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Issue no: 795
• NOVEMBER 20 - 23, 2015
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
DEMOCRACY
IN FOCUS From Brussels to the back yard of the Presidential Palace
POLITICS PAGE 4
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In this week’s issue... Georgian Politics Threaten its Democracy POLITICS PAGE 6
Most Significant Investor On Georgian Market BUSINESS PAGE 8
Culinarium A Culinary Chameleon SOCIETY PAGE 11
Rusiko Chikvaidze: “Art Makes People Kinder” CULTURE PAGE 13
End of Tskhadadze’s Honeymoon Period SPORTS PAGE 15
Paris Attack: the European 9/11 BY ZVIAD ADZINBAIA
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aris became a target of terrorists for its third time within the year of 2015. The night of 13 November is now being described as the European 9/11 as Paris, one of the European centers, was attacked by radical Islamists belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Several bomb blasts and shootings at different venues in Paris overnight left more than 130 citizens dead, hundreds wounded and around 100 in a critical condition. The French President Francois Hol-
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is illuminated in the French national colors in support of the French people after the terrorist attack on 13 November. Source: www.cnn.com
lande described the event as an “act of war” organized by the Islamic State militant group. The first of three explosions occurred outside the ‘Stade de France’ stadium on the northern fringes of Paris where France were playing Germany in an international football friendly. French President Francois Hollande was in attendance at the soccer match which was being broadcast on TV. The BBC reported that a man wearing a suicide belt was reportedly prevented from entering the stadium after a routine security check detected the explosives. According to the Wall Street Journal, the man backed away from security guards and detonated the explosives, killing himself and a passer-by.
Sujin Jang, a South Korean business school Professor living in Paris told Georgia Today: “I’ve gone from feeling sad and shocked to feeling angry and determined. Obviously, the sadness and fear were overwhelming as I followed what was happening as it unfolded in real time,’ she said. ‘After that there was this sense of anger about the injustice of it all,” said Jang, adding, “but then over the weekend I visited one of the sites of the shootingsthe restaurant La Belle Equipe. There I saw people from different cultures, ethnicities, religions, all crying, leaving flowers, lighting candles.... It was so sad and beautiful to see.” Continued on page 3