Georgia News Digest 02-09-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Radioactive red herring
2. Georgia not recognizes its aero navigation debt to Russia
3. Georgian official about debt to Russian airlines: “I think Georgian companies will pay these kopeks”
4. Georgian official plays down scale of debt owed to Russia for air services
5. Russian Skies Remain Closed to Georgian Carriers: Georgian negotiators return empty-handed from Moscow
6. Georgians Condemn Zlobin’s Statements
7. Russia, Georgia to begin WTO accession talks in late Feb – Medvedkov
8. State Department Regular Briefing [excerpt]
9. Russian Ambassador Addresses Georgian Nation: Kovalenko explains Moscow’s position, warns Tbilisi
10. The Russian Ambassador’s Five Answers
11. Taking Russia to European Court: The lawsuit is almost ready but the opposition suspects that it won’t be sent
12. The American Rollercoaster:A difficult period in Russian-American relations [excerpt]
13. Kondopoga, "Russian March" And After: Russian Authorities' Response To Rise Of Russian Nationalism [excerpt]
14. U.S. Invites Georgia to Enter NATO
15. Draft-bill on backing Georgia's joining to NATO
16. Lithuanian MP pledges support to Georgia
17. Georgian opposition leader wants referendum on NATO accession
18. Hanging together: The Caucasus
19. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey sign agreement on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad
20. Turkish Minister Views Railway Development Prospects In Caucasus, Central Asia
21. Turkey will cede 800 mln c m of gas from its quota to Georgia
22. New Tbilisi International Airport Opens its Gates
23. Baku, Tbilisi, Ankara to Construct Electricity Transmission Line
24. Minister Of Justice Visits Baku
25. President of NBG Believes International Bank of Azerbaijan's Entry into Georgia will Cut Prices on Credit Recourses
26. International Bank of Azerbaijan Enters Georgian Banking Sector
27. Armenian Security Strategy Approved [excerpt]
28. OSCE Envoy, South Ossetian Official Meet in Tskhinvali
29. Meeting in Ministry of Foreign Affairs
30. Officials Brief Foreign Diplomats on Kodori
31. GUAM Condemns Abkhazia Polls
32. Russian peacekeepers set up new post in Abkhaz border district - Georgian TV
33. Foreign diplomats "pleased" with Georgia's activities in Abkhaz gorge – TV
34. Tbilisi attaches great importance to Geneva meeting with Abkhazia
35. UN, peacekeeping force to conduct monitoring mission in Kodori Gorge
36. Welcome to the Border
37. In Georgia, Religious Minorities Remain in the Shadow
38. The Scrap Metal Business: Old Pots, Engine Blocks, Zinc Wire, and a Dash of Cesium-137
39. Good Deal or Fiasco? Czech Energo-Pro takes control of a huge slice of the Georgian energy sector
40. Financial-Budgeting Committee does not support the initiative of extending tax privileges for the press
41. Kutaisi Court obliges newspaper “Kutaiselebi” to leave the building belonging to “Press House Ltd”
42. Opposition MPs Urge Legislative Guarantees for Property Rights
43. Czechs explore world's deepest cave
44. Debut delight as pianistic worlds merge
45. Tbilisi State University To Celebrate 89th Jubilee
46. Professors rally on 89th university of TSU
47. First Ever Male Reproductive Health Survey in Georgia Shows Amazing Results
48. Uncompromised Battles and Mravalzhamier instead of Georgian National Anthem [judo]
49. Liberty Institute Pushes for Election Reform
50. Zaza Begashvili: There is no place for political statements in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo—that’s what Parliament is for.”
51. “Traveling in Fereidan, I had a feeling as if I were in a region of Georgia where I had not been before.”
52. Georgian leader abolishes VIP privileges for government officials at new airport
53. Sources suggest upcoming reshuffle in Georgian Cabinet
54. Radical Opposition Leader Detained… And Released… Again:
55. The thin Line Between Justice and Willfulness
56. Too easy to become a driver, too hard to drive: driving schools spread throughout the city
57. On the Air – A New Talk-Show on Imedi TV
58. WFP Launches Relief and Recovery Operation in Georgia: 26,519 tons of food to 212,700 beneficiaries in two years

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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