Georgia News Digest 02-19-07

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1. Geneva Approves Moscow's Military Response to Georgia
2. Parliament Calls for Filing ECHR Lawsuit Against Russia
3. Sergey Markedonov: Moscow needs to reconsider its policy of "energy imperialism"
4. Georgia Scores Up Deportation to Russia: Georgia threatens Russia with filing a lawsuit to Strasbourg court
5. No Cold War, Perhaps, but Surely a Lukewarm Peace
6. Three Arguments Against Kosovo Independence [excerpt]
7. Georgia court to review appeal in uranium smuggling case
8. Georgian court hears appeals linked to Russian uranium smuggling case
9. The Kosovo Syndrome In The Caucasus
10. PM Nogaideli Visits Kuwait
11. Georgian PM Speaks of Kuwaiti Visit
12. Georgian officials on Middle East charm offensive
13. Georgian leader to visit Brussels on 26-27 February
14. NATO delegation to examine how Georgia fulfills int'l commitments
15. Germany FM to discuss cooperation development in Georgia
16. Georgian, Turkish ministers sign agreement on security at Batumi airport
17. Sergey Markedonov: "Baku-Kars project became possible due to Russia's shortsightedness"
18. Abkhaz foreign minister: "Returning refugees to Abkhazia will provoke another Georgian-Abkhaz war"
19. Progress noted after Geneva talks
20. Moscow hoping for restart of stalled Georgia-Abkhazia talks
21. Abkhazia will not hold talks if Georgia ignores UN resolution – minister
22. Sergey Shamba: "Russia should decide whether it needs South Caucasus"
23. Abkhaz Official: Confidence-Building is Needed for IDPs Return
24. Abkhaz Official Comments on Top-Level Meeting, NATO
25. UN friends group of countries supported initiative to return all refugees to Abkhaz territory
26. Georgia, Abkhazia ministers to meet over security
27. Georgian officials say UN meeting on Abkhazia was "successful"
28. Georgian court convicts Abkhaz local official for drugs offences
29. Separatist minister condemns sentencing of Abkhaz official by Georgian court
30. Georgian TV examines plight of refugees from Abkhazia
31. Separatist official says Russia needs independent Abkhazia to keep NATO at bay
32. Abkhaz Foreign Minister Says Georgian Presence In Kodori Remains Sticking Point
33. Sukhumi conditions summit on non-aggression pact
34. Abkhazia Holds Military Exercises
35. CoE Commissioner Meets S. Ossetia ‘Alternative Leader’
36. Georgian police dismantle "illegal" post in South Ossetia - separatist website
37. Press Conference With South Ossetia President Eduard Kokoity
38. CE official studies human rights situation in South Ossetia
39. Tbilisi agrees to JCC co-chairs meeting on S Ossetia in Istanbul
40. South Ossetian leader accuses Georgia of using mercenaries for "subversive acts"
41. Georgia's Way takes on Energo-Pro
42. Parliament didn’t Support the Idea on Extension of Tax Privileges for Press
43. Georgian National Communications Commission will Decide the Fate of TV Company "Sakartvelos Khma"
44. Members of the Ruling Party were Warned to not Give Interviews to Certain Media Outlets
45. Parliament Rejects to Probe into High-Profile Murder Cases
46. Ruling Majority Rejects Draft Law on Lustration
47. Parliamentarians divided by lustration law
48. Lomaia 'terrorises teachers' says opposition leader
49. sIrakli Alasania: "I will not become defence minister"
50. Comprehensive Drought Strategies Examined for Caucasus and Central Asia in New World Bank Report
51. Twinners spending other people's cash [excerpt]
52. 2007 is the year of the forest
53. Bokeria lambastes Rustavi 2 for promoting Stalin
54. No more mister nasty guy? Don't try to reinvent a tyrant's legacy
55. Heavy rain damages new airport's roof
56. Gori patrol police officer accused of beating woman
57. Five percent content with economic situation
58. Georgia matches US with prices but not with salaries
59. Russian roulette: Noirish thriller could help Babluani become a big shot
60. Gulf Emirate Plans USD 817 mln Real Estate Investment in Georgia
61. Georgia Prepares A New Group Of Servicemen For Iraq
62. Local Government is Accused of Misappropriating State Funds
63. Legislation against Laundry
64. In Adjara Region Population Faces the Danger of Losing Their Plots
65. Dream Ark
66. Pornography Has No Limits
67. Chief of the Military Police Admits to Threatening Journalist
68. Factory Watchman, Lost Property and Victim of Drug Planting
69. School Loses Its Profile and Teachers Lose Their Salaries
70. Investigation on Journalist’s Assault Has Been Renewed
71. Nursery Schools May Be Closed In Akhaltsikhe District
72. News-Room of the Telavi Television Has Stopped Working
73. Potatoes in the Morning, Potatoes in the Afternoon, Hunger in the Evening
74. We Either Survive or Die
75. Human Trafficking Remains the Problem of the Century

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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