Wednesday, February 13, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-12-08

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1. Parliament speaker to head ruling party list at parliamentary vote
2. Information and intelligence mission. Gela Bezhuashvili's new role
3. Socially vulnerable population to enjoy social allowances in 2008
4. Parliament to initiate constitutional amendments in nearest future
5. Georgia invites maximum number of international observers to elections in May
6. New Healthcare Minister speaks out against ‘political forms’
7. Liberty Institute advises authorities and opposition to refrain from interfering with the activities of Public Broadcasting
8. Patriarch says church not to be involved in political processes
9. Levan Bezhashvili Evaluates Demands Of Opposition As Groundless
10. Speaker hopeful of fruitful dialogue with opposition
11. Speaker urges opposition to continue dialogue
12. Members of United National Council do not intent to attend meeting with Burjanadze
13. Majority MP hopeful of dialogue with opposition
14. United Opposition resumed campaign against government
15. United Opposition to inform about this week’s plans
16. Opposition to continue protest actions
17. Opposition lays out conditions for resumption of talks with authorities
18. Authorities disagree with opposition's list of "political prisoners"
19. Is opposition trying to create instability?
20. Labour Party to declare "national insubordination"
21. “Industrialists” and “New Rights” to attend consultations with majority
22. Jondi Baghaturia accuses Gia Nodia and Gigi Tevzadze of corruption
23. Okruashvili to stay in politics
24. Okruashvili firmly determined to continue political activities
25. Ways for dismissing Tarkhnishvili and Kintsurashvili
26. Is Abramovich going to buy Patarkatsishvili’s wealth?
27. Badri Patarkatsishvili’s ghost parties emerge in Georgia
28. Shalva Ramishvili refuses to be pardoned by the authorities
29. Shalva Ramishvili doesn’t appeal for pardon
30. Conference in Munich brings Georgia closer to NATO
31. Georgia's accession to NATO depends on West's decision
32. Logistics experts group of UK Defence Ministry visits Georgia
33. Georgia ready to settle relations with Russia – Burdzhanadze
34. Saakashvili to participate in informal meeting of heads of CIS member states in Moscow
35. Georgia is striving to normalise its relations with RF – Baramidze
36. Saakashvili, Russian MPs Spar over Kosovo Question
37. MP says Russia not to recognize Abkhazia's independence
38. Bagapsh forces Russian passports on Georgians in Abkhazia
39. Is there confrontation between Kokoyty and his prime minister and interior minister?
40. Kokoiti warned me to change my place
41. Javakhq in pre-election programs of presidential candidates
42. Azerbaijani citizens visit Georgia most frequently
43. Azerbaijan to increase gas price for Georgia
44. EBRD share in VTB Bank JSC
45. Union of Georgian Wine makers expecting response from Russia's chief sanitarian
46. Societe Generale sells recently-issued stocks cheaply
47. Kazakhstan to consider possibility of new oil pipeline construction in Azerbaijan – KazMunayGaz
48. New brands arriving on Georgian auto market
49. Aversi denies local media reports
50. British fund buys 10% stake of Caucasus Online
51. There are about half a million internet users in Georgia
52. Georgia reach new high in rankings
53. Candidate intends to check finances in central TV
54. German help for Kakhetian orphanage to continue
55. Tbilisi State University split in two

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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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