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A special grand jury in Georgia recommended multiple indictments as part of a probe into potential interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies in the 2020 election, the jury’s forewoman said Tuesday. Emily Kohrs, the forewoman, told The New York Times that the list of indictments recommended by the jury was “not a short list” – but she did not disclose who the jury recommended be indicted, or what for, in compliance with instructions from a judge. Last week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered the release of three extremely limited portions of the grand jury’s final report. The decision…
The reality TV star was spotted repping ethical designer Lado Bokuchava. Kylie Jenner is quickly becoming Paris Fashion Week’s mane character, after debuting a brilliantly bizarre lion’s head dress by Schiaparelli before it had even hit the runway. And now, the reality TV star and business mogul headed out for dinner in another striking ensemble. Though she has previously been criticised for wearing fur in the past, her incredibly realistic faux-fur lion’s head ultimately won the approval of the animal rights charity PETA (who called it “fabulously innovative” in a statement) and it looks like Jenner is continuing her shift towards more ethical materials going…
How artists, volunteers and designers turned a Ukrainian folk blouse and craft into symbols of defiance. Sitting in the corner of a Ukrainian-run café in downtown Tbilisi, Alla Timoshenko deftly runs a threaded needle through a bird-shaped piece of felt. For Ukrainians, the nightingale that she is embroidering to turn into a brooch is a symbol of hope, spring and building homes, Alla explains. Once complete, she plans to sell the item through her Instagram handle as an emblem of hope for Ukraine’s victory against Russia. Embroidery has always been a form of creative expression for Alla, whose grandmother taught…
Doijashvili was the founder of the Tbilisi International Piano Competition. Georgian pianist Manana Doijashvili has passed away at the age of 75. Doijashvili was a key figure in Georgia’s music scene and established the Georgian Music Competitions Fund — which among other initiatives funds the Tbilisi International Piano Competition. A prizewinner at Ensecu, Smetana, and Sydney piano competitions, Doijashvili studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatory with Georgian pianist Tengiz Amirejibi. She would go on to a professorship at the same institution, where she taught and influenced a great many students. Doijashvili was honored for her work when she was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Georgia. “The…
The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has reduced the sentences of six men convicted of participating in the July 2021 anti-Pride riots from five to four years. The six men were involved in the attack on TV Pirveli journalist Miranda Baghaturia and camera operator Alexandre Lashkarava. Lashkarava sustained broken facial bones and a concussion during the attack and died several days later, but an official autopsy released six months later claimed he died of a drug overdose. Monday’s ruling partially overturned an April 2022 ruling by Tbilisi City Court, which sentenced Akaki Nakashidze, Tornike Davlasheridze, Davit Kutaladze, Otar Gelasvhili, Tsotne Chikhladze, and Gia Giguashvili to five years in prison for attacking…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the development of greener public transport in Georgia. A sovereign loan of up to €50.6 million will finance the rehabilitation and upgrade of up to 12 metro stations in Tbilisi. The financial package includes an investment grant of up to €5 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). With a population of 1.2 million, Tbilisi was one of the first cities to join the EBRD’s flagship Green Cities programme, which supports members in addressing their environmental challenges through sustainable investments and policy measures. The city was also one of the first to develop a Green…
Since the 2020 war and its trilateral ceasefire agreement on November 9th, Russia’s future in South Caucasus seems to be intertwined with the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. The way Moscow demonstratively chose not to aid its military ally Armenia in the face of the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish assault on Nagorno-Karabakh or to put a stop to it as it had done previously, aggravated an already existing public distrust and bitterness among Armenians towards Russia. The recent developments, with Nagorno-Karabakh left isolated and practically under siege by Azerbaijan while the Russian peacekeepers seem to be incapable of resolving the situation, have further fomented that criticism. The developments…
“It is phenomenal to discover proof of this rare and remarkable species at the top of the world.” The Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is home to the first-ever report of a Pallas’s cat, according to research from a recent publication that was published in Cat News. The 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Trip’s joint project plays an important role in this finding. As stated in the release, the Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition biology field team of scientists collected environmental samples from two locations 3.7 miles (6 km) apart at 16,765 and 17,027 ft (5,110 and 5,190 m) elevation…
How to reckon with the ideology of “Anna Karenina,” “Eugene Onegin,” and other beloved books. The first and only time I visited Ukraine was in 2019. My book “The Possessed”—a memoir I had published in 2010, about studying Russian literature—had recently been translated into Russian, along with “The Idiot,” an autobiographical novel, and I was headed to Russia as a cultural emissary, through an initiative of pen America and the U.S. Department of State. On the way, I stopped in Kyiv and Lviv: cities I had only ever read about, first in Russian novels, and later in the international news. In 2014, security forces…
World and European judo champion Tato Grigalashvili won the prize for best male athlete of 2022 at the Georgian National Olympic Committee’s awards in Tbilisi, while Eter Liparteliani took the best female athlete honours. Grigalashvili was crowned world champion in the men’s under-81 kilograms category for the first time at the World Championships in Tashkent, following on from a silver in Budapest the year prior. He became European champion for the second time in Sofia earlier in the year, and also took gold at the World Judo Masters in Jerusalem. Liparteliani won bronze at the European Championships in the women’s…