Saturday, July 19, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 07-18-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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German Abkhazia plan
1. video: Can Germany reconcile Georgia and Abkhazia?
2. Germany moves into Georgia-Russia dispute
3. German FM to visit Georgia for talks, to meet Abkhazian leaders
4. Germany calls for gradual Abkhazian settlement
5. Germany the latest to step into Georgian-Abkhaz Fray
6. Steinmeier in Georgia calls for end to "spiral of violence"
7. video: Germany to unveil Georgian plan
8. German foreign minister in Georgia, Abkhazia
9. Germany seeks to kick-start Georgian Abkhaz peace talks
10. Group of Friends' visits to Abkhazia seek conflict resolution
11. Georgia pokes holes in German peace plan
12. Saakashvili on situation around Abkhazia in light of German settlement plan
13. Georgia says non-violence pact with Abkhazia unnecessary
14. Georgia not intend to use force in settling conflicts
15. Direct Georgian-Abkhaz talks needed
16. Georgia seeks to return refugees to Abkhazia
17. Speaker slams Lavrov’s remarks on IDP return
18. Official says German plan on Abkhazia needs "reinforcement"
19. Abkhaz foreign minister gives mixed review of international proposal to resolve conflict with Georgia
20. Abkhaz foreign minister spells out conditions for discussing German plan
21. Senior separatist official on Germany's plan for conflict settlement
22. Georgia-Abkhazia accord can’t be linked with refugee return
23. Russia on German-proposed Abkhaz plan
24. Treaty on IDP return to Abkhazia unreal for now
25. Russia says West is blocking UN resolution on Georgia peace deal
Foreign relations and conflicts
26. Restless neighbors: A Georgian-Abkhaz dialogue
27. Russia's cautious change [excerpt]
28. Vicious circle
29. Brave Georgians fled
30. Russian human rights activists warn about possible armed conflict with Georgia
31. Medvedev unveils little new in Russia’s foreign-policy course [excerpt]
32. Russian NGOs, academics, urge Moscow to show restraint
33. Tiny Georgia is of no significance to US interests
34. Senior Russian, U.S. officials discuss conflicts
35. What kinds of indications US Secretary of State made
36. Defusing a time bomb
37. Russian military exercise part of "aggressive policy"
38. Russia and Georgia exchange exercises
39. Abkhazia opens mission in Transdnestr
40. Explosion in Sokhumi
41. Tskhinvali accuses Georgian side of the plummeted subscription rates
Business and economics
42. Parliament approved amendments to the state budget 2008
43. Parliament approved amendments to the tax code
44. Amendments to the Law of Georgia Concerning Budgetary System approved in Parliament
45. Issue of plastic cards totaled 2,9 million
46. TV and Radio broadcasting has become profitable
47. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline passes 400 million barrel milestone
48. Georgian airway company rejects rumors on being purchased by Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL)
49. Epic Elite VLJ now the fastest gun in the west!
50. Poultry production high
51. Bank of Georgia heads to Belarus and beyond
52. Electronic communications market turnover GEL 1.1 bln
Misc.
53. International Russian-Georgian Poetry festival opens in Tbilisi
54. Opposition slams ruling party reaction to ombudsman’s report
55. Parliament dismisses ombudsman’s human rights report
56. Targamadze against Tkeshelashvili
57. Otar Koberidze in a new role
58. Prisoner died in Kutaisi hospital
59. Mtskheta-Mtianeti residents will get insurance polices
60. Uncharted territory: Skiing in Georgia With Hans Saari Memorial Fund

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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