Georgia News Digest 04-17-07
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1. upcoming symposium: Georgian Culture: Past And Present
2. Will Georgia be invited to NATO in 2008?
3. U.S. Official: Progress in Georgia Very Impressive
4. Challenges of the EU’s new ‘Ostpolitik’ in the South Caucasus and Central Asia
5. Georgian, Polish Presidents Vow to Boost Relations
6. Polish President Meets Georgian Leadership
7. Georgian President Considers Polish President’s Visit of Much Importance
8. Polish, Georgian presidents discuss energy security, EU, NATO
9. Polish pres voices support for NATO bid
10. Georgian president praises Polish ties
11. Russia Restarts Withdrawal Of Troops From Georgia
12. People Deported from Russia Are being Evicted from Shelter
13. Yuri Popov to Meet with Merab Antadze
14. They found a new case against Berezovskiy [excerpt]
15. Latvian Foreign Minister Tours Caucasus Countries
16. New REC Caucasus Charter signed today
17. Russia indefinitely halts gas export to Georgia, Azerbaijan continues to supply
18. The Nabucco Project and the West's Energy Security
19. Azerbaijan pumps more gas to Georgia as Russia cuts off
20. Gas Tariff Increases in Georgia
21. Threat to Gas Supply
22. Georgia still depends on Russian gas
23. Georgia to Receive More Shah-Deniz Gas
24. Energy Security Summit to Be Held in Poland
25. Deputy Spokesperson For The Secretary General Marie Okabe Regular News Briefing [excerpt]
26. Abkhazia to resume talks with Georgia, if it fulfils UN SC resolution – FM
27. New Secessionist Parliament of Abkhazia Started Functioning
28. Frank Debates In The UN: US Secretary of State called on Russia not to support separatists
29. UN settled Abkhazia
30. Abkhazian Foreign Ministry satisfied with UN resolution
31. Eduard Kokoity to Reduce Number of Armed Forces of South Ossetia
32. Kokoyty: NATO Needs Neither Georgians Nor Ossetians
33. Tskhinvali Promised To Destroy Georgian Policemen
34. Georgia sets interim government in South Ossetia
35. Population of Ossetian Village Blames Government for Inattentiveness
36. Court of Appeal didn’t Change the Ruling Made by Tbilisi City Court
37. Sopho receives presidential support
38. Georgian external debt up 1.4% in Q1
39. Dismantling of Restaurants on Rike has already begun by Observation Office
40. Rike restaurateurs fight on
41. Public Defender Concerned at Violation of Private Property Rights
42. Ombudsman Condemns Abuse of Property Rights
43. New rules on filling out property declarations effective January 1, 2008
44. “Multinational Georgia” Demands Apology From Beso Jugheli
45. NGO outrage at MP's comments
46. Beyond a joke
47. Irakli Taktaskishvili Appointed Chief of Recently Appointed Administration of Transportation
48. GIPA mention on NPR
49. Emerging Threats: Testimony-By: Joseph A. Benkert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense [excerpt]
50. Tbilisi State University’s Zugdidi Branch May Be Liquidated
51. The government cannot stop the dissatisfied population says Labour
52. Gela Nikolaishvili: "Irakli Batiashvili must go free!"
53. Installation of collective water meters starts in Gldani district
54. Khidasheli publishes conclusion of Venice Commission regarding "rebellious judges"
55. Leader of Labour Party calls on population to strike
56. Man dies after being beaten by policemen

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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