Thursday, February 14, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 02-13-08

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1. report: Georgian Railway: problems and perspectives
2. Burjanadze calls for caution on railway deal
3. Mikheil Saakashvili Speech at the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy
4. Bendukidze quits cabinet: Will his influence remain?
5. Prime Minister met majority and Chairwoman of Georgian Parliament
6. Ruling party to clarify stance in memorandum
7. Plenary sessions opened
8. Purported transcript of Gelbakhiani-Kodua tape casts conversation in new light
9. Demonstrations will lead Georgia toward crisis
10. Opposition resolved to hold protest rally on 15 February
11. Opposition does not change opinion regarding rally scheduled for February 15
12. Tbilisi authorities permit 10-day opposition protests
13. United Council ascertains details of telephone conversation between Nino Burjanadze and David Usupashvili
14. Consultations between opposition and Burjanadze to resume on Tuesday
15. Two opposition parties expected to continue talks with government
16. Opposition remains firm on suspension of talks
17. Opposition MP: Ruling party ‘hardliners’ scuttle talks
18. Burjanadze: Deadlock averted in talks with opposition
19. Sarishvili accuses opposition of double standards
20. Magradze advises government and opposition to use mediators in dialogue process
21. Targamadze urges Tarkhnishvili and Kintsurashvili to resign
22. Shevardnadze supporters in talks to set up election bloc
23. Okruashvili plans to run for parliament
24. video: Georgian rebel minister plans to run for parliament
25. Education Minister to meet teachers in Ozurgeti region
26. Technical security supervision may move to private sector
27. Gvaramia gives two week to settle problems in the Prison Department
28. Ombudsman demands to investigate actions of Zugdidi Police
29. Georgia’s expectations of the US presidential election
30. Bakradze to participate in meeting of BSEC foreign ministers
31. Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project to be presented at session of UN Economic Commission for Europe
32. Issue on membership of “Georgian Bar Association” in EU is settled
33. Conference of Presidents to focus on Iran
34. Iran, Georgia study expansion of mutual relations
35. Bakradze and Ambassador of Iran to Georgia agreed to intensify regular consultations
36. Gurgenidze to pay working visit to Dubai
37. David Bakradze met Denis Keefe
38. Bakradze and his Norwegian colleague discussed bilateral relations
39. Russia keeps on constructing gas pipeline in Tskhinvali
40. Martin spends six months with UN
41. Ombudsman demands punishment of offender policemen
42. Kosovo not like South Ossetia and Abkhazia, says Georgian president
43. Russian opposition to Kosovo independence ‘unbelievably regrettable’ [excerpt]
44. After Kosovo secedes [excerpt]
45. Putinism's impact on the neighbors
46. Georgia sees an end to embargo
47. Russian investment secures Georgian export predominance
48. Border Police denies Russian general's claim of rebels in Pankisi Gorge
49. Russian management of Armenian railway to alleviate "blockade"
50. Giorgi Targamadze urges heads of Public Broadcasting and Central Election Commission to resign
51. Tbilisi City Court to hear the lawsuit filed by radio station “Hereti”
52. News Corporation bought 100% of TV station “Imedi’s” shares
53. Public Defender defends Imedi TV
54. Batumi goes Kazakh: Oil Terminal and Port sold
55. Local poultry on the rise
56. Tax authorities started release of tax credits
57. Efes acquired Georgian breweries company Lomisi
58. Burjanadze: Issuing of Eurobonds not decided yet
59. MP questions proposed Eurobonds issue
60. French Business Council opens in Georgia
61. Bread prices to spike in March
62. Over 300 markets and bazrobebi in Georgia
63. Expert skeptical on Georgian financial center
64. Georgia represented at Berlinale in out-of-competition category
65. Winning by losing: Turning conflict into cash
66. Search for two missing Georgians in Germany
67. One of the lost drivers appears
68. Largest ever research on Meskhetians appears
69. Women Journalists: A uniquely Georgian trend
70. Poverty and migration, crucial to Georgia’s low birth rate
71. Ethnic groups in Georgia # 1 – Avars
72. video: Georgians seek lift out of malaise
73. Patriarch baptizes hundreds of newborns to encourage greater Georgian fecundity

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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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