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Georgia News Digest 06-12-07

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Is Russia throwing a New Apple of Discord?
2. Russian limits on Georgia to be lifted gradually –Saakashvili
3. Georgia wishes to open consulate general in St Petersburg
4. Status Quo Better than "Progress"
5. Baramidze: NATO Positively Evaluates Reforms Carried Out By Georgia
6. Russia-NATO Dispute Brews [excerpt]
7. President Saakashvili addresses Georgian Diaspora
8. Georgia Moves Closer to the EU by Aligning with it on International Arena
9. Saakashvili to Visit France
10. Gela Bezhuashvili Leaves for Sweden
11. Georgian, Turkmen Presidents Discuss Cooperation
12. We must unite against those people trying to steal our heart, soul, and nationality”
13. Lawmakers demand explanations from Azeri colleagues
14. Cultural exchange opens the door for further regional cooperation
15. Prime Minister Defends Territorial Integrity
16. 'Frozen-Conflict' Zones React To Bush's Independence Remarks
17. Georgian Premier Rejects Kosovo-Abkhazia Analogy
18. Georgian PM says no military base can be built in Abkhazia
19. Moscow, Sokhumi Deny Plans to Build Military Base in Gali
20. Sokhumi Rejects EU Proposals, for Now
21. Abkhazia to Build Military Base in Gali - Parliamentary Commission
22. Moscow, Sokhumi Deny Plans to Build Military Base in Gali
23. Commission objects to base construction in Gali
24. Secessionists kill Georgian young man
25. Another Georgian hostage freed
26. IFC Survey: Business Optimism Declines, Despite Improvements
27. IFC Survey Reveals Business Environment Improvements and Challenges in Georgia (I)
28. IFC Survey Reveals Business Environment Improvements and Challenges in Georgia (II)
29. Overview of energy sector of Georgia
30. Opposition leaders arrives in Adjara
31. Labor Party addresses to CoE
32. Opposition to summon minister for explanations
33. Possible Reducing of the Salaries with 25 Percent
34. Education Reform Full of Good Intentions but Short on Hard Results
35. HRW Letter Attacks Amendment to Imprisonment Law
36. GBA protests against ignorance of presumption of guiltlessness
37. Tbilisi City Court not fulfills Labors' appeal
38. Victim's relatives demand guilt’s punishment by Lynch Law
39. Who actually killed Sharadze and why?
40. IDP’s require assistance
41. Trip to Kakheti—Through Georgian Eyes
42. WFP and Polish Ambassador Survey Good works in Kakheti
43. Average Prices on Goods Increase by 0.59 percent
44. City Hall Employees Detained
45. Punishment for Phoning Judges
46. Power interruption at the Enguri Hydro Power Plant
47. Railway Department purchases Geo-Chinese trains
48. Several restaurants, pizzerias, sealed up in capital
49. Buyer Beware, snake oil marketing has discovered Georgia!!!
50. New ambitious benchmarks: Georgia hosting 200,000 tourists
51. Giorgi Nemsadze: Georgian football doesn’t belong to Akhalkatsi, to me, it belongs to all Georgians

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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