Daily Archives: October 7, 2012

Writer attacked after prison guard naming dispute

By | October 7th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Protests continue after a Georgian newspaper published the names of employees at a prison scandalized by revelations of torture. On Saturday evening, a well-known writer who has been engaging in the protests was attacked and beaten. Asaval-Dasavali, […]

High expectations about low prices

By | October 7th, 2012|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch — One of the largest petrol companies reduced the price of petrol by 8 tetris. A spokesman for the new government believes it is possible to decrease the price by 20 tetris, or about USD 0.13. This comes soon after the leader of a coalition which won the […]

Government’s hold over TV is crumbling

By | October 7th, 2012|Categories: Media, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — There is a crisis in pro-government TV in Georgia, after an opposition coalition won the parliamentary election. October 5, several well-known anchors and journalists at Imedi TV, which is controlled by Saakashvili’s government, each wrote on their […]