Georgia News Digest 02-07-07
A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Chapter: “HIV/AIDS in Georgia”
2. The 'technical problems' behind the political realities
3. Moscow Sends its Ambassador Back to Tbilisi
4. Russia's state media sceptical of UN plan for Kosovo
5. Georgia Hesitant over ECHR Lawsuit Against Russia
6. Russian Ambassador: Moscow Wants Georgia’s Neutrality
7. Russian school to be restored in Georgia
8. An Unappealing Choice: Russia’s Dilemma in Kosovo
9. Russian ambassador in Georgia: Flights between Moscow and Tbilisi can be recommenced in the near future 10. President of Georgian National Airlines Presumes Air will be Open Only for Russian Carriers
11. Georgia, Russia Fail to Agree on Reopening Air Link
12. Ambassador: “If Russia’s assistance in settling conflicts is needed, Russia is ready to render it”
13. Russia, Georgia Have No Insolvable Contradictions
14. Daniel Fried: Serbs Urged to Accept Kosovo Plan to Gain ‘European Future’ [excerpt]
15. Authority names Kremlin's new allies
16. MP: neutrality is vs. Georgia’s national interests
17. Burjanadze calls on Russia to take further positive steps to normalize relations
18. Russian Ambassador calls on Georgian journalists to be responsible when reporting on Georgian Russian relations
19. President Ilham Aliyev attends inauguration of Commemorative Plaque to Heydar Aliyev
20. President Ilham Aliyev visits Central University Hospital in Tbilisi
21. Kars-Tblisi-Baku Railway Agreement to be signed
22. Azerbaijani President, Turkish PM Visit Georgia
23. Energy to lead Tbilisi agenda
24. Aliyev in Tbilisi to sign trilateral agreements
25. Azeri President Is Puzzled By Negative Attitude In World To Construction Of Baku- Tbilisi-Kars Railway
26. Armenia Is No More A Transitional Country
27. Georgia pledges further Euro-Atlantic integration policy
28. US Aid To Central Asia: "The Rhetoric And The Numbers Are At Odds With One Another" [excerpt]
29. Hot Spots In Georgia Become Hotter: Tskhinvali and Sukhumi accuse Georgia of war preparations
30. S. Ossetia to Increase Gas Tariff
31. South Ossetian PM comments on talks at Gazprom, Russian Central Bank
32. Georgia protests over Russian official's visit to Abkhazia
33. Georgia protests Russian diplomat's visit to Abkhazia
34. Bagapsh: Sokhumi May Refuse to Attend Geneva Talks
35. Peacekeepers's Special Mission
36. Abkhazian delegation to attend Geneva meeting
37. Abkhaz leader says "citizenship" not imposed on ethnic Georgians
38. Georgia "Party Of War" Leader Mooted As New Abkhaz Defence Minister
39. Abkhazian Election Committee asks media for opportunities for agitation to candidates running for elections
40. Executive director of CPJ – journalists are still being pressured by Georgian government
41. Attacks on the Press in 2006: Georgia
42. Saakashvili Meets Opposition MPs
43. Opposition Says Meeting with Saakashvili ‘Positive’
44. Opposition to launch consultations on election legislation soon
45. Majority and opposition agree on parliamentary factions' financing
46. Georgian President, Opposition Leaders Discuss Key Issues
47. Saakashvili to meet MPs
48. Georgian party leader freed after cash seizure
49. Opposition leader briefly detained in border crossing currency seizure
50. Ministers' rogues gallery
51. MPs demand minister of justice summoned to parliament
52. Presidential Aide’s Remarks on Property Rights Capture Media Attention
53. Protests swell as vulnerable Georgians demand their benefits be restored
54. Wanted Ex-Security Chief’s Ally Released
55. Noghaideli: high economic activity in Georgia
56. Georgia's State Budget Financed 77.956 m GEL Spending between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2
57. Georgia's State Budget Financed 5.815 m GEL Spending on Feb. 6
58. Imedi TV Launches New Talk Show
59. Snowfalls block traffic on 50-kilometer road strip in Georgia
60. Zaza Khabuliani takes a break from painting in preparation for a show this weekend.
61. Young man arrested for murdering his mother
62. Tanks, BMPs, BTRs to be utilized
63. Small Liakhvi gorge to receive 120-kilowatts of free electricity
64. Petrol imports from Azerbaijan resume
65. Dutch experts concerned about Adjaran coastline
66. New heads for Kutaisi courts

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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