News Shootouts Heard in Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Zone Against the background of a two-day long session of the quadrilateral control commission, the Ossetian side opened fire towards Georgian village of Ergneti on December 22. . . .  News Kutaisi State University Rector Rejects Corruption but Resigns Avtandil Nikoleishvili, rector of Akaki Tsereteli Kutaisi State University, has resigned. The rector made this decision at night on December 22 after the university students’ union published results of a . . .  News Unidentified Detonator Set into Motion in Sokhumi Center Shootouts were heard in the center of Sokhumi, capital of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia, at dawn on December 23. An unidentified detonator was set into motion at the intersection of Shervashidze . . .  News Unidentified Detonator Set into Motion in Sokhumi Center Shootouts were heard in the center of Sokhumi, capital of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia, at dawn on December 23. An unidentified detonator was set into motion at the intersection of Shervashidze . . .  News Free Trade and Competition Agency to be Established in Georgia As a result of the reformation of the Antimonopoly Service and the State Inspection of Prices a new body, the Free Trade and Competition Agency, will be established in Georgia. . . .  News Georgian Parliament Lifted MP’s Immunity to Jaba Maghlakelidze Georgian parliament lifted MP’s immunity to Jaba Maghlakelidze. The parliament made such a decision on the basis of Maghlakelidze’s statement. . . .  News Historic Building Collapses in Tbilisi A historic building collapsed in 27 Armazi Street, Isani-Samgori district, on December 23. There were no victims as a result of the collapse. . . .  News Financial Police Detected Facts of Large-scale Misappropriation Imereti Department of the Financial Police detected facts of unpurposeful spending and misappropriating large amount of funds in Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University in 2004. . . .  News Outdoor Trade Allowed for New Year Outdoor trade will not be prohibited on territories adjacent to the Vagzali Square for the New Year. . . .  News Sakrebulo Awarded ‘Etalon’ Winners s of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo [local self-governance unit] awarded winners of a television project Etalon [paragon] on December 23; personal computer was presented to the most successful pupil of the . . .  News Georgian Communists: People Miss the Time They Were Ruling Georgian communists, who are divided into several political parties, plan to unite and return to power with joint forces. They stated concerning this issue at a press conference held in . . .  News Co-Chairs of Mixed Control Commission Leave Chancellery Without Comments Meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and co-chairs of the mixed control commission of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict resolution was underway an hour and a half in the State Chancellery . . .  News Doctors’ Day not to Celebrate after the Rose Revolution The Doctors’ Day, introduced by the former president Eduard Shevardnadze, is not celebrated after the Rose Revolution. This day has been celebrated in Georgia for seven years. During the Doctor’s . . .  News Leaders of Gang Arrested in Mziuri Employees of the Vake-Saburtalo district police arrested Davit Mirzashvili, one of the gang leaders, on December 23. . . .  News Issuance of Subway Coupons to IDPs Delayed Inter-Press was reported at the Georgian Ministry of Accommodation and Resettlement that according to the agreement reached with Tbilisi authorities, issuance of subway coupons was to be concluded by the . . .