NEWS: Georgia News Digest 04-04-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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non-NATO news begins with item #81

1. NATO delays MAP for Georgia
2. NATO puts off entry for Ukraine, Georgia, Macedonia [excerpt]
3. video: NATO gives hope to Georgia and Ukraine
4. Georgia, Ukraine hail NATO admission decision as 'historic'
5. Georgia, Ukraine in NATO epicenter
6. EU allies unite against Bush over NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine
7. Kremlin source raps efforts to invite Ukraine, Georgia into NATO
8. NATO postpones MAPs for Georgia and Ukraine
9. Putin pledges broader support for separatist Georgia regions
10. Russian victory seen as NATO rebuffs Ukraine, Georgia
11. Bush isolated in NATO as other leaders refuse to pick a fight with Russia
12. In setback for Bush, NATO keeps Georgia, Ukraine in the cold
13. Behind the scenes: Berlusconi and Prodi united against Bush to calm Putin down
14. Washington maneuvers between ABM and NATO
15. Bucharest Summit declaration [excerpt]
16. Pre-summit press briefing by the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai [excerpt]
17. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer keynote speech [excerpt]
18. President Bush meets with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer [excerpt]
19. Remarks by the president in Bucharest, Romania
20. Press briefing by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley
21. Rice: NATO shows Ukraine, Georgia "wide open door"
22. Press briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley [excerpt]
23. Press briefing by a senior administration official on President's schedule in Romania
24. Deputy Spokesman Tom H. Casey holds news briefing [excerpt]
25. Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) on NATO [excerpt]
26. Saakashvili hails ‘historic’ NATO Summit results
27. Mikheil Saakashvili: “Our success is Azerbaijan’s success and vice versa”
28. Mikheil Saakashvili: Russia and I got lucky with Dmitry Medvedev
29. video: Saakashvili speech at Young Atlanticists Summit
30. Georgian president says Russian hawks to gain from NATO rebuff
31. NATO summit marked "a geopolitical revolution" for Georgia – president
32. Georgia to follow Western path irrespective of NATO summit outcome
33. Foreign Minister on NATO’s decision
34. Georgia expects no changes in Russian policy after being refused NATO MAP
35. Ex-president says not receiving MAP no "tragedy" for Georgia
36. Georgian MPs comment on NATO
37. Georgian politicians on prospects for receiving NATO Membership Action Plan
38. Opposition politicians blame government for failure to receive NATO MAP
39. Georgian politicians react to Russian foreign minister's statement on NATO
40. Opposition leader sees upside to NATO's refusal to grant MAP
41. MP says Georgia denied NATO MAP due to Russian pressure
42. Obsolete layout: No longer an effective military bloc, NATO is an archaic political structure
43. Parallel NATO and Russia-NATO summits -- a difficult dialogue for Moscow with the west [excerpts]
44. Washington doesn’t view defeat the NATO rejection of Ukraine, Georgia
45. NATO extension: An end in itself
46. An interview with Russian representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin
47. Ukraine's and Georgia’s applications divided NATO
48. Putin goes to the NATO summit to talk about results The significance of President Putin's presence in Bucharest
49. Russia comments NATO decision to delay MAP to Georgia, Ukraine
50. NATO surrenders to Russia
51. paper: Can Georgia get back on the NATO track?
52. video: Generations of Russians feel betrayed by NATO’s expansion
53. video: Spencer Boyer
54. video: Dmitry Rogozin
55. video: Dmitry Peskov
56. video: Sonja Zekri
57. video: Aslan Abashidze
58. video: Vadim Kozyulin
59. Regional support for Adriatic three NATO accession, MAP for Georgia, Ukraine
60. New threats critical to Article 5 discussion
61. Article 5: How relevant is it and what does it mean today? [excerpt]
62. The door to NATO: Open or closed? [excerpt]
63. NATO's fine line
64. A decisive week in east-west relations
65. NATO has betrayed its great record: We need to ignore President Putin's bully boy tactics
66. With allies like these
67. Back on track? Germany and the Georgian and Ukrainian NATO bids
68. Win-win in the Caspian
69. Georgia sees Iraq as NATO route
70. Bush bungles in Basra and Bucharest [excerpt]
71. Lukashenko says NATO expansion inevitable
72. The NATO expansion that was bound to fail
73. The battle of Bucharest
74. Rallies against Georgia in Moscow
75. Putin vows support for NATO hopeful Georgia's rebels
76. Putin sends consoling message to Abkhaz, S. Ossetian leaders
77. Putin "shares concerns" of Georgian regions' separatist leaders
78. Georgia aims to destabilize situation in conflict zones – Putin
79. Separatist leader calls on NATO to show "common sense" and not admit Georgia
80. Georgia's NATO bid not linked to South Ossetia - separatist minister
81. Press service denies reports that Georgia may recognize Kosovo
82. The Abkhazian authorities refuse to discuss political issues with Georgia
83. Abkhaz separatist official said to be abducted in Georgian-populated district
84. Abkhaz separatist official said to be abducted in Georgian-populated district
85. Latest peace proposal for Abkhazia a nonstarter
86. Peacekeepers block administration border
87. OSCE Mission denies link to S. Ossetia incident
88. Georgian police officer wounded in mine explosion in conflict zone
89. Joseph Kay denies being successor to Badri Patarkatsishvili’s property
90. Patarkatsishvili family preparing to sue Joseph Kay
91. Imedi TV’s return delayed by debts, legal challenges
92. Republicans object to PM's statement
93. Lawyers to hold warning strike
94. When voters settle nothing [excerpt]
95. Top members quit Georgian opposition party
96. Fifteen members defect from Party of People
97. Lado Vardzelashvili presented another majoritarian candidate
98. Ruling Party nominates Majoritarian MPs for Kvemo Kartli
99. Shalva Ramishvili not be included in pardon list
100. Speaker presents ruling party candidates for MPs
101. Caucasian alliance for energy security
102. Port power: Georgia hopes Poti will fuel country’s economic recovery
103. Expert not convinced that Poti tender winner is right choice
104. SOCAR Energy Georgia invests $100M in Georgia in 2008
105. Achara to sew clothes for Puma
106. Protest action in the village of Ingiri
107. Georgian wine-makers respond to Russian foreign minister
108. Wine Producer’s Union's chair comments
109. GeoProMining to build ore mill in western Georgia

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