Daily Archives: August 31, 2015

Georgian TV company cancels two talk shows

By | August 31st, 2015|Categories: Media, News|Tags: , |

Imedi host Inga Grigolia claims the Sunday show’s cancellation is a result of political interference. (Imedi.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV company on Sunday announced that it will suspend two popular political talk shows ‘temporarily’ until 2016, promising to change their format and offer viewers ‘a new product.’ Imedi’s decision was met with a negative response from viewers. […]

Animal rights activists storm Batumi Dolphinarium, using tear gas

By | August 31st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Six men broke into a dolphinarium in Batumi on Sunday, and demanded that the dolphins be set free. The six activists were all detained and questioned. According to Batumi Dolphinarium’s management, the group broke […]

North Caucasus Watch (22–28 August 2015)

By | August 31st, 2015|Categories: Caucasus region|

DFWatch (22–28 August 2015) Daghestan Former mayor of Makhachkala, Said Amirov, was sentenced to life by a court in Rostov-on-Don on 27 August. His relative Yusup Dzhaparov was sentenced to 18 years in penal colony. […]