NEWS: Georgia News Digest 07-22-08

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Foreign relations
1. video: Russia and Georgia clash at UN
2. Georgia looking for international support at UN Security Council session
3. Davit Bakradze does not expect support document from UN session
4. Does Russia wish to be a facilitator, or a party to conflict? [excerpt]
5. Settle last conflicts in the Eastern Europe: International community will do everything
6. Where is Kovalenko?
7. report: Azerbaijan's view of the security situation in the Southern Caucasus
8. McCain's senior foreign policy advisor tied to global petro-influence peddling
Abkhazia
9. German foreign minister wraps up visit, no visible progress on peace plan
10. Steinmeier promotes plan for Abkhazia
11. Moscow signs on to German plan
12. Abkhaz minister on "corrections" to Germany's peace plan
13. Abkhazia does not want a war
14. Abkhaz speaker troubled by Georgia's move to increase army ranks
15. Blame for blast skirts ethnic ties
16. Russian railway troops to withdraw from Abkhazia
17. Visitors grow restless at Abkhaz vacation towns
18. Russia should recognize Abkhazia before Sochi Olympics
19. Georgian party sues Russian Aqua Phone
South Ossetia
20. video: Hidden war in breakaway republic
21. Georgia says S. Ossetia 'kidnaps' were arrests by police
22. Police confirms arrest of four S. Ossetians
23. Georgia takes four Ossetians hostage
24. Separatists' reasons against EU-sponsored talks "fabricated"
Politics and government
25. Saakashvili attends US-Georgian military drill outside Tbilisi
26. Saakashvili familiarizes himself with joint military exercise
27. US troops train Georgians amid tension
28. Georgian army to have more soldiers
29. Increase of forces ‘equal’ to growth of security threats
30. Parliamentary minority presents plans
31. Parliamentary opposition to initiate amendments to Law on Broadcasting
32. Project underway in Kvemo Kartli to help residents with civil registration
33. National Movement MP is accused of raping Ukrainian businesswoman
34. Government turns its attention to early childhood development
Business and economics
35. Georgia ready to back Azerbaijan in WTO
36. Topadze’s Kazbegi to partner with Turkish Efes
37. Georgia builds business relations with France
38. Georgia sees potential for new pipelines: Interview with Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri
39. Inflation and oil - decouple the economy from oil
40. Buying into the brand
41. Alternative dispute resolution: A quick-fix for businesses?
42. A recipe to reduce poverty
43. The future of Tbilisi
44. Ask the experts: When will Georgia open the planned free industrial zone?
45. The changing face of Tbilisi
46. Tbilisi parking system to see overhaul
47. Retail market slowly on the rise
Misc.
48. Board of Trustees of Georgian Public Broadcasting elected a new chairperson
49. Georgia president's web site falls under DDOS attack
50. GEL 1 mln bounty for Olympic gold
51. Free University of Tbilisi, comfort for study and research
52. Civil society in Georgia: Role and place after revolution
53. Tolerance
54. Medical and faith-based rehabilitation programs for drug addicts
55. Breast cancer care in Georgia: Too little, too late

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