NEWS: Georgia News Digest 03-17-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. The global corruption barometer 2007: A ranking of Georgia’s institutions
2. Amendments to election code proposed
3. The hunger strike: fragmented opposition bites off more than it can chew
4. video: Georgian hunger strike enters 6th day
5. Patarkatsishvili supporters forming one more party
6. New oppositional political bloc established
7. Patarkatsishvili supports found new Our Georgia party
8. Igor Giorgadze: 'Badri Patarkatsishvili died of new medicine'
9. Why Okruashvili mentioned Ivanishvili
10. Georgian opposition refuses to negotiate with the government
11. Opposition refuses to negotiate with the government
12. Opposition exhausted all resources for dialogue
13. Opposition party suggests speaker should resign
14. Burjanadze tells opposition to call off hunger strike
15. Republicans attack Burjanadze
16. Georgian opposition angry at Speaker's accusations
17. New Rights demand Burjanadze’s resignation
18. Deadlocked!
19. Tbilisi City Hall urges Georgian opposition to observe order during protests
20. Constitutional amendment reduces prospects of government-opposition compromise
21. 53 percent authoritarian rule
22. National Democratic Party – Georgian media not covering our protest rally
23. Party of Georgia’s Azerbaijanis preparing for parliamentary elections despite of delayed state registration – Chair
24. Georgian government trying to appropriate Imedi TV - Goga Khaindrava
25. Final statement on Imedi will be made before 22 March
26. Competition deadline for public TV top job extended
27. GPB Board of Trustees responds to MPs’ address
28. Ex presidential candidate carries on with clashes against Rustavi 2
29. Bush adds weight to Ukraine Nato hopes
30. Georgia, Ukraine's NATO hopes remain in the balance: Scheffer
31. Georgian leader says NATO upbeat on pace of reforms in his country
32. Political triangle: Georgia, NATO and Russia
33. Romania to support granting of IDA program to Georgia
34. Russian parliament vague about Kosovo's independence
35. Russia has two years left in reserve
36. Georgian mineral water has a better chance to return to the Russian market
37. Wait for priority to become stronger?
38. Russian TV show votes for independence for Georgia's regions
39. Russia’s hearing on secessionist regions alarms Georgia
40. Pundits discuss Russia's stance on CIS breakaway regions
41. Big trade bargaining in the Caucasus
42. Recognition of Abkhazia, S Ossetia would be not effective-Gustov
43. Abkhazia, South Ossetia independence dramatic, but not effective
44. Saakashvili says no to treaty on non-use of force
45. Georgian leader refuses to rule out force against separatists
46. Georgia condemns Russia's "destructive" policy regarding conflict regions
47. Speaker condemns Russia for unilateral consultations with separatists
48. Burjanadze appalled at Duma resolution on Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
49. Georgia accuses Russia of attempting to split the country
50. Georgia hopes Duma position not to contradict international law
51. No conditions in place yet for talks with Georgia - Abkhaz FM
52. Separatist officials dissatisfied with outcome of Russian Duma debate
53. Sokhumi firm on talk resumption terms
54. Abkhazia not to engage in dialogue with Georgia unless demands are met
55. Abkhazia unhappy about Russia's wording of its status
56. Abkhazia holds Georgia responsible for kidnapping its official
57. Separatist official amazed at international response to Georgian-Abkhaz conflict
58. De facto government of Abkhazia purchases medical equipment for Gali Region
59. Destabilization will be a problem for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi
60. Georgia condemns "punitive measures" against civilians in South Ossetia
61. One wounded in Georgia-Ossetia shooting incident
62. Shootout among Georgian forces in conflict zone - Tskhinvali officials
63. S. Ossetia expecting Georgian provocations
64. Recognition of independence is not S Ossetia's ultimate end-envoy
65. Georgia building more illegal checkpoints in South Ossetia - Russian peacekeepers
66. S. Ossetia pledges military support to Azerbaijan's breakaway region
67. Tbilisi claims Tskhinvali pressures dissents
68. US command praises Georgian peacekeepers' activity in Iraq
69. Saakashvili praises army's military capability
70. Georgia attains serious success in building armed forces
71. Official visits at the Ministry of Defense
72. Ukrainian Kolchuga - Georgia pays high price for its acquisition
73. Fifth Infantry Brigade is formed
74. Tea and nuts
75. Turkish Defense Ministry assists Georgia in modernizing military airdrome in Marneuli
76. David Narmania: Political processes in Georgia seriously damaged the investment environment!
77. Central Bank, government to share responsibility for inflation
78. Euros 5 million to be entered in the state budget of Georgia from the Europe
79. SOCAR issued permit on start of exploitation of Kulevi Oil Terminal
80. Rompetrol Georgia to invest USD 8 million in 2008
81. Monetary assistance to IDPs will double
82. MPs to contribute to restoration of monastery in Abastumani
83. Wind blows roof off airport again
84. Georgia to control water areas completely
85. Meeting focuses on gender issues in politics
86. NGO announces best and worst laws of 2007
87. Trade unions look abroad for assistance in redefining their role
88. New film-making lab opens in Tbilisi
89. Shevardnadze talks history at the Goethe Institute

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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