Welcome to the January 3 Weekly Summary with Mark Mullen. This week Mark discusses the fact, that Parliament overrode the President’s amnesty law veto and the President called it a shameful page in Georgian parliamentary history. Also mark speaks about the New Year messages of Georgian officials and discusses where the members of Georgian government met New Year.
In the podcast Mark Mullen speaks about Bidzina Ivanishvili’s property declaration and emphasizes that he is the wealthiest Prime Minister in Europe. Also according to the declaration Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze is the richest minister in Georgian government.
In addition Mark pays attention the questionings of Former Chairman of Adjara Government Levan Varshalomidze in Batumi and Vano Merabishvilis’s wife Tako Salakaia in Tbilisi.
Other topics of the week are: the Georgian soldier who was found dead in Afghanistan, anti-Russian and anti-NATO rallies of NGOs and much more - So sit back and enjoy.

The original audio podcast version of this content can be found at TBLpod.com, recorded locally on Rustaveli Avenue. Each week Mark and his excellent team of researchers, experts and analysts put together a summary of what has happened in Georgia and why. Years of experience and contacts in this country help them provide a context for the news each week. Their discussions give a uniquely candid perspective, which is difficult to find anywhere else, even in Georgian, and which [we must note] is their personal opinion and not that of any organization or company they or we may work for or represent, including Palitra. For this reason Mark and his team have an audience from all over the world and, even more interestingly, a devoted audience of Georgian listeners interested in their outlook on current events. Thanks for tuning in. Please come back next week.