‘They must be warned strictly to stop willful actions’
‘Azeri border guard is willfully occupying David Gareja Monastery territory prohibiting movement of the pilgrims’ – the clergymen from Gareja Monastery informed us. We arrived at David Gareja. When approaching the Chichkhituri Monastery we noticed about a dozen of Azeri guards at the mountain crest and tower.
We contacted Mikheil Machavariani, Vice-Speaker of Parliament by telephone when he was surveying the building of Parliament under construction in Kutaisi (Western Georgia, the city where by the initiative of authorities the Parliament will be moved).
“It is yet another fact of racketeering businessmen”
Last week Tbilisi Mayor’s Office abrogated the agreement with a major landscaping company Green Service, accusing it of plundering money received from the city budget. Oddly enough, Green Service is exactly the company which the Republican Tina Khidasheli claims to have been lobbied all the way by no one else but Tbilisi Mayor himself.
Sozar Subari, former Public Defender and currently representative of the political union Georgian Dream stated that thanks to the Georgian compatriots living abroad, a charitable Fund Komagi has come into being.
Innovative idea by Palitra Media and SME Association
Lately, an innovative idea proposed by Palitra Media and Association of Small and Medium Enterprises has generated a lively and widespread interest in business circles.
Interview with Irakli Alasania, leader of ‘Free Democrats’
‘The iceberg has started moving. Meeting with people gives me big stimulus. The meetings are crowded; everywhere they tell me – I came here alone but there are one hundred more persons waiting for me to convey your words to them’, said Irakli Alasania, leader of ‘Free Democrats’ who is going to stay in Samegrelo (Western Georgia) till the elections:
The authorities have pledged on May 13 to provide shelter to those left homeless as a result of last nights’ flooding in Tbilisi, which killed five people. A clean-up operation was underway on Sunday with works expected to continue for next several days in the most hit area, which is located in the capital city’s Ortachala district. The area, involving small streets full of small houses, many of them rundown or slum - like properties, was swept through by muddy torrent, which ran from hilltops down to the junction of Gorgasali, Gulia and Gulua streets.
Tbilisi City Hall accused Greenservice Ltd who had won the tender on procurement and planting 120 cypresses in Tbilisi downtown of cheating after a non-governmental watchdog questioned adequacy as well as transparency of the tender price. City Hall canceled the questioned tender contracts and promised to put the culprit company’s tender papers under investigation. Experts assure that not the accused company but the City Hall itself is responsible for the inadequately held tender.
Eastern Promotion is keeping on monthly jazz series that will reach its peak on May 21, at Tbilisi Event Hall that will be hosting the Robert Glasper Experiment. Meanwhile, have the information about the musician and the forthcoming festival. Grammy nominated keyboardist Robert Glasper boldly stakes out new musical territory, drawing from jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and rock, transcending any notion of genre.
Glasper’s 2012 album Black Radio features his Experiment band and friends from the world of urban music, seamlessly incorporating a jaw-dropping roll call of special guests including Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Musiq Soulchild, Meshell Ndegeocello, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Bilal, KING, and Stokley Williams (Mint Condition).
I will probably need to use my wildest imagination to comprehend and appreciate Russia’s desire to follow in Georgia’s footsteps in terms of introducing some of the long-needed reforms in the Federation. Leaders of Russia have publicly declared that the reforms of the Georgian origin deserve to be considered as a favorable precedent for Russia to embrace.
In United States, the land of opportunity and equality, a woman still makes 75 cents on the man’s $1.00. Being a woman is getting harder and harder. It’s no Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, but we can’t really compare the countries where they don’t bother to hide the gender inequality, to put it mildly, to United States a country that still holds dear the freedom of press and religion.