Georgia News Digest 01-22-07

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1. Russia backs down in spat with Georgia
2. After 3 Months, Envoy to Return to Georgia
3. Air communication to be restored soon
4. Russian envoy to return to Tbilisi
5. Georgia wants PACE to discuss Georgian-Russia relations
6. Interview With Federation Council Committee For Foreign Affairs Chair Mikhail Margelov [excerpt]
7. Burjanadze: Return of Russian Envoy Positive, but Not Enough
8. Russian ambassador returns to Tbilisi: possible thaw in relations expected
9. Deputy Victor Alksnis is content that Irakli Okruashvili did not meet New Year in Tskhinvali
10. Thank goodness for Gazprom?
11. Shah-Deniz is not enough to rescue Georgia from Russia’s Gazprom
12. Z. Nogaideli: “Georgia To Be A Bridge Connecting Europe And Asia”
13. Armenia wants to join Caucasus railway project
14. Georgian ex-foreign minister: Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku project is possibly a concession to Turkey and Azerbaijan
15. Zourabichvili sceptical on new rail link
16. The EU wants to achieve progress in conflict resolution
17. Bagapsh: Informal Deal to Secure Multiethnic Parliament
18. Kidnap in Gali
19. Peacekeeping forces headquarters: Peacekeepers ready to participate in OSCE initiative to demine the conflict zone
20. Lavrov, Kokoity concerned with absence of Tbilisi non-aggression vow
21. Lavrov, Kokoity Discuss South Ossetian Conflict
22. Freedom House: Georgia, Ukraine ‘Bright Spots’ in CIS
23. Georgia scores highly in economic freedom report, but local analysts skeptical
24. Georgian delegation leaves for Strasbourg
25. Georgia's exchange reserves to reach USD 1 billion by summer this year
26. Representatives of the Power Energy Company Blackmail the People in Order to Pay Electricity Bills
27. Car-Crash Happened Because of the Car, Loaded with Smuggled Cigarettes
28. Human Rights Center Defeats Gurjaani Administrative Board in Court
29. After Year-Long Torture, Ingilo Population Appealed to the Court
30. People Blow up on Shells Every Month in Georgia
31. The Sky Is the Ceiling; the Ground Is the Floor; the Air, Walls
32. We Are Not Bad Guys
33. Controversy between a Student and Lecturers at the University
34. Law on Construction Is Stricter
35. Former High-Ranking Official at the Police Department Blames Temur Anjafaridze for Drug Dealing
36. Jondi Bagaturia talks about his new party
37. Georgian National Airways has technical problems
38. Infection risk in Zugdidi region
39. Equality Institute announces 'awards' for 2006
40. Leville Estate to become centre of Georgian culture in Europe - Giorgi Kheviashvili
41. Seminar held in Gudauri for parliament-accredited journalists
42. Speaker of Parliament positive to idea of new constitution
43. Piano keys touched by greatness

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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