NEWS: Georgia News Digest 03-07-08

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1. Tbilisi City Hall gave permission to opposition for holding rally
2. Opposition coalition wants repeat presidential election
3. Jondi Baghaturia: Government delaying the release of political prisoners!
4. Okruashvili criticizes opposition for lacking radicalism
5. Labor Party to organize street protests
6. NATO chief: No decision on Georgia’s MAP
7. Accession to NATO to destabilise situation in Georgia – Rogozin
8. NATO divided on Ukraine, Georgia entry bids
9. Rice meets Burjanadze
10. Saakashvili congratulates Russian president-elect
11. Tbilisi citizens expect more of the same from Medvedev
12. Tbilisi starts to feel the backlash of Kosovo independence
13. Russian-Georgian relations and the situation with South Ossetia and Abkhazia 14. USA exercises double standards again
15. Developments in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh once again confirm Kosovo as a precedent
16. Breakaway regions push for independence
17. Duma debate on Georgia's breakaway regions "show" – minister
18. Revision of peacekeeping formats. Current tasks in conflict settlement
19. Supporting Georgia's separatists means encouraging ethnic cleansing – MP
20. Russia should recognize CIS breakaway republics - Communist leader
21. Pandora's box opening: South Ossetia appealed for recognition yesterday, Abkhazia will do so today
22. Ossetians ask Russian lawmakers to recognize South Ossetia
23. Ossetian MPs ask Russian Duma to recognize South Ossetia's independence
24. Ossetia parliament to hold joint meeting
25. Moscow, Tbilisi determined to settle S Ossetian conflict – diplomat
26. Georgian, Russian negotiators discuss S. Ossetia
27. Tskhinvali braces for ‘terrorist acts’
28. Russia insists on existing format for settling Georgia's South Ossetia problem
29. Russia representative to discuss Georgia-S Ossetia conflict
30. Russia lifts trade, economic, financial sanctions on Abkhazia
31. Russia quits Abkhazia sanctions treaty
32. video: Russia says no more sanctions on Abkhazia
33. RF walks out ban on trade, econ, other relations with Abkhazia-FM
34. Russian lawmaker lauds lifting of restrictions against Abkhazia
35. Russia still respects Georgia territorial integrity, despite lifting Abkhaz ban
36. Abkhazia considers Russia's decision "fair" – speaker
37. Bagapsh hails Russia's decision to drop sanctions against Abkhazia
38. RF decision on Abkhazia not linked to situation in Kosovo – FM
39. Tbilisi says lifting sanctions off Abkhazia ‘dangerous’
40. Georgian officials react to Russia's decision to lift sanctions against Abkhazia
41. Georgian officials decry Russia's decision on Abkhazia
42. Russian peacekeepers to stay in Georgia’s breakaway region
43. Unauthorized use of Abkhaz territory equal to "annexation" - Georgian minister
44. Abkhazia press summary 18 Feb-10 Mar 08
45. Sokhumi releases two Georgians
46. ‘Abkhazians are afraid of you’ – released journalist tells Saakashvili
47. Released Georgian journalists speak at news conference in Sukhumi
48. Released Georgian journalist makes first comment
49. Minister thanks journalists for helping to release detained colleague
50. President visits released journalist at home
51. Mze TV journalist being released by Abkhaz side speaks of torture undergone
52. UNOMIG officials – Malkhaz Basilaia and David Tsotsoria were not beaten in detention
53. Ministry of Culture, Sports and monument protection to address EurosporT 2 with protest letter
54. Will the Georgian military force leave Iraq?
55. Reservists to be trained with new arms
56. International conference regarding arrangement of roads and communications held In Tbilisi
57. Public broadcaster’s director general resigns
58. Disbanding antimonopoly commission still criticized by analysts
59. Revaz Arveladze: It’s possible to reduce electricity tariffs in Georgia!
60. In Georgia, giving birth to a baby is a symbol of lost income
61. Journalist Giorgi Mamatsashvili begins a hunger strike

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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