NEWS: Georgia News Digest 07-25-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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Russia relations and conflicts
1. report: Georgia and Russia: A further deterioration in relations
2. A little bit louder and a little bit worse
3. We made mistakes and we will answer for them before divine justice
4. Conflict mediation faces hurdles
5. Disputes clearer as details on German peace plan emerge
6. Refugees' return "principal part" of Abkhazia peace plan
7. MPs assess Russian minister's statement
8. Georgia should give up part of Abkhazia
9. Tbilisi shall take precautions and retain Upper Abkhazia
10. U.S. diplomats to visit Abkhazia on July 25
11. U.S. official to visit Tbilisi, Sokhumi
12. U.S. in drive for Georgia-Abkhazia peace talks
13. Saakashvili says Russia's actions "thwarted" tourist season in Abkhazia
14. Sergey Bagapsh calls upon Abkhazian media to actively cover 1992-1993 Abkhazian war chronicles
15. Russian railway troops to quit Abkhazia in August
16. Tskhinvali insists on talks in frames of JCC
17. Sanakoyev head says Tbilisi "forces" may have tried to kill him
18. Georgians block road to South Ossetian capital, demand detainee's release
19. Head of OSCE Mission to Georgia visited Tskhinvali
Politics and government
20. Saakashvili hails regional railway project at ceremony in Turkey
21. Attacks against Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway possible
22. Georgian army grows as threats increase
23. Ally of fugitive Georgian ex-defence minister requests asylum in France
24. Kvitsiani does not want more enemies
25. Diaspora Ministry to assess Georgian emigration issues
26. Public Defender’s human rights report critical of majority government
27. Administration of “Kakhetis Energodistributsia” stand accused of abusing power
Misc.
28. A new processing industry in west Georgia
29. How to punish illegal operators in conflict zones?
30. Swoop on Georgian gas and oil prospect
31. Honey production is serious business, Georgian beekeepers say
32. Journalist assaulted in the building of Sighnagi Administrative Board
33. Regional journalist receives death threat
34. Radio Hereti to air radio-version of the television movie produced by the opposition
35. paper: Art Nouveau healthy buildings in Tbilisi
36. Turkey a prime spot for Georgian holidaymakers
37. Bus burned on Melikishvili Avenue
38. Iakob Gogebashvili starts school building
39. Ethnic groups in Georgia #19 – Lithuanians
40. Peace marathon to support Georgian Olympiads
41. What the term ‘market’ actually means

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