DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch – The media regulatory body in Georgia Thursday said a cable station was trying to politicize the situation in order to divert attention from its own violations.
The body has fined Trialeti TV 5 000 lari (about USD 3 000) for broadcasting on a
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group in Georgia asks the media regulatory body to stop putting pressure on independent media outlets in the country.
The alliance behind the appeal is called Solidarity for Freedom of Media and was formed in early February in the wake of the takeover of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Constitutional Court made a decision in favor of canceling the requirement of a license for cable broadcasting. But a license is still needed for satellite broadcasting.
The court partly satisfied an appeal by the Public Defender, who
TBILISI, DFWatch – Frank Wisner, former US Ambassador to the UN, who last year negotiated with Hosni Mubarak to defuse the Egyptian crisis, is in Georgia to hold meetings.
Wisner arrived on invitation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian president’s main political
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s richest is not going to apply to the president for double citizenship.
Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship issue is still unresolved. Six months has passed since the president revoked it, which happened four days after the businessman released
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Department of Defense has brought 28 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP) to Georgia to train Georgian troops.
The U.S. embassy in Tbilisi released a statement saying that the vehicles will be transfered from the
TBILISI, DFWatch – The newly elected leader of South Ossetia, a former local KGB head, promises to continue the course of closer relations with Russia, on a course towards uniting South and North Ossetia.
South Ossetia, or the Tskhinvali region, which was occupied
TBILISI, DFWatch – A bust of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski was opened Tuesday here in Tbilisi.
The square where it is located is near the street named after him by Tbilisi City Council to honor him after his tragic death two years ago.
Zaal Samadashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili Monday defended a new network of voluntary reservists which the main opposition bloc has warned are paramilitaries meant for starting a civil war.
Saakashvili, speaking at an event to mark 23 years since
TBILISI, DFWatch – About 30 000 Russians have entered Georgia since visa restrictions were lifted February 28.
This is seventy per cent higher than the same period last year.
Before President Mikheil Saakashvili the liberalized visa rules for Russians, there was visa