Daily Archives: June 22, 2012

Georgian government gives in to democracy campaign’s demand

By | June 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A leading lawmaker in Georgia says he is positive to a new law proposal that would diversify access to the media. Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said Friday that he supports the introduction of the principles must-carry and must-offer. […]

Channel 9 defiant after police seize 300 000 sat dishes

By | June 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Police Thursday night seized 300 000 satellite dishes in several locations around the country. This will prevent a government-critical TV channel from reaching viewers. The sat dishes were meant to let people watch Channel 9, which does not have a […]

The rebranding of the Georgian opposition

By | June 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – What is the Georgian opposition? We give you the facts about what groups Bidzina Ivanishvili has recruited to his Georgian Dream coalition. The Georgian Dream coalition currently consists of the Republicans, the Free Democrats, the National Forum, […]

Georgians do not have enough information about Abkhazia

By | June 22nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

There is a deficit of knowledge about what is going on in Abkhazia, says Alexander Cooley, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York. Cooley sat down with DF Watch and told us about a researcher doing public opinion surveys in […]