NEWS: Georgia News Digest 12-27-07

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1. report: Monitoring the use of administrative resources during the election campaign
2. Initial results of pre-election media monitoring
3. Media Council published TV monitoring results
4. About 800 international observers registered for monitoring presidential elections in Georgia
5. US, German ambassadors to Georgia urge to abide by laws
6. OSCE observer says election in Georgia will be democratic
7. Georgian presidential election will be democratically held in South Ossetia
8. NATO reservists to observe Georgian election in Abkhazia’s Kodori Gorge
9. In Gori, voter lists still cause for controversy
10. “New Generation - New Initiative” will conduct parallel vote tabulation for the 2008 presidential elections
11. Georgian opposition broadcaster shuts down as political scandals heat up
12. Imedi suspends broadcast amid campaign mud-slinging
13. video: Georgian opposition TV shut again: 'We fear for our lives'
14. Burjanadze - Imedi TV staff’s decision on suspension of broadcasting was no surprise
15. Authorities dismiss claims of pressure on Imedi TV
16. PM – Imedi TV founder is to decide when and how to resume broadcasts
17. Patarkatsishvili - Imedi TV will resume broadcasts the day following the presidential elections
18. Patarkatsishvili's aides say TV closed due to government pressure
19. Inga Grigolia: I do not care about Imedi, I`ve my business
20. Imedi TV shut down sensible, safe
21. Opposition candidates comment on Imedi TV situation
22. Government positively evaluates decision of journalists to quit “Imedi” TV
23. Patarkatsishvili withdraws from Georgia’s presidential race
24. Patarkatsishvili withdraws from presidential race
25. Patarkatsishvili meets with Georgian police official in London
26. Patarkatsishvili says he has evidence of a London assassination plot against him
27. Patarkatsishvili vows to continue political struggle
28. Patarkatsishvili says he offered police money not to use force against protesters
29. PM says Patarkatsishvili can remain a candidate
30. Giorgi Zhvania is in London for holding consultations with Patarkatsishvili
31. General Prosecutor’s office to appeal to parliament for withdrawing immunity of MP
32. Marina Gabunia accused of coup plotting sentenced to two months of preliminary detention
33. Bezhuashvili excludes possibility of bribing army by Patarkatsishvili
34. Campaign manager meets Patarkatsishvili
35. Youths held a protest
36. Gachechiladze slams Saakashvili, Patarkatsishvili’s ‘dirty games’
37. Gachechiladze says former president plans to steal 40 per cent of votes
38. Gachechiladze lashes out at Rustavi 2, Mze TVs
39. Nine-party coalition comments on recent developments
40. John F. Tefft met members of united opposition
41. Gamkrelidze: He has faith and strength, but does he have the votes?
42. Labors address international community
43. Natelashvili urges Europe to stop Saakashvili
44. Natelashvili calls EU on holding consultations with Saakashvili
45. CEC denies Sarishvili budget funding, free airtime
46. France to consider granting Okruashvili political asylum – lawyer
47. Issue related to giving political asylum to Okruashvili to be decided by France till January 03
48. France to make asylum decision on Okruashvili
49. It’s a long way from Georgia to Fayetteville
50. The fight for public discourse
51. Court jails former judge suspected of conspiracy for two months
52. Nino Burjanadze named best Georgian politician in 2007
53. Konstantin Kublashvili: Corruption does not exist in the Georgian court system any more!
54. Georgian, Iranian Foreign Ministers discuss relations
55. Regular draft amendments to the state budget of Georgia for 2007 submitted in parliament
56. Bendukidze: The country experienced usd 0.5 billion losses due to current political situation
57. Block Georgia to invest $50m in new hospital construction
58. GYLA publishes results of monitoring in the penitentiary
59. video: Kosovo independence to spark chain reaction in Caucasus?
60. video: Shakira in Tbilisi

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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