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ELECTION and GOVERNMENT
1. Official results in comparison w/parallel vote tabulations, opinion polling & exit polls
Further Details on the Results & on Groups Conducting the Surveys
Official Results: The final official results of the January 5, 2008, presidential election can be accessed at http://www.results.cec.gov.ge/ ; the site includes scans of the official protocols from precincts.Opinion Poll: The opinion poll was conducted by Greenberg Quisner Rosner on behalf of the campaign of M. Saakashvili; more information on GQR, which has worked on behalf of progressive candidates worldwide (including Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Nelson Mandela), is at http://www.greenbergresearch.com/.
Public Affairs, and the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies. Full results can be found at www.archevnebi.ge. Parallel Vote Tabulation (ISFED): The first PVT was conducted by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy. Full results are at www.civil.ge/files/files/ISFED_Statement%20ENG.pdf. Parallel Vote Tabulation (nGnI): The second PVT was conducted by the NGO New Generation-New Initiative; full survey results and details about the group are at www.ngni.net/?lan=eng.
2. Election results: Saakashvili won the regions, Gachechiladze takes Tbilisi
3. Saakashvili's victory in presidential election announced officially
4. Georgia re-elects president
5. multimedia: Campaign and election audio slideshows
6. Opinion divided on Georgian elections
7. Local observer groups critical on post-election process
8. US State Dept. Press Statement
9. Press gaggle by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley [excerpt]
10. Richard Lugar announces that he supports freedom of speech not only in Azerbaijan but whole world
11. EU Special Representative urges all political forces to respect election results in Georgia
12. European Commission reckons that holding of second round of presidential elections in Georgia not necessary
13. Ambassador of USA does not see grounds for second round of presidential elections
14. GYLA accuses CEC of infringing rule of law
15. nGnI negatively evaluates process of counting of votes of additional voters’ lists
16. Court rejects complaints on procedural grounds
17. Public defender tells Saakashvili to make positive u-turn
18. Public Defender initiates creation of “truly independent” GPB Board of Trustees
19. Saakashvili's inauguration tentatively set for Jan. 20
20. Lithuanian president invited to Georgian presidential inauguration, yet to decide on participation
21. Saakashvili says election ‘most democratic’
22. Saakashvili congratulated old people and refugees on New Year
23. Saakashvili pledges to reunite his country
24. Saakashvili's goals: Eradication of poverty and Georgia's unity
25. Saakashvili: Georgia will become one of the most competitive states!
26. Saakashvili pledges to address poverty, urges opposition for dialogue
27. Authorities not to be influenced by protests
28. Burjanadze calls on opponents for dialogue once again
29. Burjanadze discusses elections with foreign diplomats
30. Burjanadze calls on opposition to talk
31. Saakashvili’s wife visits Russian embassy in Azerbaijan
32. Sandra Roelofs met Georgian diaspora in Baku
33. Bagapsh reckons that dialogue with Saakashvili is unfeasible
OPPOSITION
34. video: Georgia's opposition refuses to back down
35. United opposition to file appeal against final results of CEC to court today
36. Opposition ready to negotiate only vote recount with authorities
37. UNC to appeal CEC results
38. Opposition meets foreign diplomats to discuss election fraud claims
39. Kukava: We won't allow Saakashvili to govern
40. Kukava: If we prove the election was rigged, the international organizations’ response will be adequate
41. Khidasheli: West is either with Saakashvili or with Georgia
42. Natelashvili accepts defeat
43. Former opposition activist pardoned by acting president
44. Standard Bank still making headlines: Badri Patarkatsishvili’s account frozen by Georgian authorities
45. News Corporation to assume ownership of Imedi: ‘Victimised’ Patarkatsishvili sells shares
46. Giorgi Targamadze quits Imedi TV
47. Former Imedi top manager to create new political party in Georgia
48. Ex-TV anchor plans party of ‘Christian-Democratic ideology’
49. Nona Gaprindashvili: "They can't intimidate me. They can only kill me"
50. Attorneys of Irakli Okruashvili to appeal against decisions of German and French courts
51. Okruashvili's lawyers prepare appeal for political asylum in France
52. Eka Beselia: Despite suggestions that Berlin would not transfer Okruashvili to France, he is in Paris already
COMMENTARY
53. A new direction for Russian-Georgian relations?
54. Russia, Georgia, and the OSCE
55. What’s in today’s Russian press
56. Georgia between rule of law and the “geopolitics of Rustaveli Avenue”
57. A sobering picture
58. letter regarding the article "Saakashvili says Georgia is on road to democracy"
59. Standoff on Rustaveli
60. Voters fixated on charisma, analysts say
61. Revolutionary changes in Georgia
62. Presidential elections end "color revolution" in Georgia
63. Western powers rush to recognise result of Georgian presidential election
OTHER NEWS
64. chapter: Europe’s Energy Security: Role of the Black Sea Region
65. Responsibility for inflation may go to Central Bank
66. Government predicts investment boom over three years
67. Presentation of legislative changes to be held at Finance Ministry
68. The Government of Georgia started 50-day program against poverty
69. Welfare minister promises pension increase
70. Government unveils financial sector development plan: new rules to unburden income tax payers
71. Reasons for New Year price rise disputed
72. Tax code changes come into force
73. Tbilisi citizens face ice, snow and an unhelpful City Hall
74. Public Broadcaster regards AGB Nielsen’s ratings suspicious
75. Patriarch stresses need for calm
76. Will Strasbourg consider the cases of Molashvili and Mirtskhulava?
77. U.S.: Kosovo, Abkhazia essentially different issues
78. OSCE Chairman-in-Office advocates using of "gingerbread" policy in settlement of frozen conflicts
79. Balkan unrest remains a recipe for disaster
80. It is within Georgia's interests to have friendly relations with Russia – Saakashvili
81. Russian generals say Georgia will join NATO in two years, suggest countersteps 82. Union of Georgian Winemakers addressed Genadi Onishchenko, head of ROSPOTREBNADZOR, with letter
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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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