Monday, March 03, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 03-03-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. paper: Necroeconomic Foundations and the Development of Business in Postrevolution Georgia
2. paper: Georgia’s Ethnic History and the Present Migration Processes
3. paper: On the Results of the Special Presidential Elections in Georgia
4. paper: Javakheti or Javakhk? There Is No Armenian-Georgian Consensus
5. paper: Regional Management of Economic Growth
6. I've saved our country from bloodshed for several times
7. Government looking for new opposition to collaborate with
8. Republican Party leaves opposition union ahead of parliamentary election
9. MP calls upon MPs to be more correct
10. Labor Party objects to increase of single-mandates in parliament
11. Labors' leader slams authorities of planning his liquidation
12. Controversy over majoritarian MP election rule
13. Eight-party opposition coalition to run on joint ticket
14. Champagne for risk-takers only: Winners and losers of six-month confrontation
15. Local governance in Georgia: Efficiency and challenges
16. Mechanisms of confirmed court practice discussed in Tbilisi
17. Gvaramia opened NAPR office in Kutaisi
18. Improving roads remains a priority in 2008
19. In the zone: the plan to turn Poti port into an economic tiger
20. Armenian and Georgian defense ministers discussed issues referring to military cooperation
21. Georgian, Armenian military set to cooperate
22. Saakashvili visits Poland
23. Georgia’s NATO aspirations not connected to Russia: Membership is not a threat to northern neighbor
24. Georgia and Ukraine drifting towards NATO
25. NATO to send ‘strong signal of support’ to Georgia
26. South Caucasus tensions
27. Georgian press on Russia
28. Georgian parliament appoints new ambassador to Russia
29. Ask the experts: November 7 and Russian angst could stall Georgia’s NATO advancement
30. Putin gives a helping hand to Saakashvili
31. Officials, media say Russia unlikely to recognize FSU breakaway republics
32. Possible Tbilisi-Moscow border checkpoint agreement raises separatist hackles
33. video: Blast injures 3 policemen in Abkhazia
34. Abkhazia says 3 police wounded in gunfight; Georgia denies involvement
35. Blast, shooting in Abkhaz conflict zone
36. Tbilisi calls on Sukhumi to jointly clear conflict area of mines
37. Abkhazian side demands to change Malkhaz Basilaia for Davit Sigua
38. Reporters call on UN to facilitate release of detained journalist
39. Tbilisi’s warning thwarted release of journalist – Abkhaz Official
40. Basilaia's family condemns UNOMIG's inactiveness
41. Opposition party's leader calls upon diplomatic solution of issue
42. Journalists to hold rally outside embassy of Russian Federation in Georgia
43. At 20:00 Tbilisi time Mze TV and regional broadcasters to go off air for a minute to voice a protest
44. Family members of Malkhaz Basilaia began hunger strike at Angury Bridge
45. Shamba comments on case of detained Georgian journalist
46. Abkhazia releases mother of detained Georgian journalist
47. Kosovo and Abkhazia will not return to their parent states
48. video: Russian peacekeepers on alert as Georgia-Abkhazia tension rises
49. video: Georgia’s breakaway republic announces partial mobilization
50. Peacekeepers in Abkhazia set up additional posts
51. Georgia is amassing troops on border with Abkhazia – Sukhumi
52. Separatist official threatens "preventive measures" in Georgian-controlled area
53. Refugees main issue in Georgian-Abkhaz settlement - minister
54. Iakobashvili dismisses Abkhaz threats as "rhetoric"
55. Georgian "provocation" aimed at destabilizing situation - separatist ministry
56. Tbilisi seeking long-lasting conflict in Georgian-Abkhaz conflict area - Abkhaz statement
57. Saakashvili takes first step to implement threat - separatist official
58. S. Ossetia, Abkhazia vote in Russia’s presidential polls
59. Tbilisi offers new negotiating format for S. Ossetia
60. Russia proposes holding Georgian-South Ossetian meeting in Moscow
61. Tbilisi hopes for constructive dialogue on S. Ossetia with Russian diplomat
62. Georgia has new plan for South Ossetian settlement
63. Tbilisi suggests drafting new format of Joint Control Commission
64. South Ossetian recruited by Georgian secret service held in Russia
65. Georgian spy arrested in North Ossetia
66. Journalists face problems in Tskhinvali region
67. video: Policemen killed in Georgia's breakaway republic
68. Peacekeepers say Georgian involved in S Ossetia's explosive
69. Georgian side accuses staff of Joint Peacekeeping Forces of releasing subjective information
70. Early voting ends at remote villages in South Ossetia
71. Georgian-backed South Ossetian administration denies separatists' allegations
72. Georgian security services wanted to assassinate Sanakoyev - S. Ossetian Interior Ministry
73. IMF mission started to work in Georgia
74. EBRD expects economic growth in Georgia by 8% in 2008
75. Next week, the government to sign with banks memorandum on low-interest credits
76. Company Achar Energy to construct 7 new HEPS in Georgia
77. EUGBC raises issue on commercial dispute resolution in emerging markets
78. IFC roundtable on gender imbalance in Georgian business
79. Regional TV companies request solution to problems they face
80. Maestro cable television founder to reorganize his channel
81. Public Broadcaster Board of trustees pledges work transparency
82. Rustavi 2 TV head tight-lipped on ownership issue
83. IDPs evicted from their homes again
84. President Mikheil Saakashvili attends groundbreaking ceremony of church in Adjara
85. On Facebook, Saakashvili gains a following
86. Georgia on her mind: Ballerina guides rebirth of her nation's dance company
87. Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia

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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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