Friday, January 18, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 10-17-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Court rejects opposition suits contesting presidential poll results
2. Tbilisi court turns down opposition suits contesting presidential vote results
3. Court refuses to annul vote tally
4. A bitterly protested inauguration looms
5. Opposition denied right to rally on inauguration day
6. No downtown rallies - municipality tells opposition
7. Putin congratulates Georgian president-elect on victory, hopes for better relations
8. Lavrov to attend Georgia inauguration
9. Reshuffle of cabinet panned after inauguration of president
10. Burjanadze confirms planned government structural reform
11. Soso Tsiskarishvili: Prosecutor General and Minister of Internal Affairs will remain in the government!
12. Opposition rules out accepting government posts
13. Imedi TV founder remanded in two-month pre-trial custody
14. Patarkatsishvili put on wanted list
15. Patarkatsishvili remanded in custody in absentia
16. No clarity about talks
17. Demonstrations in Tbilisi
18. Attacks on watchdogs
19. Protest rally at Adjara TV
20. Gachechiladze on ‘speaking’ with authorities
21. Opposition welcomes former Imedi TV journalist's return to politics
22. Opposition candidate to continue talks with government to avert crisis
23. Presidential election: International recognition buttresses internal legitimacy
24. Post-election emotions run high among opposition leaders
25. Shevardnadze says Georgia on road to democracy, opposition denounces Saakashvili’s authoritarianism
26. Focus of political turmoil shifting to parliamentary vote
27. Why all the mess?
28. Russia's reach unnerves Chechens
29. Russia warns of emergency as Siberian temperatures dip to -55C
30. Putin-3 [excerpt]
31. Lavrov speaks of Georgia’s NATO aspiration
32. Georgia moves to reopen Russian market for wine, water
33. Ruthless butcher or benign great-grandpapa Joe?
34. First ladies gone wild! [excerpt]
35. Platoon of First Infantry Brigade to leave for Kosovo
36. What does Bagapsh want?
37. Love defeats drug addiction
38. Municipal transport free of charge for veterans in Tbilisi
39. Georgia ranks 32nd in Index of Economic Freedom

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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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