Thursday, January 04, 2007

Georgia News Digest 01-04-07
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by Ph.D. Jonathan Kulick, Director of Studies
1. Separatist leader says Georgian president can visit South Ossetia as guest
2. Gazprom confirms launch of South Ossetia gas pipeline project
3. Saakashvili appeals to South Ossetians for New Year’s
4. Tbilisi denies alleged Ossetian media barring from Saakashvili rally
5. Tskhinvali Prioritizes Independence Agenda
6. Tskhinvali denounces Saakashvili’s visit to conflict zone
7. Tskhinvali Condemns Saakashvili’s Visit as ‘Demarche’
8. No New Year celebrated in Abkhazia
9. Georgian Border Chief Rejects Calls For More Guards In Abkhazia’s Kodori Gorge
10. Russia Not Happy With Georgia’s Approach To UN Abkhazia Resolution
11. Breakaway republics in the former Soviet Union live to see another year
12. Putin by Silence [excerpt]
13. The Eternal Hit of the Season [excerpt]
14. Georgia Must Normalize Relations With Russia - Ex-president
15. Weary of playing Atlas [excerpt]
16. Opponents of new Kosovo must be stopped [excerpt]
17. Why the EU Needs a Strategy for the Black Sea Region
18. Georgia expects “provocation” during Russia’s UN Security Council presidency
19. Spain to use its chairmanship in OSCE for frozen conflicts settlement in Georgia
20. Russian soldier’s death at Georgia base blamed on gun mishandling
21. Russia’s Energy Disputes [excerpt]
22. Itera to cut off debtors
23. Analysts claim Saakashvili misled about gas negotiations
24. Top 5 Political Events in Georgia in 2006
25. Leader of Georgian Republicans considers progress towards entering NATO event of year
26. 2006 was rich in important events- MP Giga Bokeria
27. Foreign affairs full of challenges in 2007
28. 90 prisoners died in 2006
29. Georgian forex reserves grow 70% in 2006
30. NBG: In 2006 Georgia passed its test in economic strength
31. NGO evaluates 2006 negatively
32. Primetime’s Survey Says Viewers Trust TV Station “Imedi” Most of All
33. Labors to protest doubling of water tax
34. Georgian president arrives in Ukraine for unofficial visit
35. Presentation of Freedom Square metro station
36. Water tax doubles for Tbilisi residents
37. 2007 state budget approved
38. New Customs Code goes into effect
39. Free economic zone will be created in Poti
40. “You cannot make money on New Year’s wishes in Georgia”
41. Tbilisi greets the New Year with ten metres of khachapuri
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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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