Thursday, December 21, 2006

Georgia News Digest 12-21-06
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Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
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by Ph.D. Jonathan Kulick, Director of Studies


1. paper: “Effective Use of U.S. Refugee Resettlement: The Case of the Meskhetian Turks of Krasnodar Krai”
2. reports: “Pipeline Monitoring and Dialogue Initiative”
3. State Dept. Daily Press Briefing [Kosovo precedent--excerpt]
4. Speaker of Parliament addresses Assembly of Western European Union
5. Give the Pragmatists a Chance
6. Europe concerned at recent developments in Russia against Georgians
7. Unsettled conflicts and Russia interfere with Georgia development
8. The Crimea Doesn’t Want To Join NATO
9. Georgian speaker rejects Russian foreign minister’s “immoral” policy charge
10. FM Lavrov accuses Tbilisi of provoking Russian peacekeepers
11. Georgia’s failure to comply with UN resolution worries Moscow
12. Russia’s Lavrov calls Georgia policy immoral
13. ‘No optimism’ in Georgia gas negotiations: Russia
14. Georgia May Pay Turkey For Gas With Electricity - Energy Minister
15. Gazprom Wants Georgia to Decide about Russian Gas
16. PM Says Azerbaijan to Become Georgia’s Major Gas Supplier
17. Natural gas question still unanswered
18. Zurab Nogaideli: Main source of natural gas for Georgia in 2007 will be Azerbaijan
19. Gazprom sets gas price for Georgia at $235 per 1,000 cu m
20. Georgia repairs gas pipeline damaged by avalanche
21. Frozen conflicts ring Black Sea region
22. Head of Gali district militia is accusing a Georgian news agency of disseminating phony information
23. Sukhumi airport to resume functioning soon
24. Abkhaz Official, UN Envoy Meet in Sokhumi
25. Abkhaz paper views opposition, government stance on foreign policy
26. Georgian operation in the Kodor Gorge could have resulted in another war
27. Abkhazia’s Ethnic Georgians Stage Protest Over Arrest Of Separatist Official
28. Gali residents ask for protection from intimidation by Georgia
29. Tskhinvali militia had journalists detained for two hours
30. Kokoity Calls for Resumption of Talks
31. Kokoity suggests Mixed Com leaders meet in Tskhinvali
32. S. Ossetia should disband all its armed formations – minister
33. Commander of Georgian battalion of Joint Peacekeeping Forces reappointed
34. Tbilisi to Ignore Kokoity’s Meeting with Chief Negotiators
35. South Ossetian leader hopes for “breakthrough” in talks with Georgia next year
36. Georgian minister calls on South Ossetia to disband armed forces
37. South Ossetian Leader Hopes For “Breakthrough” In Talks With Georgia Next Year
38. Georgia Disagrees With EU: Tbilisi and Tskhinvali see and hear only whatever they find convenient
39. Saakashvili Hails Turkey as Georgia’s ‘Window to Europe’
40. Georgian president praises ties with Turkey
41. Ex-Im Bank Approval Bars Funds For Caucasus Railway
42. The US supports Georgia’s sovereignty
43. Architecture and Activism
44. Georgian Minister of Finances: from 2007 print media will have no more tax breaks
45. Georgia ranks 112th among Internet user countries
46. Parliament faction “Right Opposition” demands to retain tax breaks for press till 2010
47. GPB has announced how the country’s first ever Eurovision Song Contest entry will be selected.
48. WFP tackles poverty reduction in Georgia
49. Economic experts criticize state budget planning and execution
50. Georgian Jews to play significant role in revival in Georgia
51. Patriarch’s office disapproves of ethical code for broadcasters
52. Time to stop playing the “amendment game” with the constitution
53. Press fairly free in Georgia
54. Georgian government spending more on social projects
55. A group creating counterfeit documents uncovered
56. From head of ministry to department head
57. Analyst Sees Flaws in Budget Planning
58. Interior Minister Claims ‘Criminal World’ Hit by Major Blow
59. Georgian Interior Ministry arrested 18 criminal authorities
60. Georgia arrests man who accused government of extortion

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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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