Sunday, March 02, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-28-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. OSCE’s Human Rights Office finds itself in crossfire over election monitoring
2. OSCE head discusses spring election with Georgian authorities, opposition
3. OSCE Chair speaks of elections, Russo-Georgian ties, S. Ossetia
4. Opposition asked Ilkka Kanerva to convince Georgian authority to compromise
5. David Bakradze met Ilkka Kanerva
6. 2008 budgetary amendments proposed
7. Revenue item of state budget 2008 to increase up to gel 184 million and expenditure item – gel 200 million
8. Parliamentary Committee on Regional Issues supported amendments to state budget 2008
9. 2008 budgetary amendments proposed
10. Pensions to increase from March 1
11. Ramaz Klimiashvili: The opposition will not be able to agree on a joint candidate list for parliamentary elections!
12. Jondi Baghaturia: If the government does not fulfill its promises, permanent hunger strikes will start!
13. Majority MPs against introduction of amendments to Constitution of Georgia
14. President gave orders to newly appointed cabinet in Adjara
15. video: Paris Court postpones decision on extradition of Georgia's 'rebel minister'
16. Georgia consulate to consider issuing visa to Berezovsky – ForMin
17. Boris Berezovsky to try to receive Georgian visa in Israel
18. Famous figures express condolences to tycoon's family
19. Russia set to resume flights with Georgia on March 30
20. Air navigation debt disputed
21. Georgia's comments on Putin-Saakashvili meeting extremely free
22. Georgia still suing Russia despite warming relations – Speaker
23. Russia's Central Election Commission dismisses Georgia protest
24. Russia objects to Georgian suit
25. Burjanadze expects ‘appropriate response’ from Russian Parliament
26. After Moscow meeting, relief for Georgia
27. Russia denies deal with Tbilisi on joint border control in Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
28. Russia denies behind-the-scenes deals on Georgia's breakaway republics
29. Burjanadze hopes that Russian State “Duma” to be objective regarding breakaway regions
30. Interview with Medvedev [excerpt]
31. Abkhaz side threatens to kill Georgian and Russian customs officers
32. TV station like Alania to broadcast for Abkhazia
33. Bagapsh rules out joint Georgian-Russian control of Abkhaz border
34. Bagapsh officials discuss situation in ethnic Georgian district
35. Abkhazia accuses three Georgians of illegally crossing "state border"
36. Two others arrested along with journalist in Abkhazia
37. Abkhazia dismisses Georgian leader's "impulsive shouting" over detained reporter
38. Abkhaz separatists name official reason for detaining Georgian journalist
39. Georgian journalists to be brought to Abkhaz court - separatist president
40. Bagapsh refuses to release Georgian journalist
41. Saakashvili warns Sokhumi to release journalist
42. Saakashvili threatens police operation to free journalist from Abkhaz jail
43. Saakashvili's statement thwarts reporter's release - separatist minister
44. Official Tbilisi assesses journalist’s detention in Abkhazia as “terroristic action”
45. Georgia warns rebel region over detained reporter
46. Nongovernmental organizations demand release of Mze TV correspondent
47. UN Rights Chief noncommittal on detained journalist case
48. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist Georgian side in release of journalist
49. Iakobashvili appeals to OSCE and UN for assistance in releasing journalist
50. Russian peacekeepers deny involvement in Georgian reporters' detention
51. Peacekeepers' commandment refuse released news
52. World Bank report: Georgian population on the decline
53. Wider Black Sea: Concept and reality
54. Workers question McCain during area stop [excerpt]
55. A nice house with nice neighbors
56. Georgia hopes to move on next stage of joining NATO
57. Azerbaijan is interested in Georgian Railways
58. Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia: There are almost no issues in political aspect for Yerevan and Tbilisi not to get on
59. Armenia DM to discuss cooperation development with Georgia
60. Burjanadze hopes recommendations on amendment to National Bank law to be taken into account
61. Burjanadze denies confrontation with government concerning NBG
62. Reception of applications within project of 1000 new enterprises started
63. Applications are received for participation in the project of establishment in Georgia of 100 new rural enterprises
64. Presentation of Georgian-German project held at NBG
65. United Telecom to spend $30 million under the projects to be implemented in 2008
66. IMF mission to arrive in Georgia on 29 February
67. Reborn after 3 years’ frantic effort, Georgia’s ballet troupe tours the U.S.

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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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