Georgia News Digest 03-16-07

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1. report: Amnesty International: July – December 2006
2. working paper: Europe’s Unrecognised Neighbours: The EU in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
3. Georgia woos NATO, angers Russia
4. Gamsakhurdia can't find NATO memorandum
5. Parliamentary Accession: Georgian parliament votes unanimously in favor of joining NATO
6. Georgian Declaration And Performance Underscore Commitment To NATO Membership
7. Georgia in NATO? This will be a different story
8. Saakashvili: Georgia overcoming Russian trade barriers
9. “Muscle Flexing,” Russian Style: Russia Intimidates Georgia with new Military Doctrine
10. Mikhail Saakashvili and the Menace that Shall Remain Nameless
11. Lookalikes cash in on Russian mineral water ban
12. His "Conflict Resolution Minister"?
13. Russia Lashes Out at ‘Alternative’ Authorities in Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
14. Saakashvili defiant as Russian diplomat calls for removal of alternative governments
15. Saakashvili Rejects Terms ‘Georgian-Abkhaz’ and ‘Georgian-Ossetian Conflicts’
16. Monument of “Mimino” heroes will not be put up in Moscow anymore
17. Zurab Noghaideli discusses Georgian-German defence cooperation with German defence minister
18. Georgia May Deploy Troops in Mazar-i-Sharif
19. Four-sided group of investigators returns from Georgia's Kodori Gorge
20. Abkhaz Foreign Minister in Moscow
21. Saakashvili Comments on Kodori Shelling
22. Moscow Outlines Position Ahead of UN Abkhaz Resolution
23. Tbilisi Demands Release of Georgian Activists
24. Gorge Closed For Bombardment: Georgia is looking for helicopters in Russia
25. Examining The Gorge
26. Georgia’s presentation of the incident in Kodori showed no effect it had expected
27. Karasin spills the beans
28. Georgian leader urges talks with pro-Tbilisi government in South Ossetia
29. Ossetia's Abandoned Refugees
30. Monitoring group finds no evidence of participation of Georgian special operations unit in Znauri district incident
31. Saakashvili Proposes Tax Reform
32. Georgian MPs, ministers differ on president's annual address
33. Kukava And Guntsadze Refuse To Attend President’s Annual Report As Sign Of Protest
34. Beeline creates buzz on Georgian mobile market
35. Doubts cast on plan to build 16 hospitals for USD 15 million dollars
36. NATO resource centre opens in GFSIS
37. Former Defense Minister Of Georgia Will Be Asked About Budget Money
38. Georgian Public Defender Sozar Subari to Present His Report to Speaker
39. Russian Embassy Wants to Boost Russian Language Among Youth
40. According to Survey, Georgian Media Still Enjoys People’s Trust
41. New hippodrome to be constructed in Tbilisi
42. New Mobile Operator Launched
43. IDPs protest action in Kutaisi
44. Natelashvili versus the Tax Code
45. Emergency Service 03 has a new head
46. Deceived Workers Demand Justice
47. Will Disputable Child Be Sold In Turkey?
48. IDPs Are Being Evicted From the Hotel ‘Kutaisi’
49. He Is Not Guilty, Though He Is Guilty
50. Can Tuberculosis Be Cured?
51. They do not know, that they have rights
52. Nora Kvitsiani’s Lawyer Blames Judge for Partiality
53. Situation Is Artificially Aggravated in Order To Force Out Refugees from the Pankisi Gorge

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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic), jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814