Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Georgia News Digest 04-18-07
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1. Broken Promises [excerpt]
2. Georgia and the EU
3. America's Saving Grace Isn't What You Think It Is [excerpt]
4. Washington's strategic five-year plan
5. NATO PA President Visits Georgia
6. Georgia Defense Planning Discussed at NATO HQ
7. A Little Disinformation Among Friends [excerpt]
8. Russia wants to make Chechen leader Caucasus "policeman" - Georgian pundit
9. April Round Of Russia's WTO Accession Talks Under Threat
10. The Georgia Barrier: April round of Russia's WTO accession talks under threat
11. Latvian Foreign Minister Visits Georgia
12. Latvian Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks to Pay His Official Visit to Georgia
13. President receives honorary doctorate of university in Tbilisi
14. Patriarch of Georgia together with Muslim and Christian leaders of Caucasus left for Kuwait and Bahrain
15. Meeting of Azerbaijani and Karabakh Journalists Held in Tbilisi
16. President Of Azerbaijan Received Credential of New Georgian Ambassador
17. Azeri Leader, New Georgian Envoy Praise Ties
18. Turkish businessman buys Samshoblo Publishing House on Rustaveli Avenue
19. Turkish investors plan to build hydroelectric plants in Adjara
20. Georgia Pins Investment Hopes On Kazakhstan
21. UNSC Resolution On The Conflict In Abkhazia: Less Tendentious But Still Dubious
22. Moscow Fails To Bring Abkhazia To UNSC, But Will Try Again
23. At the UN, Ban Ki-Meleon Does Not Observe Nigeria, Declines Comment on Disarmament Icon's Death [excerpt]
24. UN Security Council Regulated The Abkhaz Resolution
25. Georgian foreign minister interviewed on Abkhazia
26. Georgian daily reports on reaction to new UN resolution on Abkhazia
27. Separatist leader says South Ossetia to "continue downsizing military"
28. Opposition Leaders Visit South Ossetian Conflict Zone
29. Kokoity Speaks of Problems in JCC Activities
30. Mikheil Svimonishvili Assumed the Functions of Press Secretary, But He Still Avoids Journalists
31. Ombudsman Speaks of Use of Excessive Force by Police
32. Venice Commission on Judicial Independence
33. Venice Commission says Georgian judge's independence under threat
34. Labor Party Leader Hails Strike as “Successful”
35. Georgian PM to Undergo Heart Operation in U.S.
36. Over 1,000 Georgians protest price rises, government policies
37. Georgian prime minister to undergo heart surgery in Houston
38. Trainings of First Flow of Reservists Completed
39. Georgian leader addresses newly-trained reservist troops
40. Minister popularity contest
41. IFC Initiates New Project to Improve Georgia’s Corporate Governance Experience
42. Chamber of Control under fire from Conservative Party
43. In 2007 Georgia to leave category poor states – Saakashvili
44. Unpleasant surprises for springtime
45. Protesters Slam Initiative to Impose Monthly Fee for Cultural Heritage Zone Residents
46. Rike restaurant row continues
47. Ombudsmen to Send Data on Encroachment Upon Private Property to Parliamentary Inter-Faction Group 48. Teenager killed class-mates
49. Youth gunned down on Rustaveli Avenue
50. Medical examination fails to reveal cause of death of man beaten by police
51. “03” Launches Implementation Of Retraining Program For Doctors Within Framework Of Reforms
52. Georgian Students And Scientists To Leave For Cyprus In Order To Rehabilitate Georgian Monastery
53. The Kartuli dance is a dance of Tariel and Nestan-Darejan
54. Georgian Beverage Seeks to Regain Old Glory
55. Russian Poet’s Place on Tbilisi’s Mtastsminda Pantheon Unquestionable


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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

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