Georgia News Digest 01-16-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Mine Blast Injures Two Russian Peacekeepers in S. Ossetia
2. Two Russian soldiers wounded in Georgian rebel region
3. Mission Ends For Estonian Officer On OSCE Mission In South Ossetia
4. Both wounded Russian peacekeepers undergo leg amputation
5. Two Russian peacekeepers wounded by mine explosion
6. Georgian company to build hotel in South Ossetia conflict zone
7. Kokoity “man of the year” and Sanakoev “man of citrus”
8. Concerned at recent spike in violence, Ban Ki-moon urges all sides to talk
9. Sokhumi desires multinational parliament
10. Anti-terrorist centre in Abkhazia graduates first group
11. There Will Be No Georgian Blitzkrieg: The armed forces of Abkhazia are prepared
to counteract to any aggression
12. Press summary for Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia 9-15 January 2007
13. Russian, Ukrainian boats fined for fishing in Georgian waters
14. Poti City Court sets bail for sailors of Ukrainian fishing vessels
15. Russia, Ukraine captains to pay $23,000 for poaching in Georgia
16. Moscow’s Oil Is The Chief Source Of Threats To America [excerpt]
17. The EU Slows its Expansion, But Can Still Exert Influence [excerpt]
18. Minister: Georgia Receives Shah-Deniz Gas
19. The Blitzkrieg Was Postponed For A Year: Withdrawal of Russian forces
encourages Georgia to improve its army
20. Every Country For Itself: Attempts to form an anti-Russian alliance of CIS
transit states
21. Russia still remains Georgia’s main trade partner
22. EU Officials Visit Georgia
23. Defense Minister Meets Foreign Diplomats
24. Paper examines Georgia’s contribution to Afghanistan, Iraq forces
25. The Railway Leaving Armenia Out To Be Non Profitable, A Turkish Businessman
26. Azerbaijan to grant $220 mln loan to Georgia
27. Agreement reached on Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railway funding
28. NGO “Human Rights Center” wins a case against Gurjaani municipal council
29. Giorgi Bokeria: negative comments of HRW about freedom of expression in Georgia
are inaccurate information
30. Journalist investigation for increasing the transparency of the municipal
budget
31. The anchor of “Droeba” Giorgi Targamadze is the favorite of Georgian audience
32. Poor families receive assistance in new city programme
33. Rikoti Pass to be leased for term of 20 years
34. Shalva Natelashvili leaves for US
35. A change of heart towards the opposition by the ruling party?
36. Taxes on gambling in Tbilisi to sharply increase
37. Banks in Mongolia, Georgia Offer First International Bonds
38. Kempinski Hotels tap growth in Middle East outbound travel with exciting new destinations [excerpt]

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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