NEWS: Georgia News Digest 04-28-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. List of majoritarian MP candidates
2. Party lists for parliamentary elections
Republican Party
Christian-Democratic Alliance
nine-party opposition bloc
Christian-Democratic Party
Rightist Alliance–Topadze

3. MP says Burjanadze’s withdrawal new opportunity for opposition
4. As Burjanadze leaves election race, questions over ruling party’s fate
5. Nine-party bloc’s ad attacks Mze, Rustavi 2 TVs
6. Rustavi 2 TV suspends opposition boycott
7. Association of Regional Broadcasters expresses its concern about the approach towards private broadcasters
8. CoE delegation familiarized itself with the positions of the United Opposition and Rustavi 2 regarding the boycott
9. PACE monitors note low level public trust to electoral process
10. Two ways out for Georgia
11. Schizophrenia by design
12. Moscow is turning the mountains green
13. Stand up for Georgia
14. The dictators are back ... and we don’t care
15. Russian poll on NATO issues
16. The gymnast and the czar
17. Tbilisi promises not to give in at WTO talks with Russia
18. Russia urges PACE investigation of Zhvania's death
19. The moribund Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
20. Russian foreign minister interviewed on Abkhaz issue, ABM talks with USA
21. Georgian official accuses Russia of trying to renew war in Abkhazia
22. War of words increases between Moscow/Tbilisi
23. If they fly here again we'll respond in the same way
24. Russian threat violates international law
25. Russia threatens to use force to defend "compatriots" in Abkhazia
26. Tbilisi says Russia shifts policy re Georgia to "dangerous military dimension"
27. Tbilisi views Russian diplomat's statement as manifestation of aggressive plans
28. MFA warns of Russia’s ‘military aggression’
29. Tensions rise sharply over Abkhazia
30. Re-Action holds demonstration outside Russian embassy
31. Georgia urges international reaction to Russia's "military aggression"
32. Georgian official says Russia interested in hostilities in Abkhazia
33. Georgia to issue arrest warrants for Russian businessmen investing in Abkhazia
34. Georgia's certainty of its sovereignty is "wishful thinking"
35. Estonia's support to Georgia is considerable
36. video: Abkhazian monks pray for unity and peace
37. Peacekeepers escort aid convoy to distant S. Ossetian villages
38. South Ossetian journalists pleased they summoned the courage to attend Tbilisi news writing workshop.
39. An NGO looks for political prisoners
40. Georgian opposition urges president not to complicate relations with Russia
41. Politicians are going back to school
42. Nazi Aronia to become an ambassador
43. First Georgian hotels
44. Georgian business climate looks volatile
45. Economic Minister holds meetings in Kazakhstan
46. Kazakh, Georgian officials discuss oil transportation
47. We will not allow anyone to privatize the hippodrome!
48. Caucasus construction boom
49. Snubbing Georgian foods
50. World HealthCare Organization official meets with Georgian minister
51. Soup kitchen keeps impoverished rural residents going, as they hope for more local jobs
52. What’s in them thar hills
53. Diary of a foreign freelancer: Phone games
54. Project fosters growth of civil society in a notoriously complex region
55. Ministry of culture plans to support Georgian literature


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