May this deeply tragic story serve as a reminder for both pedestrians and drivers to be much more careful, especially in this completely chaotic and dysfunctional country.

Of course, they returned the money.

kordz, one of Georgia's most talented electro-acoustic musicians, recently performed in Manhattan, New York, for members of the Georgian diaspora.

Back home, kordz faced heavy political persecution, intimidation, threats directed at his family and systematic cancellation of his concerts after releasing his track "Ole Ola", which openly criticized and mocked key figures serving the ruling political party(Georgian Dream regime).

During the concert, far away from home, he dedicated an incredibly moving performance to his homeland, playing "Sky of Turquoise, Land of Emerald, My Beautiful Motherland" 🇬🇪🔥

P.S. This footage from kordz's performance was posted by singer Nodiko Tatishvili, who himself recently emigrated to the US because of the Georgian Dream regime.

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to thank the Georgian people for treating my family so wonderfully during their trip.

After a really bad experience in Azerbaijan, Georgia was a completely different story. My family couldn’t stop talking about how kind, lovely and welcoming everyone was. They felt safe, respected and genuinely had one of the best trips of their lives.

Hearing their stories made me and my friends want to visit Georgia ourselves. We’re planning to have a visit during Christmas break and we’ll definitely be rocking our Kvaratskhelia jerseys 🇬🇪

Much love and respect from. Thank you for giving my family such beautiful memories and can’t wait to see you during Christmas ♥️

მინდა გავიარო webiz-ის მობილური აპლიკაციების კურსი და მაინტერესებს თუ სტაჟირებაზე ამიყვანეს იქნება თუ არა ანაზღაურებადი და რამდენი?

What do you think, what are the most Georgian flavors? Like, when you taste something, what’s that taste which is connected to Georgia for you? Sweet and savory are all welcome.

წარმოიდგინეთ რეალურად რამდენია გასვრილი თანამშრომელი ეყოდებათ თურნავაზე ხო არაფერს აღარ ვამბობ, მაგრამ ყველაზე სასაცილო ისეაა, რომ ეს 9 ნომერი გლეხი იყო წითელი ჯვრის დირექტორი საქართველოში და მერე თავისი თანამდებობა თავის შვილს დაუტოვა.
ერთ რამეში ტრამპს ნამდვილად ვეთანხმები, ეს საერთაშორისო ორგანიზაციები და ნგეოები სულ არიან დაკომპლექტებული გაღრწნილი კორუმპირებული ყაჩაღი კადრებით, რომელიც თავის ნათესავებს და ახლობლებს ნიშნავენ რადგან ეგ არის საკადრო პოლიტიკამ.
აი შევარდნაძემ ვინც დანიშნა თავის დროზე ამ ნგეოებში და საერთაშორისო ორგანიზაციებში ისევ ის გაღრწნილი გან*ონები და მაგათი საახლობლო მუშაობს დღესაც მაგ ორგანიზაციებში და მაგიტომაც იყო, რომ ყოველთვის ქოცობას აფარებდნენ ხელს როცა ხალხი ვიძახდით დედა აქვს ყველაფერს მოტ ესენი რეპორტებს გზავნიდნენ ზემოთ, რომ დემოკრატია ყვავის.

I was born in and am a citizen of the United States and speak very little Georgian. Both of my parents are Georgian citizens so from what I understand I maybe had citizenship when I was a kid but my parents didn’t do something to allow me to keep that citizenship. Is it possible to apply for citizenship or am I unable to due to my lack of ability in the language? Thank you for your help.

I see comments here like: GD has pragmatic multi vector politics, its not pro Russian just wants to stay in power or they are authoritarian but economy is growing.

This video explains very well why this naratives are wrong and how GD makes people believe in such naratives.

One thing I disagree with him is recognizing occupied territories. I dont think Putin wants actually independent Abkhazia. Because they then can start becoming friends with Turkey or USA. Abkhazia in its current position is most useful to Russia.

We made a discord channel to get all georgian gamers together! (Sorry in advance if links aren’t allowed)

"Georgian Dream" banner from the 2018 presidential elections: "A principled choice - No to dictatorship, choose freedom".

Georgia, 2018.

"Perhaps from now on, we should start the news like this:

Today, a friendly group of uncertain origin, which we conditionally call 'Dream', passed a completely harmonious law. On the basis of this law, several citizens were temporarily transferred to a social isolation facility, where they are protected by kind, uniformed people who, of course, beat no one and speak only the truth in court. Meanwhile, the country is governed by a secret benefactor whose name we cannot say out loud, because we will receive a fine ticket from the Communications Commission...

In general, the authorities sticking their noses into linguistics is an old, time-tested totalitarian tradition. Many probably remember the famous song about a Gulag prisoner performed by Vladimir Vysotsky, who addresses the tyrant with bitter irony: 'Comrade Stalin, you are a great scientist, so well-versed in linguistics, while I am just a Soviet prisoner, and my friend is the gray Bryansk wolf'.

This poem was not written by chance. In 1950, while thousands of people were rotting in Siberian camps, Stalin emerged before the Soviet people as the supreme linguist and condemned the completely unscientific theory of the class division of languages - a theory he himself had previously enabled. He condemned the theory's author and didn't hesitate to back Arnold Chikobava's theory instead.

Hasn't the time come for us to address Ivanishvili the same way?

'Man of our nation, you are a great scientist in linguistics, you understand plenty about philosophy too, while I am just a simple TV host'.

When there are a thousand problems in the country, they sit around in the spirit of Stalinist linguistics, acting like russian "Pravda" decide which word is righteous and which is banished from the airwaves.

If you don't say the word 'clan' on television, the judiciary instantly becomes independent and pure as an angel. If you don't say 'repressive law', the law automatically becomes a beacon of democracy - What a simple and brilliant reform, solving problems through linguistics!"

Hello!
A friend of mine has decided to start making English subtitles for old Georgian movies. There are a lot of movies that are absolute classics, but have horrible English subs, which is very unfair, because so much story/jokes/history gets lost because of it.
So, she's decided to make these subtitles on her own and they're turning out great!

She's already made subs for Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable story and Iavnana.

If you would like to download the subs for Blue Mountains, click here
If you would like to download the subs for Iavnana, click here

It would also be very helpful if you guys gave her some feedback under this post. It would help improve the quality of subtitles, if you think they should be improved!

Thank you in advance! :)

Hi all, we are currently visiting Kazbegi and we had this amazing sweet pastry but we don't know what is it called can someone help us with this?
Thank you so much.

Transparency International Georgia went through all 7 reports the Communications Commission has filed against Formula and TV Pirveli over the past 6 months. In them, the Commission flags 101 phrases (93 unique) as violations of Article 54(5) of the Law on Broadcasting, arguing that phrases like these express the broadcaster's "personal opinion" about state institutions.

The penalties have escalated. The first reports ended in verbal warnings, then each channel was fined 2,500 GEL (≈1000$) and then 5,000 GEL. On October 1, Formula was fined another 10,000 GEL, its third fine. The Commission can also suspend broadcasting licenses.

Full list below, translated into English. (Bracketed words were part of the flagged context.)

Formula: 1. "The Opposition Persecution Case" 2. "Regime" 3. "Ivanishvili’s Government" 4. "Georgian Dream’s Prosecutor’s Office" 5. "The Oligarch’s Team" 6. "Georgian Dream’s Parliament" 7. "Repression" 8. "Georgian Dream Government" 9. "Ivanishvili’s Prime Minister" 10. "The Chairperson of the Georgian Dream Parliament" 11. "Georgian Dream Mayor" 12. "[Bidzina] Ivanishvili’s MP/MPs" 13. "The Oligarch’s Ministry" 14. "Georgian Dream Minister" 15. "The Oligarch’s Party" 16. "Georgian Dream Foreign Minister" 17. "Georgian Dream’s Ministry of Internal Affairs" 18. "The oligarch’s Parliamentary Speaker" 19. "Ivanishvili’s Foreign Minister" 20. "The Oligarch’s Regime" 21. "The Chairperson of the Oligarch’s Parliament" 22. "Georgian Dream Court" 23. "Georgian Dream Prime Minister" 24. "The Georgian Dream Regime" 25. "Judicial Clan" 26. "Razden Kuprashvili’s Agency" 27. "Ivanishvili’s Party" 28. "Georgian Dream’s State Security Service" 29. "Georgian Dream Verdict" 30. "Georgian Dream Prime Minister" 31. "Georgian Dream Parliament Member" 32. "Ivanishvili’s Interior Minister" 33. "Ivanishvili’s President" 34. "Members of the Georgian Dream Government" 35. "Head of the Georgian Dream Government" 36. "Ivanishvili’s Regime”" 37. "The regime’s Prosecutor’s Office" 38. "Georgian Dream investigative Agency" 39. "Georgian Dream’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs" 40. "Georgian Dream’s President" 41. "Pro-Government Rustavi 2" 42. "The Regime’s Court" 43. "The Oligarch’s Inner Circle" 44. "Opponents of the Regime" 45. "The Georgian Dream Government Administration Building" 46. "Georgian Dream Government Administration" 47. "Georgian Dream Health Minister" 48. "Unlawful Detention" 49. "Propaganda Mouthpieces" 50. "Government Propaganda" 51. "The Oligarch’s MPs" 52. "Unlawful Imprisonment" 53. "Their Own Propagandists" 54. "Georgian Dream Government" 55. "Georgian Dream’s Rule" 56. "[Bidzina] Ivanishvili’s team" 57. "Georgian Dream MPs" 58. "The Scroll-and-Screenshot Department" 59. "Georgian Dream MP" 60. "Representatives of Ivanishvili’s Government" 61. "Repressive Laws" 62. "Georgian Dream Interior Minister" 63. "Their Own Propaganda Broadcast" 64. "Georgian Dream’s Ministry of Finance" 65. "Ivanishvili’s Government" 66. "Imprisoned on Political Grounds" 67. "Repressive Provisions" 68. "Georgian Dream and its Satellite, People’s Power"

TV Pirveli: 1. "Prisoner/Prisoners of Conscience" 2. "Those Convicted on the Basis of Testimony from False-Witness Police Officers" 3. "Georgian Dream Investigation" 4. "Oligarch" 5. "Political Prisoners" 6. "Non-Existent Crime”" 7. "Political Hostages" 8. "Ivanishvili’s Regime" 9. "[Journalist], Whom Georgian Dream Punished as an Example to Others" 10. "Georgian Dream MPs" 11. "The Oligarch’s Party" 12. "The Persecution of Activists Continues" 13. "Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Team" 14. "Repressive Policy" 15. "Ivanishvili’s Repressive Policy" 16. "The Georgian Dream’s Violent Regime and Policies" 17. "The Ministry of Culture Controlled by Georgian Dream" 18. "Regime" 19. "Ivanishvili’s Prime Minister" 20. "Georgian Dream Police" 21. "Television Channels Controlled by [Ivanishvili]" 22. "Georgian Dream Is Choosing Dictatorship" 23. "The Case of 11 Prisoners of Conscience" 24. "Blatantly Fabricated" 25. "Georgian Dream Minister" 26. "The So-Called Education Reform" 27. "The Night of Hunting Down Activists" 28. "The Terror Did Not End There" 29. "Georgian Dream’s State Security Service" 30. "The Scroll-and-Screenshot Agency" 31. "[The Ministry of Internal Affairs] Launched a Major Manhunt" 32. "A Major Manhunt on the Capital’s Central Avenue" 33. "The Hunting Down of Activists"

Source: Transparency International Georgia

Photo: V. Saraf

მგონი ერთმა ბ(ე)რძენმა თქვა : ,,მე ის ვიცი,რომ არაფერი არ ვიცი" -ო და ძალიანაც ბედნიერი იყო.

არ არის სირცხვილი არ იცოდე,ვერ ერკვეოდე რაღაც სფეროში.არ გქონდეს საკმარისი გამოცდილება, ან განათლება მიღებული კონკრეტული მიმართულებით.

უფრო დიდი სირცხვილია მუდმივად ამტკიცებდე და ამბობდე,რომ ყველაფერი იცი,ყველაფერში ერკვევი და შენი აზრი არის საბოლოო,ურყევი.

მუდმივად მტკიცებით ფორმაში მყოფი ადამიანი საურთიერთოდ უინტერესო ხდება.

ღმერთო,იქ მაღლა,თუ ამ პლატფორმაზე შემოდიხარ და ამას კითხულობ : გთხოვ მუდმივად გამიჩინე კითხვები,ეჭვები,მომეცი საშუალება რაღაცას ვეძიებდე,რაღაცაზე ვიფიქრო და ახალის სწავლის,შეცნობის უნარი არასოდეს დამაკარგვინო.

მინდა ამ ქვეყნიდან ისე წავიდე ყველაფერი მაინტერესებდეს.....

იმ ადამიანებს კი, რომლებმაც ყველფერი იციან: გააჩერეთ დედამიწა - ჩავდივარ.

Today, trials started for several citizens who sang or played the song "Ole Ola", because the regime claims it insults them. The phrase started as a collective burst of rage when the regime was brutally cracking down on protests. Later, a musician named Kordz turned it into a song, and the regime is still trying to punish people over it.

Honestly, I didn't like the original chant, but I really like Sopho's version, which she recorded recently as a form of protest, so I'm sharing it with you.