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This is Tbilisi Calling: May 2010
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Stalin Returns to Ukraine. The first new statue of Josef Stalin to be erected in Ukraine for decades has caused controversy in the country. Watch my report for Al Jazeera here. When I went to film it in the city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine last week, it was an absolute coincidence that I met a fanatical Communist who was also called Stalin. Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Unholy Row Over 'Sacrilegious' Book. A post on media.ge. Suggests that the Orthod...
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This is Tbilisi Calling: July 2009
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. No Freedom for Donkey Satirists. Friends of two detained internet activists in Azerbaijan sang and wept in the street outside court yesterday after their appeal for release was dismissed. Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli were arrested for ‘hooliganism’. Featuring a talking donkey, is the most celebrated example. There’s more on their activities in the OL! I'm in Baku to cover the case for Al Jazeera, and people working in what remains of the independent media...
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This is Tbilisi Calling: Building for Victory
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Thursday, April 29, 2010. In a month’s time, people in Tbilisi will be electing a new mayor. And in the run-up to the polls, parts of the Georgian capital are being refurbished at remarkable speed. Roads are being repaired, historic neighbourhoods renovated, and across the Mtkvari river which flows through the Georgian capital, a new pedestrian bridge is being built - a huge modernist slug of glass and metal called the Peace Bridge (. Sceptics have been complaining that funds are...
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This is Tbilisi Calling: October 2009
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Friday, October 16, 2009. People in Georgia are deeply proud of their Orthodox Christian traditions - but this driver, seen on Georgia's main highway this week with a miniature church strapped to the roof of his car, obviously takes his religion more seriously than most. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines.
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This is Tbilisi Calling: February 2010
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Hollywood Does Georgia - The Trailer. As shown on TV here, this is the trailer for veteran Hollywood action movie director Renny Harlin's take on the Georgia-Russia war, starring Andy Garcia as Mikheil Saakashvili. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Hollywood Does Georgia - The Trailer. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines.
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This is Tbilisi Calling: August 2009
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Friday, August 28, 2009. Azeri Bloggers to Stand Trial. The trial of two young internet pro-democracy activists on charges of hooliganism is due to begin in Baku in early September. As reported by Global Voices Online. Thursday, August 27, 2009. Vladimir Putin: Godfather of Abkhazia. This is Vladimir. He is my first son.". Indira Bartsits proudly gestures towards one of her infant twins, who were born just minutes before the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, unexpectedly vi...
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This is Tbilisi Calling: Yogurt or Vodka?
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Saturday, April 17, 2010. Claims were made earlier this year that the 'world's oldest woman' is alive and thriving in Georgia. The alleged 129-year-old, Antissa Khvichava, lives in a rural village and was shown playing backgammon and drinking vodka in television footage distributed to the international media. By a Georgian broadcaster. By Molly Corso on the Eurasianet website. A glass of chacha a day keeps the doctor away! April 20, 2010 at 1:49 PM. April 20, 2010 at 1:56 PM.
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This is Tbilisi Calling: Whistleblower Wins Again
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Thursday, April 15, 2010. Good news stories aren’t so frequent here in the Caucasus region, so when they do come along, they’re worth celebrating. Last year, Armenian environmental activist Mariam Sukhudyan. Event here in Tbilisi last weekend with their web project. Aimed at combatting ecological damage to forests. Here's more on the scandal caused by the prosecution of Sukhudyan, from a piece I wrote for. That was the situation in Armenia last year, when activist Mariam Sukhudya...
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This is Tbilisi Calling: April 2010
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This is Tbilisi Calling. Thursday, April 29, 2010. In a month’s time, people in Tbilisi will be electing a new mayor. And in the run-up to the polls, parts of the Georgian capital are being refurbished at remarkable speed. Roads are being repaired, historic neighbourhoods renovated, and across the Mtkvari river which flows through the Georgian capital, a new pedestrian bridge is being built - a huge modernist slug of glass and metal called the Peace Bridge (. Sceptics have been complaining that funds are...
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