Wednesday, January 30, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-30-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Opposition parties lay out demands
2. Opposition memorandum
3. Opposition posts demands to national administration
4. Opposition leader warns of protest rallies from mid-February
5. video: Opposition threatens president with 'permanent protests'
6. Opposition to start consultations over single electoral block
7. Opposition forces to put forth demands to authorities
8. Gvaramia ready to discuss opposition memorandum
9. One of the leaders of opposition: Conclusions and decisions made by “Michnik’s group” must bear legal force
10. Gamqrelidze presented government with ultimatum. 'Saakashvili works according to Communist principles'
11. Sarishvili advises authority not to locate foreign forces on territory of Georgia
12. Sarishvili begins to collect signatures against NATO bases
13. Labor Party refuses to sign opposition memorandum
14. Imedi license again under review, News Corp. role murky
15. “Labourists” demand every citizen of Georgia to become shareholder of GBG
16. Okruashvili lawyers demand his release
17. Ombudsman urges General Prosecutor to investigate action of police employees of Oni
18. Zurab Adeishvili officially informed parliament about his resignation
19. Levan Bezhashvili: Authorities are set to discuss any issue in oppositional memo
20. Gvaramia supporting idea of re-checking voters’ register
21. Legal Affairs Committee to hear candidacy of Eka Tkeshelashvili
22. Media council elaborated recommendations concerning the selection of members of GPB Board of Trustees
23. Labor Party presented its own version of reorganization of Public Broadcasting 24. Bush's final State of the Union [excerpt]
25. Russian, Georgian diplomats discuss normalization of bilateral relations
26. Russians reply to provocations by warning of nuclear war [excerpt]
27. Economic security and national security: Connected in Georgia
28. Saakashvili "interpreted" Russian minister on Kosovo
29. Estonian PM to pay official visit to Georgia
30. Russian election official calls into question OSCE monitoring body's future [excerpt]
31. Russian peacekeepers accuse Georgian media of filing "fabricated" reports
32. Irina Sarishvili: Reintegration campaign of geo gov’t will trigger new conflict spots
33. Russian MFA: Kosovo will set a precedent
34. Who to talk to about Abkhazia
35. Abkhaz separatist official expects no changes in Georgian Russian relations
36. Abkhazia not to renounce independence - separatist official
37. Georgia urges Russia to observe electoral norms in breakaway regions
38. Non-aggression deal to ease tensions in Abkhaz conflict zone – Churkin
39. UN SC to discuss Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone situation
40. Tskhinvali said under water blockade
41. South Ossetia unwilling to cooperate with renamed Georgian body
42. S-Ossetian leader asks Putin for helping to organize his meeting with Saakashvili
43. Kokoyty positive on Georgian-Russian ties
44. ‘Reintegration’ in ministry name angers Tskhinvali
45. audio: Georgian music documentary
6. 24-year-old man was abducted from village Shamgona, Gali district
47. Azerbaijan Interested in Azerbaijan-Georgia-Ukraine Gas Route
48. GOEL acquires oil gas blocks in Georgia
49. License for magnesium mine sold for USD 16 m

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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

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