Monday, October 01, 2012
WAHLKAMPF IN GEORGIEN: Präsident unter Druck. von Barbara Oertel (taz.de)
Saturday, June 09, 2012
POLITIK: Wird sich der Umzug des Parlamentes von Tbilisi nach Kutaisi auszahlen? Von Molly Corso (eurasianet.org)
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
NEWS: Georgia News Digest 05-27-08
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Politics and elections
1. Opposition protesting in downtown Tbilisi
2. Thousands protest Georgia election results
3. Opposition holds rally demanding new vote
4. video: 10,000 Georgians rally over 'rigged' poll
5. Opposition rallies outside Parliament
6. Opposition sets ultimatum
7. Opposition says it aims to thwart first session of new parliament
8. Christian-Democrats Refrain from clear-cut position on boycott
9. Police prevent opposition leaders from entering parliament
10. Riot squads prevent opposition MPs from entering parliament
11. Opposition protesters end rally
12. Radio reports "attack" on opposition activists in western Georgia
13. video: Election dispute deepens on Georgia's national day
14. Georgian election officials from opposition boycott CEC meeting
15. video: Divisions exposed on Independence Day
16. Parliament can start working with 2/3 MPs
17. CEC rejects complaints
18. Ballots counted, results disputed: Opposition will not recognize parliamentary election legitimacy
19. Opposition demands poll results' invalidation by 1200 gmt 26 May
20. Mikhail Saakashvili led parade away from opposition
21. Saakashvili says ready to cooperate with opposition
22. Saakashvili hopes unanimous opposition boycott will fail
23. Political crisis or peace: Authorities are optimistic about 4-party parliament
24. Nice work if you can get it: Observing, the game you always win
25. Electoralism and mistakes of international community
26. GYLA reports election violence and double voting
27. Legal or illegal funding?
Georgia-Russia relations and conflicts
28. Russia should become part of solution
29. Medvedev calls for better relations with Georgia
30. WTO pursues Russia talks, Georgia obstacle remains
31. Russia-Georgia WTO talks still stalled: Russian chief negotiator
32. Abkhazian law enforcers deny beating Polish journalist
33. Abkhaz autonomy
34. Russian peacekeepers, hardware to arrive in Abkhazia on Tuesday as part of rotation
35. Human decency will defeat ethnic cleansing
36. Russia to hold rotation of peacekeepers in South Ossetia at end-May
37. Russia says no increase in peacekeeping troops in South Ossetia after rotation
Drone incident
38. United Nations confirms Russian fighter jet shot & destroyed Georgian unmanned police aircraft on April 20
39. Georgia to take drone case to international bodies
40. UN concludes Russia shot down Georgian spy plane
41. video: UN: Russia shot down Georgian spy plane
42. Russian fighter shot down spy drone, says UN
43. U.N. says Russia downed drone Georgian craft was flying over separatist region
44. Tensions rise as UN says Russian air force downed Georgian drone
45. President hails UN report on downed drone
46. Russian Air Force official denies UN probe claim on drone downing
47. Senior MP accepts UN finding that Russia shot down Georgian unmanned plane
48. Russian envoy on downed Georgian drone
49. Shamba slams UN report on downed Georgian drone
50. Russia has no relation to Georgian spy planes downing in Abkhazia – Bagapsh
51. UNOMIG probe into April 20 air incident in Abkhazia not objective
Foreign relations
52. Lithuania will remain Georgia’s close friend, ally
53. Estonian general visiting Georgia, Azerbaijan
54. Polish president swears support to Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations
55. Polish president sees Georgia as battleground for influence, domination
56. Georgian, Polish leaders address Independence Day parade in Tbilisi
57. Poland playing Prometheus in Georgia
58. EU foreign ministers on Georgia
59. NATO parliamentary assembled mulls over alliance enlargement
60. Letter from Brussels - “flying the same flag”
61. Turkey hiding behind big brothers in Georgia
62. Dancing the fast Caucasian dance
Misc.
63. Sharadze’s murderers must be “brought to justice”
64. Nino Bujanadze's corruption
65. Preventing drug use in Georgia
66. No food control until 2010
67. Shadow tobacco market down to 10 percent
68. Akhali Kselebi’s 2, 000 subscribers get new phone numbers
69. Georgian National Communications Commission temporarily ceases issuance of broadcasting licenses
70. Protest action on TV company “Maestro’s” air
71. Teimuraz Shashiashvili enraged by journalists
72. Pistol charge denied
73. Georgian cinema one hundred years old
74. ‘Tbilisi-Tbilisi’: A renaissance for Georgian filmmaking
75. Migration and language barrier -cause and effect
76. Ethnic groups in Georgia #15 – Molokans and Old Believers
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
Friday, May 09, 2008
NEWS: Georgia News Digest 05-09-08
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Conflicts news
1. Georgia warns of war risk with Russia
2. Georgia talks of war as tensions with Russia escalate
3. Kremlin source raps Saakashvili for saying war possible
4. Minister says police operation in Abkhazia possible - Russian agency
5. Abkhazia ready to retaliate if Georgia attempts invasion - Deputy Defense Minister
6. President denies Georgia to attack breakaway regions
7. Defense Minister denies war plans
8. Georgian foreign ministry blames Russian defense ministry for spreading misinformation
9. Georgia concentrates over 7,000 servicemen on Abkhazia's border
10. Russia ready for peacekeepers at their limit
11. Russian military says more Abkhazia peacekeepers possible; Georgian leader warns of war
12. Additional Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia monitoring area - Defense Ministry statement
13. Georgia assertion that peacekeepers number exceeds quota denied
14. Russia gives some details on troop increase in Abkhazia
15. Defense Minister condemns Russia’s ‘foolish moves’
16. Georgia not build up troops near Abkhazia, South Ossetia - David Kezerashvili
17. Georgia warns Russia over dispatch of extra troops
18. Abkhazia says fifth Georgian drone downed, Tbilisi denies claim
19. video: Abkhazia claims another Georgian spy plane
20. Georgia denies loss of unmanned aircraft
21. Some debris of Georgian spy drone found in Abkhazia
22. Separatists' minister hosts Cossacks' delegation
23. Abkhazia says it is bound for independence
Georgia-Russia relations
24. Georgia seeks to bring closer armed forces to NATO standards – minister
25. Patriarch says misconstrued on NATO
26. Tbilisi's desire to join NATO rooted in Russia's unfriendly policy - defense minister
27. Georgia to sign non-aggression agreement with Abkhazia
28. Georgia not to recognize Kosovo's independence – president
29. Russian Ambassador: You will not live to see Putin and Medvedev in conflict [excerpt]
30. Medvedev met with skepticism in Georgia
31. What the new president of Russia has in the Caucasus and what he will have there
32. Georgian authorities seek for ties with Russia’s new president – Bokeria
33. Storm clouds over Russian presidential handover
International views
34. US concerned that tensions between Russia and Georgia could escalate
35. U.S. worries Russia-Georgia dispute may get violent
36. Moscow's policy toward Abkhazia, S. Ossetia jeopardizes Georgia's integrity - U.S. ambassador
37. UNOMIG press release
38. United Nations briefing [excerpt]
39. Head of OSCE doesn't see temperature in Georgia’s separatist region as boiling
40. Sweden says 4 EU ministers traveling to Georgia to discuss Abkhazia crisis
41. UK backs Georgia's territorial integrity
42. ‘Chief-Pioneer' for Georgia
43. Politicians' disagreement on forming Lithuania’s stance on Georgia
Commentary and analysis
44. journal: Russia and the “Frozen Conflicts” of Georgia
45. Georgia’s offer
46. video: Interview: Evgeny Bazhanov
47. War with Moscow "very close"
48. Abkhazia cleaves closer to Russia
49. The west can respond more effectively to Russia’s assault on Georgia: part ii
50. Turning Abkhazia into a war
51. What side are we on?
52. Detained in South Ossetia: A reporter’s non-ordeal
Politics and elections
53. Opposition politicians complain about international election monitors
54. Elections polling
55. Opposition slams government for ''destructive reforms''
56. Senior MP on French decision to grant Okruashvili asylum
57. Nugzar Abulashvili: “Who not with me goes to jail!”
58. Repression of MP candidate
59. Head of the election HQ of the united opposition detained in Tsalenjikha
60. Member of National Movement seeks closure of newspaper
61. A forced meeting with the National Movement
62. Hard lost elections: 93 people registered in one flat!
63. Faithful and dearly departed voters in Kutaisi
64. Batumi before elections
65. Teachers barred from meeting opposition candidates
66. Raising the dead for parliamentary elections
67. Precinct election commissions members forced to resign
68. Black list of voter riggers -Giorgi Mosidze names exact people
69. Republicans speak about repression in Kutaisi
70. On May 5-6 working meeting was organized for practicing lawyers in the field of human rights in Telavi
71. Single mandate candidate from opposition party speaks of repression
72. Kakha Kukava shares infamous video over national single deputy candidate
73. Vakhtang Khmaladze request eradication of election list violations
Misc.
74. Saakashvili held the government session in Kutaisi
75. Georgia will not to refuse Russian investments!
76. Georgian & Azerbaijani companies connect networks
77. Soft drink exports down
78. The amount of credits released under the program of cheap credits totals over gel 15 million
79. The Government of Georgia has no intention to prevent any company from investing in Georgia
80. Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) appealed to the court against Tbilisi City Hall
81. Prisoner found hanged in jail
82. Imedi TV Company lawyers prepared the suit to be filed in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
83. 63 Percent of IPReasearch survey respondents find TV-debates interesting
84. Georgian policeman kills fleeing man
85. Prime minister met with winemakers in Sagarejo district
86. Giorgi still most popular name in Georgia
87. Murderers of Giorgi Gamtsemlidze will be punished
88. video: God’s sign for Georgian peace?
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
Monday, January 14, 2008
NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-14-08
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ELECTION and AFTERMATH
1. Thousands rally in Georgia against Saakashvili
2. video: Opposition demonstrate for new ballot
3. video: Rally against Georgia poll result
4. Thousands protest in Georgia
5. Opposition vows to keep protesting against election results
6. audio: Opposition supporters protest, demand recount
7. video: Georgia's opposition back on the streets
8. Opposition denies PM post offered to Gachechiladze
9. report: Presidential election: Summaries of reports by international, domestic election observers & official results
10. Some good, some shenanigans observers report
11. Saakashvili re-elected as CEC approves final vote tally
12. Saakashvili’s lead now irreversible in Georgia ’s presidential vote-counting
13. Georgian press quotes on results of 5 January presidential polls
14. CEC turns down complaints
15. Serious changes not possible in preliminary data
16. CEC head denies ‘falsified vote summary protocol’ allegations
17. Courts begin to discuss election violations
18. Courts turn down most of election complaints
19. Courts annul vote counts at seven polling stations
20. Trash talking: Georgian NGO activist claims to find proof of electoral fraud in CEC garbage bin
21. Election watchdog slams CEC
22. GYLA appeals to the Court
23. NGO head accuses electoral bodies of ignoring complaints
24. Election monitoring results: Essentially consistent with most international standards, but significant challenges
25. Opposition calls for second round of presidential polls
26. Ballot fraud museum
27. Twenty-nine suits alleging vote rigging filed with Georgian courts
28. Labor Party demands repeat polls
29. Opposition leader refuses to reconcile himself to election results
30. No justice, no peace
31. If a runoff in the presidential election is held, Gachechiladze and Saakashvili will split the vote!
32. Election notebook: A day in the life of a Batumi polling station
33. Activist pours cold water on election assessments
34. United Council representative quarreled with GPB anchors for 10 minutes
35. Authorities don't 'steal' victory from opposition-Bryza
36. Opposition MP lashes out at OSCE observers, businessmen
37. OSCE'S different evaluations of the presidential election in Georgia show the structure to be in a crisis
38. Boden's confession to become trump card of Georgian opposition—Markov
39. Dieter Boden summoned to Foreign Ministry
40. Shalva Natelashvili met with Dieter Boden
41. Dieter Boden did not confirm accuracy of information released in German press
42. ODIHR observation mission in Georgia head invited to Foreign Ministry for explanations (Part 2)
43. Pardoned opposition figure says there are political prisoners in Georgia
44. US support for Saakashvili may turn Georgians against west – Gamqrelidze
45. Businessman faces charges in Tbilisi
46. Patarkatsishvili is sure to see Gachechiladze as next president
47. Patarkatsishvili denies accusations of General Prosecutor’s Office
48. Team members of Badri Patarkatsishvili met Dieter Boden
49. Patarkatsishvili rails against "Saakashvili regime"
50. Patarkatsishvili spokesman interrogated at Georgian Interior Ministry
51. Patarkatsishvili entourage says campaign headquarters attacked in Tbilisi
52. Imedi TV to resume broadcasts next week
53. Imedi TV head and several journalists leave channel
54. Key Imedi TV figure quits
55. Okruashvili goes on hunger strike to protest against election ‘falsifications’
56. Eka Beselia left for France regarding Okruashvili’s case
57. Batiashvili released from custody
58. Saakashvili ready for dialogue with opposition – Bakradze
59. Saakashvili denies bargaining with radical opposition
60. Saakashvili says he is ready for dialogue with opposition
61. Bakradze confirms meeting between Gachechiladze and Saakashvili
62. Burjanadze: Meeting between Saakashvili and Gachechiladze is important positive step
63. Saakashvili comments meeting with Gachechiladze
64. I met with Saakashvili’ – Gachechiladze
65. Davit Bakradze: there are many decent people in the opposition
66. Saakashvili meets ruling Party MPs
67. video: Saakashvili resumes leader’s role in Georgia
68. Government to begin fulfilling promises of Saakashvili from tomorrow
69. Saakashvili sounds conciliatory note toward Russia, regrets spoiled relations
70. Saakashvili vows to fight poverty, mend Russia ties
71. Less foreign trips, more local focus – Saakashvili
72. Saakashvili's inauguration ceremony to be held Jan 20 or 21
73. About 8 presidents to attend Saakashvili's inauguration
74. President of Turkmenistan expected at inauguration
75. Gurgenidze to leave for Austria within working visit
76. Acting President pardons opposition politician
77. Saakashvili’s wife arrives in Baku
78. Sukhumi accuses Georgian media of disseminating disinformation
79. Georgian-Abkhaz dialogue under Saakashvili has no future
NATO
80. Georgia aspires to earn an entrance ticket to NATO
81. 70 percent of Georgians vote for joining NATO in a referendum
82. The only game in town: 61% support integration into the North-Atlantic Alliance
83. Baramidze: Georgia given opportunity to make one more step towards NATO
84. Europe to lose from Georgia accession to NATO - German professor
85. Politician proposes referendum on country's neutral status
86. Sarishvili to gather signatures for referendum
87. Georgia has no chance unless Ukraine joins NATO
88. Plebiscite outcomes hardly to speed up Georgia’s accession to NATO
89. Too early to talk about dates for Georgia to join NATO - Bryza
90. Scheffer: We have an intensified dialogue with Ukraine and Georgia
91. Russia's envoy to NATO calls Georgian plebiscite on NATO membership mistake
92. Referendum on NATO fires separatist sentiment, says Russian NATO envoy
93. Georgia will be unable to join NATO - Russian analyst
94. paper: Georgia’s Railway to NATO Passes Through Turkey
COMMENTARY
95. A matter of image
96. Weekly experts panel: Georgia’s vote
97. Rekindling the beacon
98. Surviving the investment “pause”
99. If the opposition fails to achieve anything now, its popularity will wane
100. Cold snap doesn’t touch political temperature
101. With new political landscape, can stability prevail?
102. video: Interview: Evgeny Kozhokin
103. video: Interview: Eduard Shevarnadze
104. How Saakashvili was made president
105. The biggest mistake
OTHER NEWS
106. paper: Georgia: Energy Policy
107. Wanted: A new source of heat
108. Pipeline puzzle
109. Georgian energy barons gather to analyze oil market operation of last four years
110. National Investment Agency welcomes new business to Georgia
111. Our goal is to return Israel to leading positions in Georgian economy
112. Dhabi Group – building a bridge between Georgia and Middle East
113. International military exercises to be held in Georgia in summer
114. Army receives American self-loading rifles
115. Georgian police purchased Turkish 'Cobras'
116. Georgian borderlands
117. Baby, it’s cold outside
118. Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs to dissolve the drug agency
119. MIA initiates reduction of fines on certain rules of traffic movement
120. Press summary for Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia
121. Georgian x-tmas tree in America
122. “Didgory’s Battle” to be made in Hollywood
123. Anti-Semitic newspaper distributed in Tbilisi
124. Lawmaker responds to rumored rift with Patriarch
full digest: Georgia News Digest - Ansicht in Groups BetaNeu!
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
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
ELECTION: Ten Pre-Conditions for Free and Fair Elections
Best regards,
Transparency International Georgia
26 Rustaveli Ave.
Tel: +995 32 93 21 29
+995 32 99 93 35
Fax: +995 32 92 02 51
E-mail: info@transparency.ge
www.transparency.ge
1. The State of Emergency should be lifted without delay.
2. Media freedom should be restored and guaranteed.
3. The right of assembly should be restored and guaranteed.
4. The legislative framework for the elections should be clarified as quickly as possible, while
ensuring the greatest possible degree of consensus between election stakeholders and
participation of relevant local and international organizations.
5. The elections should be administered at every level in an impartial and professional
manner.
6. Administrative resources should not be used to support the campaign of any candidate or
any option in the plebiscite.
7. Every effort must be made to maximize the accuracy of the voters’ lists, including
publication of lists for inspection by citizens as soon as possible so that all necessary
corrections can be made.
8. Every citizen should be provided with adequate and timely information, including the
address of the relevant polling station in order to be able to cast their ballot. Particular
attention needs to be paid to the rights of ethnic minorities.
9. All election subjects should ensure transparency of their election expenditures. This should
include provision of information for the public as well as the election administration.
10. The protocols of election results should be posted at every polling station as soon as the
count has been completed and the CEC should publish results for every PEC within 48
hours of the election.
Signed by:
* Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)
* Transparency International - Georgia
* International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED)
Date: November 12, 2007
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