Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Six detained for assassination attempt on Abkhazian leader

A burnt-out car after the attack on de facto leader Alexander Ankvab in February; the sixth assassination attempt he has survived.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto authorities in Abkhazia yesterday detained six suspects in the case about the assassination attempt on the president in February.

On February 22, Alexander Ankvab’s car was fired on with machine guns and a

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Media regulatory body denies harassment

Zurab Bazghadze, director of marketing and development of Global TV, says the commission which regulates media has made them take certain popular Russian channels off the air, and it may have been done to aid their competitor Silknet, which is closer to the government. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

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

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Court removes licence requirement for cable broadcasters

Satellite broadcast will still require a license, but cable is exempt, follow the ruling. (Interpressnews.)

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

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Arab Spring negotiator comes to Tbilisi for talks

Frank Wisner (left) came on invitation by Bidzina Ivanishvili (right), and the two answered questions from journalists outside Ivanishvili's futuristic complex in Tbilisi. In January 2011, Wisner was sent by Obama to defuse the Egyptian crisis. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

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

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U.S. brings mine-resistant vehicles to Georgia for training

An MRAP vehicle in Afghanistan. (Polish Ministry of National Defence.)

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

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New South Ossetian leader to seek a union with Russia

Newly elected leader Leonid Tibilov says he will continue the course towards a union between North and South Ossetia. (RES.)

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

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