Saturday, February 02, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-01-08

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1. report: Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 [excerpts]
2. New term, new cabinet, “new” Saakashvili?
3. video: Georgian government formed without opposition
4. video: New cabinet illegitimate: Georgian opposition
5. Cabinet wins confidence vote
6. Government’s five-year program
7. Whom does new government represent?
8. Going AWOL
9. New Chief Prosecutor appointed
10. Ex-Foreign Minister to become Chief of Intelligence
11. Georgia's future path
12. Giorgi Baramidze: the government will correct its mistakes
13. Conflict settlement, European integration priority for Georgia in 2008
14. Special commission to arbitrate property disputes
15. Saakashvili sets up commission on property issues
16. Authorities, opposition differ on future relations
17. Soso Tsintsadze: Next election will not be held with violations
18. Okruashvili's party addresses Prosecutor General
19. Ex-defense minister out of prison
20. Okruashvili released, but under house arrest
21. Why the prosecutor general should resign, again
22. Members of “Movement For United Georgia” demand stopping political pursuit of Okruashvili
23. Almost GEL 150,000 on Gamkrelidze election campaign
24. Natelashvili had surgery operation on heart
25. Parliamentary faction “Our Georgia”, headed by Gelbakhiani to be replaced by new one
26. Coup plotter suspect stripped of MP immunity
27. Members of “Movement For United Georgia” demand stopping political pursuit of Okruashvili
28. Tbilisi will have new parks soon
29. paper: Iran’s Strategy in the South Caucasus
30. paper: NATO cooperation towards South Caucasus
31. NATO reps pleased with Georgia's IPAP performance
32. Lugar calls for NATO membership action plans for Georgia and Ukraine

Following is Lugar's statement in the Congressional Record. The full resolution can be found at: www.lugar.senate.gov/sfrc/pdf/NATOMAP.pdf

33. Georgian, Russian Foreign Ministers agree to strengthen dialogue
34. Russia ready to improve relations with Georgia: FM
35. Temur Iakobashvili advises the separatists to stop issuing ultimatums
36. Iakobashvili does not agree with idea that Russian peacekeepers should be 'expelled'
37. Abkhazia says foreign trade up 20.5% in 2007
38. Parliament to approve the future members of Public Broadcasting’s Board of Trustees by February 29
39. New GPB Board by late February - Burjanadze
40. Bryza: “If “Imedi” does not go on air, I hope another independent TV company will appear in Georgia instead”
41. Leading journalists leave Georgian newspaper
42. Privatizing Georgia’s railway: Bids before strategy
43. Speculation over how Georgian Railway will be privatized
44. Georgia's ratings affirmed at 'B+', outlook remains positive - S&P
45. Georgia to issue usd 500 mln Eurobonds
46. New income tax rate should not affect the state of employees
47. NBG extended the authority of interim administration at Standard Bank till February 24
48. Aleksandr Khetaguri denies rumours on increase of gas and electricity tariffs in Georgia

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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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