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Georgia News Digest 06-28-07
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1. Russia completes withdrawal from 1 of 2 remaining bases in Georgia
2. Base closes as Russia pulls out of Georgia
3. Documents on transfer of RF base to Georgia signed
4. Georgia And The CFE Saga
5. Istanbul Summit Delivers Little in Conflict Settlement
6. Missed Meeting of Foreign Ministers Raises Eyebrows
7. GUAM Leaders Discuss Conflicts And Energy In Baku
8. Georgian foreign minister: GUAM and BSEC can play serious role in regional security
9. Russian Positions More Units in N. Caucasus Against Georgia
10. Astana to host Days of Tbilisi in early July
11. First Georgian Defense Attaché Appointed to Baltic States and Poland
12. Noghaideli To Visit Monaco
13. Georgia to send more peacekeepers to Iraq in mid-July
14. Elation With USA Impede Iran's Plans To Invest Heavily Abroad
15. Russian forces began to dig entrenchments at the Nikozi-Avnevi road
16. Tension escalates in Tskhinvali conflict region
17. Russian peacekeepers halt road works between Georgian villages in South Ossetia
18. Georgian MPs comment Avnevi incident
19. Georgia accuses Russian peacekeepers of "escalating tension" in South Ossetia
20. Georgian peacekeeping commander slams Russia over South Ossetia road closure
21. Peacekeepers not attending to duties to leave South Ossetia - pro-Tbilisi leader
22. Sanakoev comments on Avnevi incident in Brussels
23. Separatists say Georgia set up "illegal" law-enforcement post in South Ossetia
24. South Ossetian Leader Chooses Europe
25. U.S. diplomat praises alternative S. Ossetian leader speech at Europarl
26. Separatist Authorities Slam Sanakoyev's Brussels Visit
27. Separatist South Ossetian Official Says Pro-Georgian Leader "Represents No-One"
28. Probably Dmitry Sanakoev will make a speech at European Parliament again
29. Russia rules out talks with South Ossetia's pro-Georgian government
30. Georgia Ready To Resolve South Ossetia Conflict On Basis Of "Mutual Compromises"
31. Russia's Lavrov denies plot to replace S. Ossetia leader Kokoity
32. Russia's Lavrov denies plot to replace S. Ossetia leader Kokoity
33. South Ossetian envoy in Russia: Moscow will not follow Tbilisi’s tastes
34. Georgian foreign minister: Kokoity must not be the key subject at meeting with Sergey Lavrov
35. Ossetian NGOs Appeal To European Body Over Tbilisi's Policy
36. Georgia suspends supplying psychotropic drugs to Tskhinvali hospital
37. Ossetian separatists accuse Georgia of "IT sabotage"
38. Georgian solider wounded in South Ossetia
39. Tskhinvali University Administration Threatens Students
40. New Abkhaz Defense Minister Appointed
41. Shamba to Participate in Meeting of UN Secretary General's Group of Friends
42. Bagapsh Gave Orders To De Facto Security Council
43. Georgians forced to serve in 'Abkhazian' army
44. Separatist official: Georgia plans to seize Abkhazia, South Ossetia
45. Separatist Abkhaz Leader Urges Citizens To Take Russian Passports
46. Drama and 'democracy': Mark MacKinnon's incisive look at Post-soviet politics
47. Arms' storehouse discovered
48. Weapons Cache Found In Georgia
49. Parliament Discussed Bill on Prohibiting Photo-film-video Shooting and Audio Recording in Courtrooms
50. Opposition protested prohibition audio, video and photo shootings at the trials
51. Parliamentary Opposition Protests Against Prohibition Of Filming In Court
52. Proposal to Repatriate Meskhetians Passed with Second Reading
53. "Meskhetians in Georgia, Turkish – in Turkey"
54. Law on privatization to be amended
55. Georgian Labour Party welcomes Blair's departure
56. Georgian Tax Initiative Questioned
57. Political Movement Georgia's Way Proposes Amendments to Criminal Code on Narcotic Crime
58. Tbilisi Marks International Day against Drug Use
59. Detainment of Poti city hall officials
60. Five municipal officials arrested in Batumi
61. Legal owners urge IDPs to empty apartments
62. Increase in Public Transport Fees to Push Inflation, Analyst Warns
63. The number of strategically important objects decreases in Georgia
64. Public Opinion: Georgians against Nuclear Power Station Construction
65. Sufi women in the Georgian Caucasus are trying to balance old traditions with modern commerce
66. Women Prevail Quantitatively Over Men In Georgia
67. USD 575 mln FDI for First Quarter
68. Students Employed by Tbilisi City Hall to Receive GEL 300
69. National Exams to be Kept in Depositories of National Bank of Georgia
70. Chairman of the Supreme Court Kote Kublashvili Visits Tzqaltubo
71. Ombudsman’s Office Revealed Violations In Shelter For Old People
72. Demonstration under Slogan "Together Against Torture"
73. Feeble People Are Fed Only After Leaving Their Finger Prints

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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