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facebook.com/ georgiatoday www.georgiatoday.ge Issue no: 829 • MARCH 25 - 28, 2016 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... Georgia’s Art Palace Receives Europa Nostra Special Mention Award NEWS PAGE 2 FOCUS We Are Not China! ON TERRORISM Pre-Election Recruiting In the wake of the Brussels attacks, we and Returns analyze what is being done to halt the increasing acts of terrorism and the POLITICS PAGE 5 illegal seizure of sovereign territory PAGE 3 Obama’s Foreign Policy European School POLITICS PAGE 6 Makes History as First Ezo - Just Like Mom Makes! CIS Member School in SOCIETY PAGE 10 Georgia The Lioness of the Keyboard BY KATIE RUTH DAVIES Hits Tbilisi he European School in Tbilisi has been awarded CULTURE PAGE 17 membership of the prestigious CIS (Council of International Schools) and is the fi rst to achieve such status in Georgia. Alan Scott, a school support and evaluation offi cer Georgia’s 6 Nations Claims Ton a visit to European School, said: “The range of programs and services on offer at the European School is impressive for Louder than Ever after Rout the size of the school. It is well-resourced with appropriate science labs, computer labs, library, cafeteria and physical edu- of Romania cation spaces. Continued on page 2 SPORTS PAGE 19 GEORGIA TODAY 2 NEWS MARCH 25 - 28, 2016 Tbilisi Zoo Hosts New Animals Georgia’s Art Palace Receives Europa lisi. Director of Tbilisi Zoo, Zurab Gurielidze, Nostra Special Mention Award promised that the Zoo would begin settling new animals in spring 2016 and, as promised, on March 20, the fi rst new Zoo residents arrived from Riga, Latvia. Among the new animals are a camel, a yak, two Ara parrots and three alpacas- never before seen in Georgia. Representatives of the Zoo assure that the animals are in great condition despite the long journey and are already acclimatized to Tbilisi and ready to meet guests. “Currently, the Zoo is in the process of restoring and constructing new enclosures. Therefore, it was decided at the fi rst stage to take only those kinds of animals whose cages did not require signifi cant cost to build. We will be preparing completely new cages for primates and carnivores, which can also be taken on in the near future,” said Gurielidze. Gurielidze says they are also expecting to receive animals from Great Britain, Holland, France, Israel, Turkey and many other countries in May. Among them are likely to be macaque, hamadryas baboons, a kangaroo, mongooses, penguins, porcupines and a koala. Zoo guests will be able to see not only familiar animals, but also those, such as the alpaca, which have never been kept in Georgia before. In parallel with the restoration of the old Tbilisi BY EKA KARSAULIDZE Zoo, a new facility is being built on the territory of Tbilisi Sea, to which the animals will be moved at a later date. Gurielidze noted that, although the The Art Palace museum comprises more than BY TAMAR SVANIDZE evere fl ooding in Tbilisi on June 13, 2015, construction of a new zoo is expected to take a few 300,000 objects that provide comprehensive infor- killed most of the animals in the Tbilisi years, they are already building cages for animals mation on the development of Georgian theater, Zoo. A huge number of European zoos such as bears and wolves. cinema, circus, folklore, opera, and ballet, as well expressed immediate support and offered Visitors can already enjoy the recent arrivals from eorgia’s Georgian State Museum of as providing insight into the lives of eminent fi g- to transfer some of their animals to Tbi- Riga at the acting Tbilisi Zoo. Theatre, Music, Cinema and Chore- ures in the respective fi elds. S ography (Art Palace) has received a Some museum exhibits date back to the classical Special Mention prize by the jury of era: of particular note is the antique mask which Europa Nostra for its outstanding was excavated by archaeologists in the town of Gcontribution to the conservation of historic paint- Vani. ings, furniture and other elements. The Ministry of Culture and Monument Protec- European School According to Europa Nostra’s offi cial website, the tion in Georgia, the National Agency for Cultural Special Mention prize for Cultural Heritage was Heritage Preservation and the National Committee originally announced during the European Herit- at the International Council of Museums (ICOM) age Congress held from 10-14 June 2015 in Oslo, and the US Embassy in Georgia were responsible Makes History as First Norway. for preparing the museum’s nomination. The juries awarded the Special Mention status Uniting 400 member organizations and 1500 to 16 different heritage achievements from 13 Euro- individual members from about 50 countries, pean countries. A Special Mention prize is awarded Europa Nostra focuses on saving Europe’s endan- for outstanding contributions to the conservation gered historical monuments, sites and cultural CIS Member School in and enhancement of heritage. landscapes. Georgia Continued from page 1 tries, among them Washington International School, United Nations International School (New York), The school is justifi ably proud of its closed circuit Atlanta International School, International School television studio and IT construction and school of Geneva, Institut Auf Dem Rosenberg, Stanford management has ambitious plans for further facil- University, Columbia University New York, Uni- ity development both at the current site and else- versity of Oxford, London School of Economic and where. Each classroom has a computer and projec- Political Science, Kings College, and Queen Mary tor and the school has over 200 computers in all. University. The European School in Tbilisi is now The school is cleaned to an excellent standard. It proud to be on that very same list. demonstrates commitment to the continuous pro- CIS, a global non-profi t membership organization, fessional development of its staff, and this devel- provides services to primary and secondary schools opment is informed by students` learning needs. which aim to assist in the development of students There is good provision for professional develop- as Global Citizens having the knowledge, skills, val- ment in place with a current emphasis on IB cer- ues and attitudes that they need to be able to con- tifi cation and AP training. The ICT manager reports tribute to a more inclusive, just and peaceful world. that staff is always trained in any technology intro- European School IB 12th grader, Giorgi Kikoria, duced to the school. Students are regularly assessed told us: “As a 12th grader, I have experienced the using both internal and external tests including stress of applying to dozens of universities. The MAP testing, IB and AP tests, periodic national fi rst thing those universities look for in my appli- examinations in the Georgian section, and SATs.” cation is the school from which I got my diploma. The CIS is a membership community committed For me as a student, European School’s CIS mem- to high quality international education. The CIS bership means credibility from the university’s community includes more than 660 schools and point of view, giving me the ability to compete with 475 colleges and universities representing 110 coun- students from around the globe.” GEORGIA TODAY MARCH 25 - 28, 2016 NEWS 3 Holding Back the Tide: Brussels’ Importance to the West and its Allies target ripe with symbolism for a group most advanced and richest nations on OP-ED BY NICHOLAS WALLER bent on destroying the basic foundations Earth – have all failed to properly coor- of the European project. dinate a strategy that would ultimately That ISIS quickly claimed responsi- put an end to ISIS’ disciples in Europe uesday’s terrorist attacks bility for twin attacks carried out by and North America. umbrage at ISIS’ brutal treatment of State and the wider security crisis in the in Brussels, which left more members of a large Belgian cell that had This is more than troubling; it has women and minorities as well as its Middle East. than 30 dead and dozens in been trained in Syria and who lived in proven deadly. teaching of Takfi rism, which equally Putin’s recently concluded six-month critical condition after an otherwise quiet European country, Unlike its far larger neighbors, Ger- brands Muslims and non-Muslims as air campaign in Syria did nothing to brothers Khalid and Ibra- was a signal to the West’s governments many and France, Belgium is a relatively apostates. combat ISIS, but succeeded in propping Thim el-Bakraoui detonated themselves that nothing has changed since 130 peo- weak country institutionally. It suffers Dubbed jihadi-chic by the Western up his erstwhile ally Bashar al-Assad, in the administrative heart of the Euro- ple were killed in Paris in November from poor intelligence and security coor- media, this deadly new youth subculture killed thousands of civilians and neutral- pean Union, is yet another sign that the 2015. dination, while at the same time is one in the Islamic world is a formidable foe. ized most of the forces on the ground West’s fractured approach to combating Tuesday’s bombings were possibly a of Europe’s main contributors of would- And while its various branches have capable of defeating the Islamic State in radical terrorist groups like ISIS is sim- retaliatory action by ISIS affi liated groups be jihadis travelling to Syria. scored stunning successes with increas- combat. ply not working. as they came just four days after Belgian Limited resources and even poorer ingly brutal attacks from California to Russia’s unscrupulous Kremlin-con- For the third time in just over 16 months, police arrested the sole survivor of the coordination with some of the world’s Ankara, it can be defeated.

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