Daily Archives: August 7, 2015

Tbilisi court orders seizure of all Rustavi 2’s property

By | August 7th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Tbilisi on Friday ordered the seizure of all property owned by Georgia’s biggest independent TV company, Rustavi 2 reported on its website. According to the statement, the decision was passed on Wednesday, August 5, […]

Responsibility, not informal influence

By | August 7th, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

(DF Watch.) Georgia’s greatest obstacle to becoming a European democracy is the persistence of an informal system of political governance. Though most welcomed the change of government in 2012, the signs were there early on: When then Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili […]

Vehicles of Georgian opposition TV company seized

By | August 7th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

“This will be a full-scale legal war,” Rustavi 2 director Nika Gvaramia warned. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Bureau of Enforcement late Thursday evening seized vehicles belonging to the Georgian opposition-leaning TV company Rustavi 2. The seizure came as result of a court plea submitted by Kibar Khalvashi, a Georgian businessman […]