Tuesday, June 05, 2007

NEWS:


Jonathan Kulick will be on the road until June 3.
The digest will be episodic and abridged for the next two weeks.
Georgia News Digest 05-31-07
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1.paper: Abkhazia: Patronage and Power in the Stalin Era

Timothy Blauvelt, Nationalities Papers, 35(2):203--223, 2007

Abkhazia during the Stalin era was at the same time a subtropical haven where the great leader and his lieutenants built grand dachas and took extended holidays away from Moscow, and also a key piece in the continuing chess match of Soviet politics. This paper will examine how and why this small, sunny autonomous republic on the Black Sea, and the political networks that developed there, played a prominent role in the politics of the south Caucasus region and in Soviet politics as a whole during the Stalin period.


2.report: Political And Legal Aspects Of Protecting The Rights Of The Armenian Ethnic Minority In Georgia

As Exemplified By The Samtskhe-Javakheti RegionSergey MinasyanCaucasus Media Institute, April 2007report at www.caucasusmedia.org/pdf/Minasyan-eng.pdf

3.Georgians Line Up for Visas in Tbilisi
4.Russia speaks about humane act towards Georgians
5.Russia Partially Resumes Visas for Georgia
6.Russian attempts to divide Georgia will fail – president
7.Georgia, Russia said involved in online information war
8.Georgian-Russian tensions flare during Burjanadze's NATO address
9.Last trainload of Russian equipment left Akhalkalaki
10.Georgia To Take Place Of Jackson And Vanik
11.Georgia: NATO by way of BMD
12.Azeri MPs dissatisfied with Burjanadze's addressing NATO PA session
13.Georgian Speaker expects Portugal's support in EU, NATO integration
14.Lithuanian MPs Leaving For Georgia To Meet With Govt, Parlt Reps
15.Doors of EU not to open to Georgians anytime soon
16.General Assembly elects Georgia to UN Peace-building Commission
17.Iranian Deputy Minister Visits as Embassy Moves to New Location
18.UAE cuts off issuing visas to Georgians
19.Is South Caucasus 'Region' An Artificial Construct?
20.Armenian Lobby: its Academia and Georgia
21.Azerbaijan, Georgia to View Reconstruction of Power Lines
22.The Battle Of Staliniri: "MK" Has Learned Saakashvili’s Ossetia Plans
23.Karkusov: aggression will be adequately responded
24.The ‘Independence Day’ is celebrated in de facto South Ossetia
25.Tbilisi, Tskhinvali Accuse Each Other of Shelling
26.No Alternative To Negotiations
27.Georgia urges separatist South Ossetia to give up "confrontational actions"
28.Georgia denies disrupting talks with breakaway South Ossetia
29.Georgian opposition demands special police operation against South Ossetia
30.Pro-Georgian South Ossetian official dismissive of separatist leader's ultimatum
31.Georgian foreign minister calls for calm amidst rising tension in South Ossetia
32.Kokoity Is Counting On Volunteers...from the North Caucasus
33.Georgian And Ossetian Security Agencies Restarted Work On Building Of Fortified Installations
34.Vano Merabishvili visited the village of Kurta
35.Regional Financial Office to be Opened in South Ossetia
36.JCC Georgian cochairman denies alleged thwarting of meeting
37.Georgian family assaulted in Abkhaz district – TV
38.US Envoy Notes "Useful" Discussion With Separatist Abkhaz Leader
39.Separatist Abkhazia rejects Georgian president's statement on "burnt books"
40.Abkhaz Leader Meets UN Envoy
41.Georgian daily downbeat on Abkhazia's efforts to improve demographic situation
42.‘Patriotic Camp’ Launched in Abkhaz Conflict Zone
43.Georgian president denies new youth camp is military base
44.Approximately 250 children living abroad will vacation in patriot camps
45.Controversy surrounds Abkhaz patriot camp
46.A Scenario For Abkhazia: Should Kosovo set an example for Georgia's breakaway regions?
47.Saakashavili promises autonomy to Abkhazia within Georgia
48.Ex-Georgian lawmaker, opposition supporter, found dead
49."It is better to die with fame than to live a shameful life"
50.Outspoken Public Figure Guram Sharadze Gunned Down in Central Tbilisi
51.New Political Culture In Georgia – Philosophy Of "Washing Away"
52.Georgian Labor leader calls on Saakashvili to resign
53.Labor Party Leader criticizes military parade
54.Reappearance of the Blitzkrieg Minister Could Hurt the Opposition More than the Majority
55.Tbilisi: The Foundry Of Reform
56.Opposition party leader calles upon authority to be more attentive referring drug-adicts
57.Democratic Front launches impeachment procedure
58.Opposition slams ministry's policy
59.Opposition Demands Education Minister’s Resignation
60.Ex-Lawmaker Found Dead in Tbilisi
61.Georgian leader stresses country's ethnic diversity in Independence Day address
62.Ethnic Armenians living in Georgia are part of Georgia
63.IMF Praises Georgia's Success In Attracting Investment
64.Parliament Endorses Proposal on Free Economic Zones
65.Draft law on free industrial zone passes in first hearing
66.What’s Being Proposed for Poti Port? The History of the Free Trade Zone
67.Luxemburg on the Black Sea: The Free Industrial Zone Debate
68.Saakashvili Comments on Tax Reform
69.Georgian president says proposed tax cuts need further scrutiny
70.Direct foreign investment figures: real or fake?
71.Georgian foreign trade turnover figures January-April 2007
72.USD 2 million in foreign investments anticipated in 2007
73."100 New Hospital" program target of new Transparency International report
74.New Airport Terminal Opens in Batumi
75.Batumi International airport opens on Independence Day
76.New hydro-power plant to be built
77.Ex-Contraband with 10% Dividend
78.TV-Radio Company Trialeti Sues Local Government
79.President Showed Clemency to TV Company 202 Founder
80.TV-Radio Company Trialeti Fence Dismantling Considered as Pressure Over Media
81.Georgian Minister of Education and Science calls on local media to be more careful
82.High Commissioner helps fill the information gap for minorities in Georgia
83.OSCE Mission to Georgia organizes regional anti-trafficking conference
84.Youth Violence Rises in Georgian Schools, Streets
85.Prisoners' conditions improved?
86.Amnesty International criticizes "excessive use of force" by Georgian law enforcers
87.Amnesty International Report 2007
88.Criminal age of juveniles lowered from 14 to 12
89.Prosecutor Demands on 1,6 and 1-year Custody for Kapanadze and Korganashvili Respectively
90.Home, half a world away
91.Gale-force winds leave more than 1,000 without roofs in Georgia
92.Studying anthrax in a Soviet-era lab - with Western financing
93.A "Blooming" Business: a look at the flower trade in Georgia
94.Stray Dog Population Rises
95.Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia calls upon reconciliation, respect
96.Army Parade Marks Independence Day
97.Tbilisi Hosts Georgian Emigre Forum
98.Coup de théâtre
99.Georgian court gives suspended sentences to Ukrainian ship crew
100.Georgian parties, Speaker reportedly get threatening e-mail from Islamic Army
101.President says education can make Georgia competitive in world
102.The Dadiani Palace Park opened
103.Ombudsman blames arrests on 'personal revenge' of SOD head
104.Georgia threatened with jihad
105.Russian language applicants not to have privilege during passing exams in Georgian language and literature
106.Greek project 'potato seed' in Tsalka
107.Military analyst Kakha Katsitadze: "The local government lives in the virtual reality!"
108.Privatization Threatens Zugdidi IDPs: Property owner uses recent legal amendments in attempt to evict 33 families
109.Vandalism or Misunderstanding? Adjaran Church Destroyed to Make Way for Funicular
110.Property Amnesty Bill Finally Arrives
111.To Pay or Not to Pay? Debate over the Financing for Old Tbilisi’s Rehab Continues
112.The Upside of Globalization: Europe’s Best Bread now Produced Locally
113.A Worrying Statistic: Every Third Resident of Georgia is and Active Smoker


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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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