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Wednesday, March 26 2008, #058 (1574)

Hunger strikes end

After a second exhortation from the country’s spiritual leader, opposition politicians called off their hunger strike without having won any visible concessions from the government. (more)

Georgian Church marks restoration of autonomy

Yesterday the Georgian Orthodox Church celebrated the anniversary of the renewal of its autocephaly, or religious autonomy within Christian Orthodoxy, with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II holding a service in Sameba Cathedral. (more)

Businesswomen build ties at Turkish forum

Four Georgians took part in the First International Businesswomen Forum in Mersin, Turkey from March 12–15. (more)

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Georgian-Russian relations offer little to look forward to

Georgian–Russian relations have teetered along a complicated and confrontational route in the post-Soviet period. (more)

Poll: What action should the opposition take?

In an informal poll conducted before the opposition called off their hunger strike, just over half of Georgians polled by the newspaper Kviris Palitra thought the opposition should enter talks with the government instead of continuing the hunger strike. The newspaper put the question, “How can the opposition achieve its goal?” to 409 people. It did not specify the survey’s methodology or the location of the respondents. (more)

MP warns of meddling foreign advisers in business development

he post-Rose Revolution administration has made much-publicized efforts to boost small and medium sized business enterprise development, cutting bureaucratic red tape and reducing the number of taxes in an effort to tackle Georgia’s unemployment problem. (more)

Sarkisyan visits Moscow

Taking a brief break from the political turmoil in Yerevan sparked by his official victory in last month’s election, incoming Armenian president and current Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan visited Moscow on March 24. (more)

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