Georgia News Digest 02-22-07
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1. Georgian-Russian Relations Remain Vague
2. Georgian minister says NATO mission "positive" about reforms
3. Georgian foreign minister optimistic about plans to replace Russian peacekeepers
4. 83% Of Georgians Second Membership In NATO
5. Nika Gvaramia: “We will not step back just because we do not want to upset Russia.”
6. Moscow, Sukhumi, Tskhinvali United Against NATO's Eastward Expansion
7. Things Fall Apart:: Containing the Spillover From an Iraqi Civil War [excerpt]
8. Leaders of separatist republics discuss cooperation in Moscow
9. Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria create information center
10. Moldovan, Georgian rebel regions pledge to boost cooperation
11. Unrecognized countries seek int'l integration, closer partnerships
12. Alternative Leader’ Wants to Have a Say in S. Ossetia Aid Programs
13. Russian investments are practically recognition
14. Tskhinvali Says No Agreement on Informal JCC Session
15. South Ossetia reports overnight shooting from Georgian villages
16. South Ossetia's "alternative" leader wants involvement in aid projects – TV
17. Georgia to spend 3.5m dollars on development projects in South Ossetia
18. Georgia can recover Abkhazia only by offering better economy – Zlobin
19. Separatist official denies Georgian report of Visa cards being used in Abkhazia
20. Drunk Russian Peacekeepers Cause Accident In Georgia, Russia Denies This
21. Russian peacekeepers evacuate wounded Georgian policeman from Kodori
22. Ethnic Germans Cut Adrift in Abkhazia
23. Oil Money Fuels Regional Ties In The South Caucasus
24. Growing interest in Kars - Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi railway
25. Georgia, Azerbaijan to Clean River Mtkvari Jointly
26. Kazakhstan signs deal to build pipeline bypassing Russia
27. Ukrainian president to visit Georgia on March 1
28. Latvian National Airline Airbaltic To Launch Flights To Several Popular Resorts This Year
29. Georgia opening new embassies in Belarus, India, Japan, Kuwait, Baltic states
30. Georgian president orders abolition of transport regulatory body
31. Georgian president calls for greater government attention to EU action plan
32. Georgian president sacks customs chief
33. Saakashvili fires everyone at Opiza customs terminal
34. Plea bargaining is legalised state racketeering-opposition leader
35. Property group divides opposition
36. Labor party leader to sue president
37. Jondi Baghaturia: "All emigrants should know that there is a party for them!"
38. Influential Group Initiates Hard-Hitting Proposals on Lustration
39. PM, Energy Minister to Visit Kumisi Gas Depository
40. Bendukidze: Georgia Needs No Transport, Oil And Gas Regulation Commissions
41. Alexander Chkhikvadze To Be Operated On
42. Arveladze Reckons Existence Of Additional Regulation Institutions Inadmissible
43. Dzidziguri: Parliament is under president's pressure
44. Opposition MP welcomes president's decision to close Regulation Commission on Transport
45. Property Rights Row Tarnishes Georgian Government’s Image
46. Marriage Bureau To Return Its Main Function
47. Will National Library Buildings Be Put Up For Sale?
48. Food & Drink - Eastern European food - East is feast [excerpt]
49. 2007 sees rise in money transfers
50. In 2006, 3665 incidents of family violence identified in Georgia
51. Time for a goodwill gesture
52. Adjara highway construction faces obstacles

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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