Saturday, June 23, 2007

NEWS:


Georgia News Digest 06-23-07
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1. Will GUAM Lead to the End of the CIS?
2. More of the Same for GUAM in Baku
3. Talk of a New Cold War Leaves Georgia in the Middle
4. Testimony of Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
5. Neo-Comintern Meeting In Tiraspol
6. Military Grant from Greece
7. Greece Contributes Sixty Tons of High Quality Potato Seed for Tsalka Region Farmers
8. Machavariani Elected Vice President of BSEC's Parliamentary Assembly
9. Georgia, Denmark sign cooperation memorandum on migration
10. Mysterious Cargo From Northern Iraq [excerpt]
11. Abkhazia - a Territory or Population?
12. Medoev: Saakashvili Statements "Direct and Open Threat"
13. Ramaz Sakvarelidze: "Saakashvili made well-calculated and reasonable step"
14. Separatists leaders suspected in embezzlement
15. Smooth Transition of Power in S. Ossetia Plotted
16. NATO Tries to Train Local Journalists not to Ask the Same Questions Repeatedly
17. Keen Georgian soldiers train for new dangers in Iraq
18. OSCE Mission donates training centre, equipment to Georgian Border Police
19. Lado Papava against Merger of Securities Commission, Insurance and Financial Services
20. Bank Loans, Deposits Soar
21. European Investment Bank, Georgia Agree on Cooperation
22. Switzerland: The Next Big Market for Georgian Wine? SIPPO Thinks So
23. ProCredit Snags another 15 Million to Turn Loose in SME Sector
24. Saperavi for Switzerland-Agreement Signed to Market Georgian Wine
25. UAE Company to Invest USD 1.5 Billion
26. TAM’s Epic Elite Jet Makes Picture-Perfect First Flight
27. Georgian Bay Leaves Becoming Very Popular
28. Local Companies Seek to Industrialize Cheese Production in Georgia
29. More Funds for Infrastructure and More Tourists in Prospect
30. Foreign Practice of Corporate Management Hits Georgian Banks
31. Agri-Business in Demand: Funding and New Jobs
32. Georgian Railway to Get First New Trains Since 1974
33. Georgian Railways Quest for Cargo: Transport monopoly or BTC pipeline behind the country’s freight woes?
34. Controversy Surrounds New Tax Bill: President’s plan to double income tax could cripple the workforce, critics say
35. Local Budgets Lose Out in Tax Reform
36. U.S. Report Praises Georgia's Anti-Trafficking Efforts
37. Trafficking in Persons Report
38. Georgian Occupies the First Tier of Modern Slavery
39. Chechen Refugees Expected To Leave Georgia After Receiving Travel Documents
40. "Refugee Day" in the Pankisi Gorge
41. Pankisi Gorge Children Enjoy Trip to Tbilisi
42. No Homecoming in Sight for Caucasus Refugees
43. Happy Meals: Chechen Refugees Try to Remain Optimistic
44. Lawmakers debate on repatriation of Turk-Meskhians
45. Labor Party objects to Turk-Meskhians' repatriation
46. Recommendations on the Protection of National Minorities
47. Human Rights Center rallies at mayor's office
48. Budget of State Defense Has Increased into 442 Million Lari
49. Measures against Smoking to be Toughened in Parliament
50. Chipashvili Threatens to Strip Licenses from Problem Hospitals
51. Georgian National Communications Commission Accuses Broadcasters of Indifference
52. Chairman of Healthcare and Social Affairs Committee: Even indirect tobacco advertising shall be prohibited
53. Court Hearings without Audio-Video Recording
54. Rustaveli Avenue Rehabilitation Plan Disappears Forty Underground Shops
55. Newspaper Rezonansi Sued Tbilisi City Municipal Improvements Service
56. Akhvlediani Denies Information about Increase of Marshrutka Fees
57. Official denies increase of route taxi travel cost
58. Democratic Front MP Calls for Resignation of Tbilisi Mayor
59. Attorneys Complain About Influenced Court
60. 25-day Imprisonment for Protecting Political Prisoners and Freedom of Expression
61. Eighty-year-old Old Man Is Judged for Contradicting the Testimony
62. Letter to the Editor re: Maia Topuria
63. Will Nobody Be Punished for the Tragedy Which Ended With Death?!
64. Government Discriminates Employees Because of Their Cooperation with Journalists
65. Gori Patrol Policemen Violate Georgian Constitution
66. Three military officials detained
67. NGO to appeal to second instance court
68. Confiscated Abashidze Property Goes to Judges
69. Promoting Sexual Awareness in the Region of Guria
70. Sexual education is genocide for the nation
71. Coping with School Violence: Panel Shares Insights from the US Experience with Education Ministry Officials
72. Actifed – cheap option for a high
73. Panic in Batumi
74. Epidemic Threatens Uplistsikhe Village
75. Foul Wa;ter Sickens Batumi Residents
76. Phoka is Sinking
77. Population Against Nuclear Reactor
78. Landslide threatens to ruin monastery
79. Flood hits villages
80. "Nationality: Human" South Caucasus Documentary Film Festival of Peace and Human Rights
81. How to Feed the Hungry in Kakheti: Soup Kitchens, Agro-Infrastructure Development and Education
82. From Journalists to Journalists: New Media Handbook Published
83. CIPDD Presents New Publication
84. Azerbaijani Citizen Drowns While Boldly Rescuing Schoolgirls in Georgia
85. Ambulance Service Head Takes Helm of Iashvili Hospital
86. Orthodox Parents Rally
87. Citizens to be Informed About Passports by SMS
88. First 48-Page Passport Issued
89. Kakheti Residents Request Help in Fighting Reptile Invasion
90. Thousands of Teachers Will Be Unemployed
91. Building Must be Returned to Patriarchate
92. One sportman died, four one injured
93. Another sportsman dies in hospital
94. People taxed for entering wood
95. Drivers go on strike in Poti
96. Parents protest against rector
97. Explosive device discovered at Georgia's Batumi airport
98. Georgia’s Sole Ukrainian School Receives New Computers
99. Entrants demands repeat examination
100. Bread Is Main Consumer Commodity for Most Population
101. IDPs Will Not Be Evicted Anymore
102. Evicted Family Demands Reimbursement from the Internal Ministry
103. Older Workers Struggle to Find Jobs
104. The Workshop that Became a Museum
105. Tbilisi’s Elevators: A Hodgepodge of Urban Horror
106. The Parking Dudes: Protecting Side View Mirrors for a Handful of Tetri
107. The Glamorous Life of a Tbilisi Taxi Driver
108. Meow: Hard Feelings Mar the Miss Adjara 2007 Beauty Contest

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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

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