Wednesday, May 23, 2007

NEWS:
Jonathan Kulick wil be on the road until June 3.
The digest will be episodic and abridged for the next two weeks.
Georgia News Digest 05-22-07
Attached PDF file easily navigable with Bookmarks pane
Archives and associated files at groups-beta.google.com/group/genews/files

1.Political geography is a changing world [excerpts]
2.Russia: Rebuilding the Iron Curtain [excerpt]
3.Russia slams the door on all things Estonian: War monument dispute escalates into boycott [excerpt]
4.The Nuclear Threat [excerpt]
5.Russian-American Relations: Problems and Prospects [excerpt]
6.Georgia in showdown with Russia over WTO
7.Ukrainian, Georgian & Russian Political Scientists Comment on Establishment of GUAM Peacemaking Forces
8.Bezhuashvili Hits the Ground Running in Brussels
9.Armenia calls Georgia its 'strategic partner'
10.Georgian-Azerbaijani Relations According to Risel Rajabli
11.New Office and New Expectations for Ties between Iran, Georgia
12.70 percent of foreign direct investments in Georgia from 6 countries in 2006
13.Giant Ukrainian Bank Hits Georgian Market
14.Bezhuashvili: Introduction of Russian mobile operators in South Ossetia violation of international norms
15.The South Ossetians will never accept reintegration into Georgia
16.Loyalist Administrative Unit Consolidating In South Ossetia
17.GEL 12.4 million to be allotted for South Ossetian temporary administrative unit
18.RF peacekeepers rotated in Georgia-S Ossetia conflict zone
19.Georgia calls provocation fire at Georgia villages near Tskhinvali
20.Russia Rotates Troops in South Ossetia
21.Over 10 houses damaged as result of shooting on Georgian villages
22.S. Ossetia's armed forces on alert
23.De facto authorities blame Georgian saboteurs for shooting in South Ossetia
24.Separatists Fired An Air Defense System At OSCE
25.Eduard Kokoiti – Independent Media Exists in Unrecognized Republic
26.Information Accessibility Bill to be Discussed in Abkhazia
27.Eight Million U.S. dollars to be Spent on Georgia Promotion
28.Selling America on Georgia, One Bottle of Wine at a Time
29.TV Company Trialeti Fence Faces Dismantling
30.Party Finance Reform: Votes to Cost GEL 1-1.5
31.Georgia Rocked By "Political" Killing
32.Opposition slammed for qualifying Sharadze's murder
33.Non-parliamentary opposition speaks about ordered murder
34.Opposition MPs assess civil movement leader's murder
35.Georgian opposition alleges government behind killing of nationalist leader
36.Okruashvili's new party to be launched next week-rumours
37.MP Speaks Out Against Free Economic Zone
38.Papava warns against free economic zones
39.Education reform is catastrophic says public movement
40.Demolition of illegal church sparks controversy
41.Ruling Party, Opposition Clash over Demolished Church
42.Demolition of Unfinished Church Stirs Sharp Protest in Georgia
43.MP makes partial apology for xenophobic 'slip of the tongue'
44.Welcome Mr. Prosecutor!: Notes on Another Supreme Court Nomination
45.Akhalkatsi Takes Over Soccer Federation Presidency Following Juicy Scandal
46.Scandal at GFF continues as ex-president re-elected
47.Journalists not allowed to question controversial coach
48.National Movement accused of destroying Georgian football
49.Millennium Challenge Georgia and the Department of Statistics Officially Team Up
50.Selling Georgia’s Forests: Sound Economic Policy or Short-Sighted Ecological Folly?
51.Kakheti in the spotlight as French magazine Geo focuses on wine
52.EUR 100 million for new hospitals
53.Auction of Nabeghlavi Mineral Water Bottling announced
54.Telasi to invest GEL 41 million in modernization of the network
55.Government Increases Expenditures again – will inflation Rise?
56.Georgia’s Drug Policy Shows Little Mercy for Users
57.Outbreak of Deadly Pigs Virus in Samegrelo
58.Seven National Bank employees arrested
59.Refugees to be evicted from shelter in Zugdidi
60.Ilia II concerned about increase of crime among juveniles
61.Kvareli court to pass sentence on former police official
62.Four employees of Tbilisi municipality accused of bribery sentenced to prevention punishment
63.IDPs to receive the houses
64.Adjara at risk: Turkish dam project threatens coastline
65.'Defending human rights is a calling'
66.Conservatives call for scalp of City Hall's Subeliani
67.From China to Kutaisi-and beyond!
68.Five families control Georgia's wealth-Kukava
69.Tbilisi Marks Jerusalem Day
70.Ex-rector of military academy released
71.Ex-official sent to custody for two years
72.Incident at Batumi prosecutor's office
73.Georgian Military Puts On a Reality TV Show
74.Music that Changed a Life’s Path
75.Not bad enough-why Georgia got hammered in Helsinki
76.The Choice Between Money And Art


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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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