Tuesday, February 05, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-05-08

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1. Moderates dominate the new cabinet
2. Saakashvili: Georgia to become exporter country in two years
3. Zero tolerance policy to be abandoned
4. Three regions of Georgia to have new envoys since Tuesday
5. Three provincial governors replaced
6. Corruption, once again
7. Anti-poverty campaign takes shape: President and Prime Minister each outline specific measures
8. Railway hunters
9. New Education Minister ‘prepared to tackle the problems’
10. Saakashvili opened oil producing plant
11. Protest builds around amended tax code: Government pledges continuing relief over 5 years
12. Helsinki Commission to hold hearing on ramifications of presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia
13. United Opposition leaders hold final consultations prior to the meeting with the chair of Georgian Parliament
14. Opposition lays out action plan, puts demands to government
15. Meeting of majority and opposition held with participation of Mikheil Machavariani
16. Kurdadze: Consultations with opposition to ensure joint approach on several issues
17. “Labourists” and “New Rights” to join actions of United Opposition
18. Labor Party focuses on energy issues
19. United Opposition starts campaign “I did not vote for Saakashvili”
20. Salome Zurabishvili left for USA
21. United Opposition to inform society about plans
22. Court orders 2-month custody of Patarkatsishvili staff ex-head
23. Patarkatsishvili to found new political movement
24. Okruashvili's party addresses Prosecutor General
25. Opposition set to start protests if demands not fulfilled
26. Early signs of compromise in government-opposition talks
27. Bakradze discussed bilateral relations with Foreign Minister of Latvia
28. Estonian investments to be made in tourism, winemaking and light industry fields
29. Estonian businessman interested in Georgia
30. Gurgenidze attaches great importance to Estonia’s friendly attitude towards Georgia
31. Estonia to back Georgia's speedy accession to NATO
32. Ukraine' s NATO bid paves way for Georgia
33. At NATO, no time for cold feet: A chance to cement the peace in the Balkans -- and beyond
34. Saakashvili and Lavrov’s closed-door meeting revealed
35. video: Interview: Dmitry Rogozin
36. Reexamining Russia [excerpt]
37. Russia: An energy superpower? [excerpt]
38. 100 days – Medvedev’s and ours
39. Senior MP: Russia should support unrecognized states
40. Tadic's reelection shows West should listen to Serbia on Kosovo – Zatulin
41. Nine days until 'Kosovo precedent”
42. New State Minister speaks on conflict resolution issues
43. In some cases extraordinary decisions have to be taken: Temur Iakobashvili
44. Georgia urged to abandon "exhausted approaches" to Abkhaz conflict settlement
45. Kokoyty calls for meeting with Georgian president
46. Separatists suspect Georgia looking for pretext to delay summit meeting
47. Eduard Kokoity awarded the best journalists of the de-facto republic
48. Peacekeeper helps in war-torn country
49. Abkhazia press summary
50. ICC Georgia elects new board and chairman
51. ICC: “Feeling the need to expand”
52. Chair and CEO of Dhabi Group visit Georgia
53. Transport prices rise again in 2008
54. A million tourists expected in Georgia in 2008
55. Respect for geographic appellations of agricultural products to be negotiated with EU
56. Georgia eyes Turkey as future energy consumer
57. Benita Ferrero-Waldner: "Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad does not seem to us to be a project of regional importance"
58. Newspaper “Mteli Kvira” demands safety guarantees for its regional correspondent
59. Imedi is the most popular radio station
60. Pop music as key tool in Armenian elections [excerpt]
61. Reconstruction of National Library to be completed in four years

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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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