DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will enforce media diversity, but only for sixty days, according to a new draft law.
The draft envisages passing a law that will secure the population diverse access to TV channels. Currently, most of the population only have access to channels
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Deputy Secretary General is to visit Georgia on June 28.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Jalaghania announced at a briefing in Tbilisi Monday that Alexander Vershbow will arrive for a two day visit to participate in a defense and
TBILISI, DFWatch – A legislative initiative to provide for more diverse media in Georgia continues to gather support as the EU Ambassador says he supports it.
At a meeting at the Central Election Commission today, EU Ambassador to Georgia Philip Dimitrov said it gives
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition in Georgia claims the Saakashvili regime fired 50 policemen because of their political views, but the Interior Ministry denies it and says the policemen left because they refused to go along with a restructuring plan.
At a press conference
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia says it is ready for dialogue with Georgia in case someone else than President Saakashvili comes to power.
“We need pragmatic interlocutors, such as Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Alasania, for dialogue with
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of experts from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has arrived in Georgia to prepare a report about the election period.
According to NDI’s Georgia office, the delegation will hold meetings with the government, candidates, leaders
TBILISI, DFWatch – The recent criticism against Swedish telecom giant Teliasonera’s cooperation with totalitarian regimes in the former Soviet Union has prompted the company to start a new program for ensuring that human rights are observed.
-We denounce all human rights
TBILISI, DFWatch – A leading lawmaker in Georgia has modified a statement he made yesterday, that the government will support a proposal from democracy campaigners.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze yesterday said he and the ruling National Movement party will vote
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been fined USD 45 million but refuses to pay, says he doesn’t own shares in any Georgian companies.
According to Ivanishvili’s official Facebook page, he says he no longer owns shares in Cartu Bank nor in any other
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police in Georgia Thursday entered the offices of a company affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who is trying to mount a challenge to President Saakashvili in a parliamentary election in October.
Police went into the offices of Elita