Tuesday, February 26, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-25-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Amid infighting opposition gets ready for hunger strike
2. Opposition bent on massive hunger strike as authorities fail to fulfill list of demands: Protest city in the cards as tents prepared; head of public TV to be replaced
3. Opposition begins hunger strike in five cities
4. Opposition on defensive, as some slam calling off protests
5. Levan Gachechiladze’s statement on calling off hunger strike
6. Some leaders of United Opposition have different view on cessation of rallies
7. Labour Party condemns opposition's decision to stop hunger strikes
8. Speaker says opposition needs no guarantees other than her word
9. ‘No additional guarantees, above memorandum’ – Burjanadze
10. Interview: Giorgi Targamadze
11. Late Georgian tycoon's party not to dissolve
12. Patarkatsishvili’s family denies support to his party
13. Part of Patarkatsishvili’s allies intends to establish new party
14. Patarkatsishvili to be presumably buried in “Arkadia”
15. Arkady Shalovich Patarkatsishvili 1955-2008: An oligarch once worth more than the country he lived in
16. Alone in politics
17. Government steps up fight against poverty, promises to deliver on reforms
18. Fight against corruption brings results at customs checkpoints
19. The politics of sustained civil unrest
20. Post-election, questions linger about Georgia’s campaign finance practices
21. Kosovar independence and the Russian reaction [excerpt]
22. Kosovo’s independence and international reaction
23. Pandora’s box now open for business: As Kosovo claims independence, the world braces
24. There is a Kosova precedent, though not what Moscow says it is
25. Situation in Caucasus could worsen after Kosovo precedent – Rogozin
26. Russian activists rally for Dniester region, Abkhazia independence
27. Abkhazia, S. Ossetia still working on appeal to CIS, U.N. – Bagapsh
28. Foreign ministers of breakaway territories to meet in Moscow
29. Russia not to Recognize Abkhazia, South Ossetia
30. Separatist official reports on Geneva meeting under UN auspices
31. Does Russia need independent Abkhazia?
32. The President and those with him: Vladimir Putin hands the CIS heads over to his successor [excerpt]
33. Russia cannot force Georgia to give up EU, NATO membership – MP
34. Senators call upon Secretary of State to back Georgia's aspiration
35. Tbilisi claims principle agreement on Russia’s WTO entry terms
36. Saakashvili content with results of meeting with Russia president
37. Mikhail Saakashvili rounds acute angles
38. Lavrov: Putin and Saakashvili considered consequences of Georgia’s integration into NATO
39. Direct flights set to resume after Putin-Saakashvili meeting
40. Premier hails agreement on resuming air traffic with Russia
41. Opposition suspicious of trade-off between Saakashvili, Putin
42. Parliamentary opposition does not exclude that authority compromised with Russia
43. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Georgia
44. Burjanadze met with Director Ambassador of ODIHR
45. Burjanadze visited factory bio-energy in Austria
46. Report on presidential election held in Georgia presented at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
47. Parliament speaker addresses assembly
48. Prime Minister visits Great Britain on February 25-27
49. Georgian observers monitoring presidential elections in Armenia did not fix violations
50. From Georgia to Armenia: Levan and Levon – similar names, similar fates
51. Government plans to increase hydropower
52. Georgian energy sector privatizations since 2003
53. PM hails National Bank's record on inflation
54. Georgian government prepares amendments on property legalization
55. Governmental initiative outlines Georgian stock exchange liberalization
56. Development world update: Two years on MCG going strong
57. Farewell Iberia: Georgia’s last oceangoing cargo vessel is sold
58. Georgian banks pursue regional expansion
59. GTAM head assesses Georgian investment opportunities
60. Tax preferences for foreign construction companies
61. MPs demand consideration of their remarks on the package of bills on global competitiveness of financial sector
62. Businessmen make remarks on bill "on financial sector global competitiveness"
63. NBG administrative costs reduced
64. Rakeen launches real estate development project in Tbilisi
65. Five Georgian citizens accused of robbery in Ukraine are arrested
66. Representative of Russian peacekeeping forces arrested in Batumi port
67. President says Georgia associated with "success, strength, special features"
68. Saakashvili met with Georgian diaspora in church
69. Proposed Russian road gives hope to ethnic minorities in Georgia
70. Fact of environment pollution with oil prevented
71. The new Dezertir Market opens in Tbilisi
72. New draft of Adjara constitution
73. Tbilisi getting safer, officials say
74. Harsh weather wreaks havoc across Georgia
75. The hammer and sickle and the test of time
76. Georgian jazz singer takes the prize in Monte Carlo
77. The talent, and inexperience, show
78. Georgian State Ballet embraces heritage while moving forward
79. Gallery director shares her skills

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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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