowed to smuggle for a week, Iberia TV employee … Continue reading →

Zurabashvili wins, Misha cranky wants people on streets, everybody else excepts results, TI finds problems but not decisive, Tsulukiani says TI lied hopes to punish whistle blower, Omegas Okuashvili says they tried to pay him off to shut up, attacks … Continue reading →

Bidzina pays off voters with debt relief, Public Service prints extra IDs for multiple voting, ISFED ID’s voter intimidation, Vashadze campaigning Zurabashvili less so, billboards and Misha’s anti-Semitism, PM with EU big shots, Dep NATO sec says door open yippee, … Continue reading →

Morchadze convicted let off, Christmas trees v tents, Bolton, Hill, and Iran Sanctions Crew visit, Vote 28th a Wednesday ehem, Zurabashvili back after break, threats, ex officers ticked at Zurabashvili, others tell them to pipe down, Bakhtade promises pay offs, … Continue reading →

Partskhaladze is super corrupt and Otsneba is in a rush to show they care before the run off, same with Zugdidi corruption arrests, Otsneba tries to make it difficult for ExPats, cui bono? Otsneba trying not to talk about their … Continue reading →

Mirza not beaten they say, new prosecutor tape, Badri Patarkatsishvili murder charges, Otsneba talk destabilization of course, polls, Zurabashvili 89% of donations, Girchi weed event, Japaridze wants Gichi to be his middle name, Vashadze cranky he is UNM on the … Continue reading →

Mirza Subeliani goes postal with audio, Rustavi 2 more audio, Prosecutors want in and make some more tapes, Margvel tells gov to discuss, Otsneba uses admin resources, Kobakhidze says some BS about UNM, Iberia TV stops broadcasting, charges of former … Continue reading →

Kipiani confirms Omega tapes etc, Prosecutor says nuh uh, Gvaramia of R2 Zurabishviliaphobic, Kobakhidze says that’s bad, NGOs tell him to pipe down, Zurabashvili says creepy idiotic stuff, everybody but Girchi hops on the anti weed wagon, battles of the … Continue reading →

Okuashvili tells all, BI involved, Rustavi 2 says Vashadze in lead, BI praises Zurabashvili, GNCC says we didn’t do it re ad, campaign stops, lots of anti Muslim migration BS, MP chikovani leaves Euro Geo faction, 25 years since fall … Continue reading →

Otsneba proves copout Khorava report, Parliament ditches Kutaisi, Banfield 50, NGOs want Supreme Court Chief Justice worked out, FinMin report on corrupt contract, more Omega audio, Palitra accused, Kutaisi UNM sakrebulo assault, pre candidates final, Kobakhidze knickers in twist, everybody … Continue reading →

Churches forces retreat on weed export discussions, weed consumption bill, police structural reform, Patrioti MP leaves faction, GYLA and ISFED leave Tsulukiani’s Inter-Agency Election Taskforce, ISFED election report, Bganba appointed Abkhaz PM, Interpol parents for Tatunashvili’s torture enablers, Ergneti walkout, … Continue reading →

Parl comish Khorava report, Euro Geo gets specific, Otsneba says mistakes were made, Saralidze hunger strike, Otsneba Zurabashvili support official due to ancestors says Kobakhidze, 46 aspirants to pres, BI and Int Min mulling weed export, Iberia off the air, … Continue reading →

Margvel won’t run, Zurabashvili no longer citizen of France, ISFED notes probs, audio of election probs, Margvel passes on top court nomination, Kremlin media pow wow in Tbilisi, Public Broadcaster screws over employees, Merkel visit, Latvian MEP report, EU 45 … Continue reading →

Shavadze detained re ISIS, Ed Min closes Black Sea U, Otsneba pres candidate anxiety, but doesn’t want Margvel to appoint Supreme Court Chair, Kobauri sane, UNM says CEC is corrupt, Zurabashvili campaigns, launches at great grandad writers house, new governors … Continue reading →

Ten years since Russian invasion, Constitutional Court says weed legal, new PM fires governors, Pres Election 28 Oct, Otsneba says no candidate but leans to Salome Zurabishvili, she says in cemetery that Misha started it, Usupashvili runs, Vashadze disses Euro … Continue reading →

Bidzina tells all, mad at ex-PM & Big Banks, Dato Bakradze and Grigol Vashadze will run for pres, Otsneba will say later, Kaladze has big Tbilisi transport plans, new Khorava Street murders purgery charge, Otsneba kicks out MP Chichinadze for … Continue reading →

American family murdered in Dusheti, Bakhtadze names cabinet, new prosecutor, more miners killed in Tkibuli, Marvel nominates Otsneba pick for Ajara boss, UNM and European Georgia cooperation pact, PM in Brussels, Italian press visits, Belgian FM visits, Interpol arrest mobsters … Continue reading →

Misha charged with ordering Gelashvili beating, new charges in Khorava murders, 18 candidates for top prosecutor anounced including BI lawyer, Studio Monitori allege Kremlin spy defense contractor, constitutional court say cash to Church not ok, Prosecutors leak Machalikashvili WhatsAp screen … Continue reading →

New PM says which ministries get the cut, Tsulukiani no show to gov meeting, NGOs write how to fix judiciary and prosecutor mess, Ossetians want talc and marble mine so manufacture border dispute, Geneva talks, Turks vote Erdogan wins but … Continue reading →

Bakhtadze in, goals are Euro Atlantic integration, innovation, new Econ model, small gov, education, Marvel says nice Kvirikashvili stuff, Misha anti-Semitism and Chechen comment, Bakhtadze gave GEL 20K to UNM in 2012, ministries from 14 to 11, Tsulukiani stays, police … Continue reading →

Guests Dunbar, Jonas, bye Kvirikashvili, Otsneba and government hullabaloo, more Khorava wrangling, protests fizzle, not public anger, Machalikashvili goes off, Platform statement, Marneuli mayor charged with torture, Mountain road, UN res, Izoria in Brussels, Montenegro, speaker in Kiev, Bulgaria speaker … Continue reading →

Prosecutor screws up Khorava murder trial, protests, Shotadze resigns, European Georgia takes over, they fizzle, nobody’s sure if the prosecutors and political control of the judicial system will get fixed, read Jonas, Gigauri wants Tsulukiani out, Metro workers strike, deal … Continue reading →

Assad recognizes Abkhazia and South Ossetia, NATO says nice Georgia stuff, Karasin says NATO is bad, world yawns, new Armenian PM rockstar in Tbilisi two days, Pres and PM in Krynica, Gakharia in Germany, Tbilisi rally about school stabbing, prosecutor … Continue reading →

Raids and arrests in night clubs cause big demos for reasonable drug policy, nationalist demos, Res Marvel correctly said gov screwed up, IDAHO and Fam Day back and forth, EU Strasbourg court hears 2008 case, 4 NATO ships, PM in … Continue reading →

Four people die from unidentified pills, Parliament once again delays hearing about drug policy, Court freaks out about condom labels, Kiladze says some BS, NGOs want her to go away, metro workers can strike in a month, makes Kakhi sad, … Continue reading →

Otsneba Givi wins Vani Khoni, Tblisi Metro avoids strike, new smoking rules, People of Armenia continue to be awesome, Pres Margvel parliament address, BI returns formally, some tiny opposition parties join with Misha for pres run, not Euro Geo or … Continue reading →

Bye Serzh, The Silence of Otsneba, BI’s back as head of Otsneba because of Ninia Freakout, Insulting Religious Feelings bill (really), Bacho sentenced, Mukhtarly verdict upheld in Baku, Kremlin spokesperson has deep concern about cynicism, Fin Min in DC, Otsneba … Continue reading →

Stink bug correction, Gazprom Media wants in, Tatunashvili no organs, Otsneba faction still cranky about Ninia, Kobakhidze cranky about crankiness, murder by pardoned criminal, femicide in the news again, prison guards arrested on 2006 suspicions of mistreatment, Iberia report on … Continue reading →

Dighomi mob attacks Nigerian students, Police predictably screw up response, kid redeems Georgia by giving them their ball amidst it all, Kaladzes embarrassing response, Public Defender talks civil partnership for queer couples, South Osset and Abkhaz government don’t like Georgias … Continue reading →

New especially large drug charge against Bakhala, Papuna gets sued, Tsulukiani says no prob, Devdariani sues accusers, Six miners killed in Tkibuli, Russia bans fruit from Abkhazia not Georgia due to stink bug, Abkhaz ticked off, Kadyrov wants road to … Continue reading →

No gender quota, more amendments to constitution, Papuna fired, Devdariani out, Tatunashvili buried, mom saw signs of torture, Geo expelled Russian diplomat, one year of EU visa free, Lukashenko visits, Izoria visited, Jordanian issues with Abkhazia, Kobakhidze to Geneva, Karasin … Continue reading →

Dr Kenneth Walker hero of US Georgia relations died, South Ossetian authorities kill Georgian Archil Tatunashvili lie about death keep body, PM wants Russian reset, Otsneba Tbilisi Sakrebulo tried for bribe, UN says don’t extradite Turk, Serbia visa free, Margvel … Continue reading →

Ukraine says no Misha until 2021 but EU green card from Dutch, Margvel’s veto to public broadcaster law overridden, new Giorgi Sanaia murder info, police tell domestic violence victim to stop harassing her ex on FB, BitFury now Chinese, PM … Continue reading →

Misha in Kielbasastan, Georgian March prepares goon squad, Georgian restaurant soft opens in Palo Alto, EU asylum worries, EU support up or down, PM in Brussels, Kobakhidze meets GOP dudes in DC, Margvel with Greeks, Izoria in Romania, Janelidze in … Continue reading →

Varketili Metro disaster, white noise demonstrations, video of Georgian officer torturing conscript, Radio Free Europe and Liberty exists due to Rustavi 2 partnership, Janelidze in Brussels, Lithuania PM visit, Serb visit, Kiev court puts Misha under night house arrest, new … Continue reading →

Another Chatayev Gang arrest, GoG sent all extradition of Misha stuff to Kiev, PM etc in Davos, Kobakhidze in Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Javelin’s arrive, NDI poll says people want women quotas in parliament, Chechen Ossetian militiaman shot, Abkhazia wants Georgian … Continue reading →