Archives - April, 2013
Fake Lubricants Pervade Georgian Market
The problem of fake lubricants that are pervading Georgian market since 2005, remains persistant; it affects consumers’ rights and the state...
State Racket Disguised as Gifts
Strange as it seems, in 2004-2007, over USD 6 million worth of real estate or movable property was handed by private...
Transit Unfolds Economic Prospects for Georgian Conflicting Regions
The increasing Russian-Turkish trade prospects unfold new vista of economic development for Georgian conflicting regions of Abkhazia and South Osetia, offering...
‘DATA AKHALAIA’S LIFE MAY BE UNDER THREAT’
Interview with expert Kakhi KakhishviliThere was much pother with regard to 19 April action but nothing happened –it was an...
Gift of Georgian Journal to Ambassadors
Several months ago, IPR research, which functions at Palitra Media House, conducted a survey that revealed the winner of the previous...
Georgia after April 19
What was changed in Georgia after the announced rally of April 19 and what clout did the National Movement show that...
LATENT DISCORD OF FORMER TOP BRASS
Hidden opposition of former Defense and Interior MinistersVano Merabishvili headed the Ministry of Interior Affairs from the end of 2004 till...
Results of NDI’s survey
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili continues to be the most popular political leader in Georgia, and 60 percent rate the Georgian Dream...
Ishkhani Process in Progress
Georgian Journal contacted Irine Giviashvili, art historian, a research fellow of Giorgi Chubinashvili National Center of Georgian Art History and Monument...
Educational Quandary?
Level of education as such, including its content and quality, always leaves a lot to desire whenever and wherever in the...
Scavengers
They’re stealing copper wiring from streetlights, stripping it from electrical substations, and burrowing into the ground for it as if mining...
The US and Chechnya
Americans don't know much about Chechnya. The most recent conflict rekindled around the time Putin and the FSB was given power...
Hacker Group Threatens to bomb White House
The hacker group that claims responsibility for exposing private financial information about Michelle Obama and many other celebrities has issued an...
Tbilisi Fashion Week 2013 opens with impressive performance
2013 Tbilisi Fashion Week opened in the Tbilisi History Museum with a mini collection by American designer Marc Bouwer, followed by...
Apple’s first fall in profits in a decade
Computer and smart phone giant Apple has reported its first fall in profits for a decade, seeing a slide in year-on-year...
“You like President of Russia very much” – Polish journalist addresses Bidzina Ivanishvili
Politics should not be based on personal sympathy, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said while answering a question from a Polish representative...
Data Akhalaia’s provocative statement against Vano Merabishvili and more - Weekly Summary by Mark Mullen
Welcome to the April 18th Weekly Summary with Mark Mullen. This week Mark reviews the main topic of the week. He...
Saakashvili urges Bidzina Ivanishvili to “avoid playing with matters of territorial integrity of Georgia”
President Mikheil Saakashvili urged Prime Minister Ivanishvili to “avoid playing with matters of the territorial integrity of Georgia” following the latter’s...
“Voice” judges ‘against’ each other on the ring
Qualifying stage of the Australian "Voice" competition has concluded, with participants moving to the stage to compete against each other.
Former prostitute running for mayor in Mississippi
Linda Fondren is running for mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi, but she never thought her past would come back to haunt her...
GJ Editor's comment
Politicized Avenue
30 May, 2013
We the Georgians love venting our political feelings in the street. A street-oriented political life is what makes us feel alive and kicking. Street has its unequaled charm and magic, and power too, used when political concerns and pains have to be gotten off our aching chests. As a matter of fact, we as a nation are politically more natural in the open air than indoors. We are suffocating inside an edifice even if its air is conditioned. We breathe better in the street – the political oxygen is better felt and taken in there. Streets make us feel more liberated where democracy seems healthier and more feasible. Streets are free from governmental duress, cultural conscience, social restrictions, economic plight, political inequity and intellectual responsibility.
Mark Mullen's Blog
Were's the Money?
30 May, 2013
There is lots of talk about the economy and money and there doesn't seem to be much money circulating around. Orders are down, and some say there is little foreign investment. The main problem is not that there is little foreign investment, it is that those businesses with money in Georgia aren't spending it or putting it in the economy by expanding or establishing new businesses. The reason they aren't doing this is fear.
Editor's Choice
“Long Live Georgia” – man with Georgian flag in Brazil for May 26
27 May, 2013
A video titled "Long Live Georgia - Sao Paulo 26 of May 2013" - supposedly tied to celebrations of Georgia's Independence Day
 
Merabishvili’s seaside house with 18-thousand unpaid bill
24 May, 2013
Palitra TV channel did a feature on the Kvariati village Mansion that became one of the reasons for former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili’s arrest on May 21 with charges of corruption.
 
Miss Georgia 2013 - Image Center starts receiving applications
23 May, 2013
Image Center modeling agency is receiving applications for the Miss Georgia 2013 contest, Manager Ia Kitsmarishvili announced at a press conference on May 22.
 
Woman who might become First Lady of Georgia
13 May, 2013
Following the naming of the ruling coalition's presidential candidate, the public has turned its attention to the question of who the state's First Lady will be if Giorgi Margvelashvili is elected the president in October.
 
Bidzina Ivanishvili sings Krimanchuli in Guria region
07 May, 2013
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili attended a Leloburti folk sport event in the Shukhuti village of the Lanchkhuti Municipality on May 6.
 
14-year-old McDonald's hamburger stays unchanged
25 April, 2013
A Utah man has unearthed a McDonald's hamburger he bought in 1999 - and the sandwich looks exactly the same as the day it was first flipped.
 
‘Smile to the World’ – Georgian smile among 55 participant countries
11 April, 2013
Georgia is set to participate for the first time in the ‘Smile to the World’ project featuring video and photographs of smiles from 55 countries
 
A-studio releases new soundtrack for “Brigada 2: Heir”
01 April, 2013
The Russian band A-Studio released an original soundtrack video for the new film “Brigada 2: Heir”
 
Deep Purple lead singer’s Georgian wedding: Ian Gillan in Chokha and Phaeton
20 March, 2013
Famous band Deep Purple is scheduled to visit Georgia for 2013 Tbilisi Open Air festival on Dinamo Arena stadium, although this is not their first trip to the country - the band held five concerts in Tbilisi Sports Palace in May 1990, but even that was not their only activity in the capital city.
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