A Tbilisi gas company recently announced that Iran may be a major and permanent natural gas supplier for Georgia. US officials have said that any long-term strategic partnership between Tbilisi and Tehran would be unacceptable. Should Georgia seek out new energy sources from Iran or other countries, even if that means angering Western allies? Are you worried about the cost of heating this winter? (view responses)
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Russia sends radar records and experts for missile probe
Russia has dispatched 25 military experts to Georgia to cooperate in the probe into the August 6 missile incident, Tbilisi officials announced yesterday. (more)
Evicted Kavkasia TV turns down offer of state aid
Dissident and now homeless, the Kavkasia television channel has turned down the president's offer to cover six months of their rent from his reserve fund. (more)
What's in a name? Tbilisi protests Kremlin references to 'Republic of South Ossetia'
Moscow awarded Russian state medals to 12 education workers in secessionist South Ossetia on August 14 for outstanding service, according to a statement on the South Ossetian press service website. (more)
News in Brief

Don't play with fire when it comes to natural gas supplies
Georgia is looking everywhere and anywhere for an alternative to Russian energy supplies. KazTransGaz-Tbilisi, a Kazakhstani-owned gas distributor in Tbilisi, is in talks with Iran, company officials announced this week. And while energy supply diversification is imperative for Georgia, Tbilisi should be cautious about who it courts. (more)


Foreign investments boom in Georgia
Foreign direct investment in Georgia in 2006 was 2.5 times the 2005 figure, according to the newspaper 24 Saati. (more)
Analyst says Georgia is unpredictable neighbor for Armenia
During a press conference on August 14 in Yerevan, US analyst Richard Kirakosian described Georgia as an "unpredictable" neighbor which uses its geographic location "as a kind of bridge between Armenia and Russia," according to the news agency Regnum. (more)
Poll: Burjanadze most successful woman in Georgia
Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze was named the most successful woman in Georgia in a poll of 367 Georgians carried out by the newspaper Kviris Palitra. (more)


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