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Tbilisi market
shut down, one thousand vendors forced out 
Late at night on August 4, Tbilisi City Supervision Service began
dismantling the Dezertirebis Bazaar, giving the resident merchants
little prior notice.
The merchants began to carry out their goods from the Dezertirebis
Bazaar building after construction crews began to tear down the
dilapidated facilities. (more)
Tskhinvali
won't go to Tbilisi for JCC session, talks of security threats
The de facto South Ossetian government will not come to Tbilisi
for the next Joint Control Commission (JCC) session, said separatist
leader Eduard Kokoity, because of security concerns. (more)
Abkhazia will
work with Russian companies on Olympic preparations, says secessionist
leader
Russian construction companies want to use Abkhaz building materials
in preparation works for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi despite
no official Russian proposal to involve Abkhazia, said the breakaway
region's de facto leader, Sergey Bagapsh. (more)
Tskhinvali
de facto authorities are running out of options
Tskhinvali leaders look desperate. The Georgian government is
making inroads in South Ossetia, and separatist officials have
fewer and fewer roadblocks at their disposal. (more)
Azerbaijan
has fastest GDP growth in the CIS
Data from the first half of 2007 shows that Azerbaijan is leading
among the CIS countries in terms of economic growth indicators.
The country's GDP in the first half of 2007 is more than 35 percent
over the figure from the first half of 2006. Armenia, second in
the rankings, has a growth figure of less than half of Azerbaijan's.
(more)
Greece
a transit country for Azerbaijani natural gas
Greece will be a transit country for Azerbaijani natural gas deliveries
to Europe, reports the news agency Regnum. The announcement came
after the Greek and Azerbaijani economic development ministers
signed an agreement in Baku. (more)
Azerbaijan
youth skeptical that oil and gas revenue benefits the public
62 percent of Azerbaijani youth believe that income generated
from oil and gas reserves is misappropriated, while only ten percent
believe that it benefits the public directly. (more)
Kavkaz-Poti
ferry deal
Hakim Matchianov, Rezerv Capital Corporation chairman and owner
of the SMAT Kavkaz-Poti ferry, announced plans to sell 49 percent
of his stocks to Armenian companies on August 2. (more)
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