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Georgia News Digest 05-11-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. United States and Russia: In a "State of Mutual Disenchantment" [excerpt]
2. Europe's Role in the World [excerpt]
3. Get Out of Europe; Avoid a New Cold War [excerpt]
4. Tbilisi Says Russian Planes Violated Georgian Airspace
5. book review: For the love of Lenin
6. Will Sarkozy Pick a Fight with Moscow? [excerpts]
7. Polish, Georgian presidents upbeat on cooperation
8. Georgian-Estonian Business Forum and Mutual Love Fest: Saakashvili continues to look to the Baltics for inspiration
9. Georgian President Wants Estonia's Laar To Continue As Adviser
10. “Democratic Countries Must Stand Together” Estonia and Georgia declared solidarity to each other
11. Press summary for Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia 1- 7 May 07
12. Abkhazians weary of Georgian pig infection
13. Sanakoev Appointed as Head of S. Ossetia Administration
14. Tskhinvali’s Interim Administration: A Peaceful Way-Out?
15. A Note on South Ossetia: “Profit by instability and lack of territorial integrity”
16. U.S. 'Encourages Constructive Dialogue' over S. Ossetia
17. Will Georgian-Ossetian Negotiations Take Place?
18. Pro-Georgian South Ossetian leader gets official status
19. Saakashvili appoints Tskhinvali region administration head
20. Separatists' block central highways in conflict zone Stay tuned-and that's an order
21. Tskhinvali Says it Closes Down Roads in Conflict Zone
22. We Write "South Ossetia," We Read "Samara"
23. Will Georgian-Ossetian Negotiations Take Place?
24. De facto law enforcement bodies detain Minister of Refugees and Resettlement for one hour
25. Foreign ministries of South Ossetia and Transdniestria congratulates NKR Foreign Ministry on May 9 Victory Day
26. Georgia Falls Into Ossetian Encirclement: Eduard Kokoity Has Decided to Boycott Georgian Villages
27. Radio “Alania” Starts Broadcasting
28. Georgian Public Broadcasting Published 2006 Full Report
29. Ministry of Defense Leased TV-33
30. Ministry of Defence to launch 'patriotic' TV station
31. Stay tuned-and that's an order
32. Victory Day a Time to Ponder Battles Past and Present
33. Zugdidi Journal: Celebrating Victory Day
34. Saakashvili’s Big Independence Day in Adjara New hotels, song and dance, building projects, and a factory 35. Protestors demand Saakashvili's resignation
36. Nature became as crazy as people: The areas of deserts are expanding
37. Three Bears' Story
38. Sheep and poverty – the modern interpretation of the fable
39. Mystery pig disease strikes western Georgia
40. Military Training Damages Population
41. Whose Plot Is Georgian Army Located on?
42. Non-governmental Organizations Protest Violence on Juveniles
43. Human Rights Centre Blames the Chairwoman of the Telavi District Court for Blatant Violation of Human Rights
44. Patrol Police Harasses Press Distributors in Kakheti
45. Irakli Batiashvili's trial to finish soon - defence lawyer
46. A More Liberal Response to Drug Abuse: The philosophy of harm reduction is slowly finding more advocates
47. Change Begins At The Border
48. Forum on Vocational Education Reform within the ENP
49. EU Migration: Issues and Numbers
50. Annual inflation decreases to 8.1 percent
51. Opposition economist accuses Bendukidze of overseeing Russian annexation of Georgia's economy
52. Tbilisi Philharmonic Hall to be privatized
53. New Rights MP says Tax Department fining businesses illegally
54. Central Bank Chief Under Fire
55. Tbilisi City Hall Promotes Small Business Growth
56. The Return of the Konka: Innovative Entrepreneur Resurrects Form of 19th Century Transport
57. A Scheme to Get the Small Fries Involved in Real Estate Speculation
58. Strong acts make Eurovision final [excerpt]
59. Increased Breast Size Linked with Raised Self-esteem
60. California Diary: Surf and Turf
61. High Culture at the Diner: Keeping Classical Music Alive: The guys who supply the Paganini with your khinkhali

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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