Friday, December 15, 2006

Georgia News Digest, 12-15-06
by Ph.D. Jonathan Kulick, Director of Studies,
Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
produce a daily review of Georgia news and analysis
1. Last train carrying Russian garrison property leaves Georgia
2. Moscow hopes for better relations with Georgia – Lavrov
3. Georgia’s GDP to fall 2 percent in 2007 because of Russian ban
4. Georgian MP Warns Against Holding Elections Simultaneously With Russian Poll
5. Saakashvili Notes Progress Despite Russia’s Embargo
6. Current Geostrategy in the South Caucasus’’
7. Georgian PM says has US support against Russia
8. Georgia PM says interested in Russia WTO entry but has demands
9. Georgian PM says poised to wean his country off Russian gas
10. Russia bypassed as Caspian natural gas pipeline comes on stream
11. Russia ready to cut off gas supplies to Belarus, Georgia
12. State energy company experts from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey discuss 2007 natural gas quotas
13. Baku, Tbilisi, Ankara to settle commercial issues of gas supplies
14. Georgia starts receiving gas from Shakh-Deniz gas field
15. General Director of Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation- First Round of Talks Successful
16. Separatists to hold world congress
17. South Ossetians Stay Clear Of Hospital
18. “Alternative healthcare minister” of South Ossetia surrenders to authorities in Tskhinvali
19. South Ossetian leader calls for meeting to kick-start stalled talks
20. South Ossetia says pro-Georgian government minister named “without her consent”
21. Kokoity Comments on Reported Moscow-Draft Peace Plan
22. S. Ossetia Rival ‘Governments’ at Odds over Officials’ Recruitment
23. No Splits or Clashes Between Armenians and Abkhazians in Abkhazia
24. Humanitarian aid for victims of the Abkhazia conflict in Georgia
25. Red Cross praises stability in breakaway Georgian region; scales back humanitarian programs
26. Georgia to Receive 5m euro grant from Dutch Ministry of Economic Development until the Year End
27. Estonia charms Georgian journalists
28. New Think-Tank Set up to Consult on Foreign Policy
29. Parliamentary opposition is asking to postpone adoption of “Broadcasting Code of Conduct”
30. Head of “National Lobby”: “Broadcasting Code of Conduct” is intended for blocking Patriarchy TV channel
31. Dimitri Qitoshvili states that violation of “Broadcasting Code of Conduct” will not lead to sanctions
32. By the end of the year direct flights from Tbilisi to Yerevan will be offered
33. Parliament Endorses Law on Formal Increase of MoD Troops
34. Parliament Endorses Constitutional Amendments
35. Parliament Passes Adjara-Related Constitutional Amendments
36. Economic difficulties - major reason of disputes in families
37. One dead, 24 injured in bus crash in Turkey
38. Ecological Forum To Be Held In Tbilisi To Assist Eu Neighbor’s Program In Respect Of Region
39. Georgia to draft new constitution
40. Georgian MPs Pass Constitutional Amendments In First Reading
41. Opposition leaders calls for public protest
42. Patarkatsishvili might lose Mtatzminda amusement park
43. Business climate still risky in Georgia
44. IMF: Economy ‘robust,’ GDP growth eight percent
45. Saakashvili: Era of new Georgian agricultural industry has begunGeorgian Inventors Develop Trivalent Chromium Concentration Determination Method
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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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