Georgia News Digest 03-14-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. upcoming event: Georgia’s Path to Democracy and Transatlantic Integration
2. Holbrooke's Way or the Highway
3. Georgia FM urges Russia to reconsider closing of border checkpoint
4. Memorandum for integrating into NATO signed
5. Russian Envoy: Georgia’s NATO Membership will Hinder Conflict Resolution
6. Labour Party refuses to sign the memorandum on NATO membership
7. MP Jojua refused to vote for integration with NATO
8. Georgia to adhere to peace process in Abkhazia
9. Special Envoy For Georgia Calls To Form Joint Fact-Finding Group On Local Attacks
10. U.N. Finds Evidence That Russian Gunships Aided in Missile Attacks on Villages in Georgia
11. Press conference by Permanent Representative of Georgia
12. President says Kodori attack "a dangerous provocation"
13. What would Russia do?
14. Campaign “Sorry”/ “Hatamzait”: An Appeal to Abkhazian People
15. Project plans for economic rehabilitation of zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict discussed at OSCE meeting
16. Georgian National Communications Commission Postponed Discussion of Draft Code of Conduct for Broadcasters
17. Former Armenian prime minister angry at Eduard Shevardnadze
18. Former Mafia Kingpin Denies Any Connection with the Secret Audio Recording Aired by TV Station “Imedi”
19. Journalist of TV Station “Rustavi 2” was Expelled from Courtroom for the Second Time
20. Union of Orthodox Parents Protests against the Amendments to Law on Broadcasting
21. Grigory Ordzhonokidze: When mass murderers repent.
22. Georgian children with disabilities gain greater access to adaptive equipment
23. Government Strikes First ‘Hospital Deal’
24. Zakuski: Mighty Russian Morsels [excerpt]
25. Old People Are Hungry in the Canteens That Were Opened with Fanfare
26. Students Hold Demonstration In Front Of The UN Office In Zugdidi
27. One Hundred Thirty-five Workers Demand Their Two-Year-Wages
28. Revealing the Facts of Torture and Punishment of Criminals Have Become Difficult in Georgia
29. IDPs in Akhtala may be forced to move to derelict hospital
30. 'Crime boss' retracts everything in prison riot scandal
31. A 1.5 million dollar Paper Bullet
32. The Labour Code - the most unfair law of 2006

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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