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|🇬🇪Georgia|🏔️Caucasus | Strictly personal | Raadslid D66 Delft (Ruimte&Verkeer - mobiliteit, parkeren, fiets, energietransitie)
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Gesjeesd kamerlid bij gesjeesde partij die genadeloos is afgerekend op “verbinding” met de kiezer gaat even de les lezen.

Knotsgek. Tijd om een tijdje in een hoekje te gaan zitten stil zijn.

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Column | In de D66-stad voel ik me niet thuis
Ik denk dat Rob Jetten een goede premier is voor Nederland. Hij is vrolijk, open, competent, beminnelijk en kameleonesk genoeg. Daar kunnen we best even mee vooruit. En toch staat zijn politiek, die v...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:54 AM
En het is officieel. Het verbaal van de kieslijsten in Delft is gepubliceerd. Ik sta op nummer 7 voor D66 Delft. Een goede uitgangspositie om in de raad herkozen te worden.
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Het is alsof je de RPF, EVP en CD vraagt wat ze van Lubbers II vinden.
'Oppositiepartijen'. Een extreemrechtse afsplitsing en twee electoraal geruïneerde populisten. Wat een armoe.
February 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Tonight we’re having a semi-sweet Akhasheni wine from Gio’s Marani winery, that I got from the 8000 vintages in Tbilisi.

The Akhasheni appellation comes from the Kakheti region and is named after the village of that name in the Alazani valley on the slopes of the Gombori Range, near Gurjaani city.
January 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The expansion of the scope of the Georgian “foreign grants” law is a liability for every foreigner apending money in Georgia and every Georgian citizen.

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GD Announces New Restrictions on Receiving Grants, Party Membership, ‘External Lobbying’ - Civil Georgia
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced a series of legislative amendments that would impose f
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January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Twee jaar lang werd ons door de Israël fan meute voorgehouden op sociale media dat de cijfers over Palestijnse doden onmogelijk konden kloppen, dat het allemaal maar antisemitische leugens waren.

Kloppen ze ongeveer dus wel, volgens nota bene Israël zelf.
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Israëlisch leger erkent: ruim 71.000 Palestijnen gedood bij oorlog in Gaza
Het is de eerste keer dat het leger de aantallen bevestigt die de Palestijnse gezondheidsautoriteiten in de Gazastrook eerder hebben gemeld.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Hypocrisy alert. Georgian PM calls for “return of healthy public debate” after free speech crackdown.

Georgia’s public debate culture has been unhealthy for a long time, perpetuated by affiliated media channels not hosting guests of “the other side”.
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After presiding over Georgia’s free speech crackdown, Kobakhidze calls for ‘healthy’ public debates
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze blamed the ‘deep state’ for the disappearance of public debates in Georgia.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Bonte verzameling Europarlementariërs stemt voor vertragen Mercosur verdrag door het aan de rechter te willen voorleggen.

Vooral mogelijk gemaakt door uiterst rechts en links, maar ook door dissidente christendemocraten, liberalen en sociaaldemocraten.

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Tegenslag voor Europese Commissie: Europees Parlement wil uitstel van Mercosur-verdrag
Handelsverdrag: Het Europees Parlement wil de invoering uitstellen van het Mercosur-verdrag, waarover 25 jaar onderhandeld is. De vraag is of de Europese Commissie de beslissing van het parlement acce...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:52 PM
A Georgian author sitting on the chair of Kremlin propaganda (discrediting the Russian opposition - and specifically using this Kara-Murza in the picture).

Soon, the (exiled) Georgian opposition will look and could be treated with the same cynical attitude.

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The western delusion of the Russian opposition
Western institutions treat exiled Russian opposition figures as democratic alternatives to Putin. In reality, they lack legitimacy, are deeply divided, and often prioritize Russian victimhood over Ukr...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Good piece by Tornike how Georgian Dream turned its rhetoric against the EU.

The turn was already brewing since 2020, but took a sharp turn in 2022 and even worse since the 2024 elections, basically burning all bridges.

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Unfriending Europe: How Georgian Dream Turned its Rhetoric against the EU - Civil Georgia
The speed of Georgia’s authoritarian descent has stunned many in Europe. Once hailed as a success st
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January 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Goede constatering: forum is intern (op het oog) democratischer dan de PVV maar is politiek-ideologisch nog gevaarlijker (extremer) in combinatie met het huidige “aantrekkelijke” jasje dat kiezers op rechts trekt. Goed om richting PS2027 in de gaten te houden.
We zitten in de bizarre situatie dat de PVV een ‘brandmuur’ is met Forum voor Democratie. Als die muur afbrokkelt komt er dus nóg iets extremers voor in de plaats.
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Signs that the Georgian government ceases to build a new airport for Tbilisi at the Vaziani airbase- a lunatic idea from the start anyways.

The concession holder of Tbilisi airport, French TAV, will invest 150 million USD in exchange for 5 more years concession.
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Gov't Extends TAV Airports’ Tbilisi Airport Management Contract by 5 Years; USD 150 MLN Expansion Announced
The Government of Georgia has extended TAV Airports’ management contract for Tbilisi International A...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Europa leert langzaam de harde les: na jarenlang accomoderen van Poetin, eindelijk door de bocht; dan de tirannieke Trump accomoderen, en nu beseffen dat dat ook in dit geval alleen maar de honger van de tiran voedt.

Geef een vinger en ze nemen de hand.
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Trumps dreigementen rond Groenland zijn voor Europese politici een rode lijn
Spanningen rond Groenland: De aanscherping van president Trumps dreigende taal over Groenland gaat gezaghebbende politici in Europa te ver: de rekbaarheid die ze het afgelopen jaar hebben getoond ten ...
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January 18, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Over de totaal disfunctionele relatie tussen de VVD en GroenLinks-PvdA.

Vooral de VVD valt dit aan te wrijven als partij die ook graag wil regeren, maar daar niet de interne harmonie met D66 voor lijkt te willen bewaken.

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De formatie gaat óók over de lange tenen van de oppositie
Minderheidskabinet: D66, VVD en CDA hebben haast: zaterdag gaan de onderhandelingen door. Met GroenLinks-PvdA blijft de omgang moeizaam, de VVD vindt dat Jesse Klaver zich volwassen moet gaan gedragen...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A good day for homemade khinkali 🇬🇪. Bon appétit! ისიამოვნეთ თქვენი კვებით!
January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The failure of Georgian Dream's industrial policy: years ago GD promised to build a factory for electric cars in Kutaisi, it never happened.

In 2018 Tbilisi signed a MoU with Stadler Rail to manufacture railway coaches for wide-gauge tracks. Never implemented.
www.bpn.ge/article/1479...
„ის, რაც ვერ გამოიყენა საქართველომ, გამოიყენა ყაზახეთმა“ - ასტანაში Stadler Rail-მა სამგზავრო ვაგონების წარმოება დაიწყო
ყაზახეთი ცენტრალურ აზიაში ეტაპობრივად ევროპული ბიზნესისთვის ერთ-ერთ ყველაზე მიმზიდველ მიმართულებას – სატრანსპორტო მანქანათმშენებლობის ინდუსტრიას ავითარებს - ...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Klassiek politiek kannibalisme op populistisch rechts in Delft.

De geruchten waren er al langer, maar de kogel is door de kerk: twee van de vijf raadsleden van Hart voor Delft gaan de verkiezingen in voor de PVV.
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Delfts grootste oppositiepartij verliest raadsleden: Grobben en Koelewijn kiezen nu openlijk voor PVV
Twee van de vijf raadsleden van Delfts grootste oppositiepartij Hart voor Delft hopen na de verkiezingen verder te gaan onder de vlag van de PVV. Sylvia Grobben en Marcel Koelewijn kwamen door de ball...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Heel droevig nieuws. Veel te jong overleden.

Ik heb Bart goed leren kennen tijdens een politiek veldbezoek in 2017 aan Israël en de Westelijke Jordaanoever. We hadden daarna regelmatig contact over de ontwikkelingen daar. Rust zacht.😢
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Bart Vink (58) overleden - in memoriam - Jonet.nl
Bart Vink (58) overleden - in memoriam - Lees dit artikel op Jonet.nl
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January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Former Georgian Dream
prime minister Gharibashvili (2021-2024) accepts a plea bargain in case of corruption charges and embezzling millions.

The sentence is reduced to five years.
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Prosecutor's Office signs plea agreement with former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has reached a plea agreement with former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili - the type and length of his sentence is 5 years in prison. He was also fined 1 million ...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Georgian Dream’s path of internationaal isolation “bereft of friends and allies” would lead to a repeat of the fate of first Georgian republic (1918-1921), says Salome Samadasvili of Lelo, in response to parliament chair Papuashvili.
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Папуашвили не считает ЕС гарантом международного порядка после событий в Венесуэле
«Наша задача сегодня остаётся неизменной – не повредить государству в шторме, поднятом большими державами»
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January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Georgians, spread this word agains the your government’s deliberate disinformation as if the EU is dying and making itself irrelevant. The reason Trump targets the EU for “correcting its political path” is precisely because it has clout. Too much to the liking of Trump.
The thing empires have to fear and fight most?!

The fact that nobody - no country nor region - wants to be part of it.

The essence of imperial overstretch. Welcome to your own demise, USA.
Greenlanders would much rather join the EU than the US. This fact deserves a broad global audience, useful correction of the idea that Europe is a decaying museum.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Russia and the so-called republic of South Ossetia are allegedly working on a “Transcaucasian” railway from Russia through the Caucasus mountains to South Ossetia with the objective to Connect to the Middle East.
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ცხინვალი და მოსკოვი “სამხრეთ ოსეთზე” გამავალი რკინიგზის პროექტს ამუშავებენ
“სამხრეთ ოსეთის” დე ფაქტო ხელისუფლება რუსეთის განვითარების სახელმწიფო კორპორაცია VEB.RF-სთან ერთად ტრანსკავკასიური რკინიგზის პროექტს ამუშავებს, რომელიც რუსეთ...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
In order to capitalize in his demanded “Zangezur corridor”, Aliyev says “cargo from China and Central Asian countries will also move through [this] corridor”.

Saying as much that in his view the Middle Corridor will bypass Georgia.
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ჩინეთიდან და ცენტრალური აზიის ქვეყნებიდან ტვირთი ზანგეზურის დერეფნით იმოძრავებს - ალიევი
ჩინეთიდან და ცენტრალური აზიის ქვეყნებიდან ტვირთი ზანგეზურის დერეფნითაც იმოძრავებს. ამის შესახებ აზერბაიჯანის პრეზიდენტ ილჰამ ალიევმა ადგილობრივ ტელეარხებთან ...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Another member of Gakharia for Georgia leaves the party and politics.

Beka Liluashvili opts for a career in the private sector. With party leader Giorgi Gakharia remaining in exile in Germany, other senior representatives leave the ship.
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ბექა ლილუაშვილი პოლიტიკიდან მიდის
პარტია „გახარია საქართველოსთვის“ ერთ-ერთი ლიდერი ბექა ლილუაშვილი პოლიტიკიდან მიდის. როგორც ის სოციალურ ქსელში წერს,
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January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Tskhinvali and Sokhumi concerned about the removal of Maduro from office by US intervention.

Bolivarian Venezuela was the 3rd to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2009, after Chavez closed an arms deal with Putin.
While Tbilisi remains silent, Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions voiced concern and condemned the U.S. attack on Venezuela, one of the few countries that recognizes them.
Tskhinvali, Sokhumi React to U.S. Attack on Venezuela as Tbilisi Remains Silent - Civil Georgia
The de facto officials in Georgia’s Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia regions ha
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January 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM