Monday, June 02, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 06-02-08

A service of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

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Politics and elections
1. Two Georgian opposition parties refuse to work at new parliament
2. Opposition coalition, Labor Party reiterate plans to boycott parliament
3. The date of gathering alternative parliament is unknown
4. Part of our population put forward their interests before the country's wellbeing'
5. Today Georgian people don't need a revolution
6. Republican Party left out of parliament
7. United Opposition challenges outcome of parliamentary elections
8. I have nothing to discuss with those pinheads
9. Boycott has never produced any real results
10. Opposition in search of alternative
11. Is Georgian opposition still force to be reckoned with?
12. All parliamentary committees are already occupied
13. Georgian opposition members attacked in Tbilisi
14. Opposition reports attacks on its activists
15. Opposition member beaten up
16. Patarkatsishvili's ex-supporters demand $8 mln from inheritors
17. Late tycoon's allies demand coverage of salary arrears
18. US not quite satisfied with Georgia elections
19. Election observers: a rundown
20. Results of election day monitoring in Kvemo Kartli and preliminary detention facilities
21. Russia rules the opposition
22. United Opposition shoots movie about election
23. Opposition complain of arbitrary decisions on election appeals
24. Election results give National Movement 8 in 10 seats
25. Saakashvili offers high-ranking positions to opposition
26. Ruling party names candidature for Speaker of Parliament
27. Poll: Most competent public figure
Georgia-Russia relations
28. audio: Russia, Georgia trade accusations over province
29. Cold War flares again in Georgia's remote Kodori Gorge
30. Russia may find itself stripped of peacekeeping functions: Tbilisi is using the west to put Russia under pressure
31. No concrete proposals from Russia – Georgian security chief
32. West in diplomacy drive to ease Georgia rebel row
33. Georgia emphasizes peaceful intentions regarding conflicts
full remarks at president.gov.ge/GeorgiaUpdates.html

34. Presidents meet over peacekeepers
35. Patience needed to solve Abkhazian, South Ossetian conflicts – Putin
Abkhazia drone
36. Lavrov says UN talks on Georgian drone futile without Abkhazia
37. UN Security Council to discuss downing of Georgian drone
38. video: UN Security Council grounds Georgia drones
39. Drone downing discussed at UN Security Council
40. Georgia suspends flights over breakaway region after UN says Russia shot down Georgian drone
41. Press conference on downing of air surveillance vehicle over Abkhazia, Georgia
42. Georgia halted drone flights over Abkhazia: envoy
43. Ban on conflict zone flights is not expressed clearly enough - US diplomat
44. Drone wasn't supposed to fly above Abkhazia – Churkin
45. Pilotless plane incident stems from Georgia's violations – Lavrov
46. Georgia says stopped drone flights over Abkhazia
47. Russia to launch own probe into Abkhazia UAV incident
48. Russia trying to redirect focus on reasons of drone downing
Abkhazia troop deployment and general news
49. Russia illegally deploys new troops in Abkhazia; Georgia calls for immediate withdrawal, condemns escalation
50. Georgia protests against deployment of RF troops in Abkhazian reg
51. Russia preparing for major military invasion
52. Georgia to check Russia's drive to "invade" Abkhazia – minister
53. Foreign Ministry says Russia planning military invasion
54. Georgia protests Russian rail deployment in Abkhazia
55. MP slams further increase in Russian troops in Abkhazia
56. Georgia accuses Russia of plans to invade Abkhazia
57. Russia planning Abkhazia invasion
58. video: Georgia accuses Russia of plotting Abkhazia invasion
59. Putin backs Abkhazia autonomy, Russian troops sent
60. A military train with Russian peacekeepers has left the station Dranda near Sukhumi for Russia
61. Russian railroad troops enter Abkhazia to help rebuild roads
62. Russia sends Defense Ministry personnel into Abkhazia, Georgia calls it an "aggressive step"
63. Abkhazian railways restored with Russian help
64. Abkhaz official says Russia deployed 400 extra troops
65. Abkhaz minister says extra Russian troops for repair, building work
66. US 'dismayed' by Russian plan to send troops to Abkhazia
67. Military power concentrated: Who sold anti-aircraft mounting “BUK-1M” to Abkhazians?
68. A Georgian kidnapped from Gali
69. Sukhumi suggests deployment of int'l monitoring force in upper Kodori
70. We don't want a war
IGOs
71. Georgia likely to lose Abkhazia
72. European Union ambassadors arrive in Abkhazia
73. The European Union has agreed on what it wants from Russia. But not how fast
74. Minister says Abkhazia not bound by UN Security Council decision
75. Security Council head says Russia can play 'dignified role' in Abkhaz solution
76. OSCE Chairman discusses situation in Georgia with country's Foreign Minister
77. Independence Day: Support for Georgia’s NATO bid continues unabated as Russia downs another drone
78. GUAM not intended to discuss Georgian Abkhazian conflict
79. GUAM not considering construction of canal from Caspian to Black Sea
80. GUAM sets up coordinating council of banking associations
81. GUAM does not need additional institutions for development
South Ossetia
82. Chechelashvili: We intend to get support of serious “players” for adoption of resolution on GUAM “frozen conflicts”
83. Russia completes peacekeeper changeover in Georgia-Ossetia conflict zone
84. S. Ossetia bombings aimed at aggravating conflict zone tensions
85. S. Ossetian negotiating format not conducive to conflict resolution
86. Tbilisi blames Moscow for failing to make offers on crisis in ties
87. Shelling of S. Ossetia anti-Georgian put-up job
88. Shepherds assaulted by armed separatists
Defense
89. Hummer's Georgian crew survived mine explosion
90. Estonian defence chief visits Georgia
91. Georgian pilots trained in Ukraine
92. Parliamentary report of Defence Minister 2008
93. National Defence Academy celebrates 15th anniversary
94. US Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter visited Georgia
Business and economics
95. Market potential: Energy efficient construction materials
96. Georgian real estate sector remains open for intensive development
97. Demand outweighs supply as Georgia’s real estate sector continues its rapid growth
98. Georgian government facilitates real estate sector development
99. Kazakhstan joins Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline system
100. Volume of lending of the national economy by commercial banks exceeded 5.1 billion lari
101. Main trends of commercial banks’ activities
102. Current tendencies of deposit growth
103. Gas shenanigan goes on
104. International financial celebrities survey Georgian business environment
105. Road rehabilitation in border region launched
Media
106. Erekle Tripolski officially resigns
107. Chairman of Public TV Board resigns
108. Pubic TV Board snubs opposition demand for monitoring body
109. GPB’s Board calls on media, NGOs and international organizations to evaluate censorship
110. Maestro’s suit to be reviewed in court on June 26
111. Court to discuss Maestro TV’s lawsuit in June
Misc.
112. Azerbaijani MP: We are aborigines here
113. Georgia should be reminded how the struggle for Arstakh independence began
114. Georgia pursues anti-Armenian policy during past 2 centuries
115. Iran’s Georgian minority: Tenuous ties with the past
116. Georgia sends humanitarian aid to China's quake-hit areas
117. Fishing Georgia - Georgia on my six-weight line
118. What?
119. Traffic congestion to get much worse
120. National Unified Examinations: ch ch ch ch ch ch changes
121. The world food crisis and Georgia

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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