Georgia News Digest 02-16-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. report: The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub in European Security [summary]
Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson, Per Häggström Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, December 2006 report at www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0612Blacksea_P.pdf
2. Radioactive, unprotected: A `dirty bomb' nightmare [excerpts]
3. Russia’s Energy Egotism will bounce back
4. Viacheslav Kovalenko: "Russia wants to see Georgia independent, neutral, sovereign state"
5. Georgians in Russia having better year
6. Russian Commentator Analyses Reasons For Tone Of Putin Munich Speech [excerrpt]
7. A Cautious Invitation To Join The Alliance: Georgia is distorting NATO Secretary-General's statement
8. Pro-NATO Moods In Armenia Got Stronger Long Before Russian President's Speech In Munich
9. Zourabichvili says government "lies about NATO membership"
10. Crunch Time in the South Caucasus
11. Railway Detour Of Russia: Locomotives from Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaidjan will go through the Caspian Sea
12. Friendship stretching 556 km to the East and 1441 km to the West
13. Turkish Interior Minister Visits Georgia
14. Minister Of Internal Affairs Of Turkey Visits Georgia
15. The Caucasus Triangle: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey are establishing a common military-economic area
16. If US Was Actually Against Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku Railroad Georgia Would Never Take Part In The Project
17. Surge in trade underscores Georgian-Armenian cooperation
18. BP lands in more trouble on Caspian pipeline: Allegations firm failed to disclose signs of cracking
19. Hidden Springs Of Heroin Expansion [excerpt]
20. Russian Goverment Structures Working Intensively To Bring Khajimba Power, Says Temur Mzhavia
21. UN Notes ‘Constructive’ Stance at Geneva Talks
22. Tbilisi says any elections in Abkhazia invalid
23. Mikheil Machavariani Evaluates Attitude Of Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of Russia As "Support Of Separatism"
24. Gia Tsagareishvili Asks Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of Georgia To Respond On Evaluations Made By Moscow
25. Levan Mamasakhlisi Released From Sokhumi Prison Transported To Tbilisi
26. MPs Slam Russian MFA Statement on Abkhazia Polls
27. Who to believe…
28. Georgian officials condemn Russian stance on Abkhaz elections
29. Sukhumi hopes Abkhaz official will be swapped for Georgian saboteur
30. Georgian TV says major agreement on refugees reached at UN Abkhazia talks
31. Russia says local elections in Georgian breakaway region set "democratic trend"
32. Abkhazia releases Georgian convicted of terrorism as "gesture of goodwill"
33. Abkhazia To Hold Military Exercise On 19-22 February
34. OSCE proposes Georgia-South Ossetia meeting in Istanbul
35. Illegal Georgian police post keeps operating in S. Ossetia – peacekeepers
36. Troublesome Georgia police post remains in place in S Ossetia
37. Latest South Ossetia crisis over, but questions remain
38. Tskhinvali Sets Conditions for Informal JCC Session
39. Georgian President Saakashvili tours Dubai World projects
40. Ukrainian President to Visit Georgia
41. Georgian first lady serenades Lithuanian president in airport
42. Georgian President Initiated Amendments to the Law on Broadcasting
43. Labour Party named Tbilisi dustbins after president and mayor
44. MCG signs first agribusiness development grants
45. Labor Party objects to #1 hospital sell off
46. NGO accuses mayor of false PR campaign
47. "Equality Institute" Accuses Tbilisi City Mayor Of Corruption
48. Zurab Tskitishvili Left Parliament
49. Ruling Party MP Quits Parliament
50. Georgian pro-government MP resigns
51. Tsulaia says he's happy leaving the National Movement
52. The Legal Office of the Civil Registry Agency has implemented administrative procedure
53. Energo-Pro Seals Deal but Suspicions Remain
54. TV Channels Change Roles - "Television of Victorious People" Switches from Politics to Entertainment
55. New Entrepreneurship Courses Introduced at Tbilisi State University
56. President hails falling crime, some MPs cast doubt on claim
57. Rights for the disabled divides lawmakers
58. In 2007 investments to be attracted in tourism and agriculture sectors
59. Block is first investor in hospital sector development
60. Overwhelming majority of Tbiliselebi disapprove of City Hall's property policy
61. Georgia's tourist sector gears up
62. Rating the influential people of Georgia

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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