Tuesday, March 11, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 03-11-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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1. Georgia oppositionists begin hunger strike at parliament building
2. video: Georgia sees fresh protests over 'rigged' election
3. About 7,000 opposition supporters rally in Georgian capital
4. Five opposition politicians go on hunger strike
5. Opposition pledges ‘permanent protests rallies’
6. Opposition rallies outside parliament
7. video: Georgia’s opposition hungers for democracy
8. MPs go on hunger strike, demand meeting with parliament speaker
9. More join the hunger strike
10. NDP to join opposition’s action on Tuesday
11. New Rights go on hunger strike
12. Fulfillment of opposition's demands less likely
13. Speaker surprised by opposition's hunger strike
14. Burjanadze downplays opposition hunger strike as ‘stage show’
15. Burjanadze offers increase of number of MPs
16. MP accuses opposition of thwarting dialogue
17. MP says opposition's demand for run-off poll unclear
18. Opposition leaders visit Estonia
19. Estonian president advises Georgia to focus on parliament election
20. ODIHR head visits Georgia
21. Uranium on the loose [excerpt]
22. Merkel against NATO membership of states with conflicts
23. Georgia half step away from joining NATO-Saakashvili
24. Georgia drums up support for NATO MAP: Will Russia stand in the way?
25. Burjanadze: Georgia very close to NATO MAP
26. The attempt to push Georgia into NATO is a provocation
27. What about Georgia? Recognizing Kosovo least bad option for United States [excerpt]
28. Georgian Airways pays usd 2 mln debt to resume flights to Russia
29. Russia not encroaching on Georgia integrity – Slutsky
30. ‘Russia may be paving way for Abkhaz recognition’ – EU Official
31. Parliament denounces Russia's actions about Abkhazia
32. Russia not aiming to split Georgia by lifting sanctions on Abkhazia – official
33. Parliament speaker warns Russia against recognizing separatist regions
34. Russia de facto establishing relations with Abkhazia
35. Natelashvili: Georgia officially loses Abkhazia
36. Railway transportation problem in Abkhazia
37. video: Saying it with flowers
38. President of Georgia awarded journalists with orders of honour
39. New Georgian newspaper message founded on the basis of Sukhumi University
40. Abu Dhabi Group buys Georgian bank
41. Dhabi Group to finance Kempinsky Hotel construction works
42. Central Bank’s independence questioned
43. World Economic Forum ranks Georgia 66th on Travel and Tourism Index
44. Imedi TV expected to reopen this month
45. GPB New Chairman expected to revive the channel
46. Newspaper Asaval-Dasavali journalist quit hunger strike
47. To bee or not to bee in Georgia?
48. Government to provide banks with low-interest credit under Cheap Loan Program
49. Shore in Makhinjauri to be secure for people
50. Dismantling of Ortachala Prison to start in nearest future
51. How people from Gori are transported to Turkey to get jobs
52. The head of police department is accused for beating a georgian citizen
53. Nebulous Gori municipality budget
54. “Moot service” probation bureau?
55. A five- year-sentence for finding scrap-iron on a dump
56. Numerous witnesses of Guram Sharadze’s murder: what does the “edited” video actually show?
57. Patrol policemen beat a citizen
58. Truth and recriminations: Wearing “iron sandals”
59. Accidental murders, coincidence or not?
60. Teacher vs. corrupt director
61. From the land of the golden fleece

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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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