Georgia News Digest 04-12-07
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1. Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks at the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program [excerpt]
2. Russian parliament concerned about possibility of Georgia and Ukraine joining NATO
3. Georgia to use NATO cooperation mechanisms-FM
4. Russia confident of WTO integration
5. Saakashvili's "new geopolitical reality" threatened by Ukrainian developments
6. High-ranking Officials of Foreign Ministries of Georgia and Ukraine to Sign Protocol on Cooperation
7. report: Humanitarian Aid For The Victims Of The Chechnya Conflict In The Caucasus Global Plan 2007
8. Balkan Lessons for Caucasus
9. Pullout of Russia mil base equipment in Akhalkalaki resumes
10. Georgia, Russia Resume Rail Ferry Service
11. Ivanov Says Ferry Will Boost Trade to Armenia
12. Burjanadze Comments on Border Delimitation with Azerbaijan
13. Sokhumi and Tskhinvali can't file against Georgia in Hague Tribunal
14. Georgian TV Suggests Abkhaz Leader May Have Been Poisoned In Chechnya
15. Recognition of Abkhazia is the only way out of the impasse - Security Council
16. The government has approved a legal mechanism of visiting Abkhazia by foreign guests
17. Getting Abkhaz citizenship is of historic importance to the Diaspora - Caucasian Forum
18. With Abkhazia at the UN, Breakaway Republics' Club is Waiting, Disputes on Visas, Kosovo and Exhibitions
19. Georgian Prime Minister Wants Peaceful Resolution with Breakaway Abkhazia
20. Abkhazian FM refutes report of US Department of State
21. U.S. Responds to Russia’s Criticism over Abkhaz Official’s Visa
22. US rebuts denying Shamba US visa
23. Georgian parliamentarians evaluate statement of Sergey Shamba as not serious
24. Criminal regime in Abkhazia and their patrons must be punished
25. Breakaway Republics Unhappy About UN Move On Abkhazia
26. Breakaway reg FMs say Abkazia has right to voice stance at UN SC
27. Russia says Georgian-Abkhazian settlement talks should be resumed
28. Media Stakeout With Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli
29. Media Stakeout With Ambassador Alejandro Wolff, Acting U.S. Permanent Representative To The UN
30. Media Stakeout With Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Russian Federation's Permanent Representative To The UN
31. Kokoity Warns Against Ties with Alternative Government
32. MPs Pass Draft Law on S. Ossetia with Second Hearing
33. OSCE Envoy, South Ossetian Official Meet in Tskhinvali
34. Russian Diplomat Comments on S. Ossetia Administration
35. Georgia briefs foreign diplomats on plan for South Ossetia administrative unit
36. Georgia decision on S Ossetia may cause new confrontation-view
37. Sanakoyev administration to build rehabilitation centre for drug addicts
38. Ministry of Education and Science Demands Apologies from Newspaper “Alia”
39. NGOs Plan to Conduct a Protest Action in Kakheti and Demand Freedom of Information
40. President Denied Pardon to Co-founder of TV Company “202”
41. Georgian Deputy Maintains that a Monopolist has appeared in Georgia’s Internet Provider Market
42. President’s New Parliamentary Secretary Appointed
43. Georgian president to appoint new parliamentary representative
44. Veterans protest again
45. Population to share cost of historical preservation
46. Gori Fortress becomes more tourist-friendly
47. How well do Tbilisi residents know computers and foreign languages
48. Georgian roads to crumble soon?

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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