Friday, December 5, 2025

How tourists see Georgia and what they expect

Luis from Ecuador has been traveling around the world for the last seven years, now stopping by to taste the Georgian dish khinkali. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Luis from Ecuador has been traveling for seven years around the world. This time he stops in Georgia for a while. He hadn’t heard much about this country, but stopped by here on his way to somewhere else. Then he decided to stay for several weeks.

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Media workers gather in support of Maestro TV

Having diverse information is important when elections are coming up, says Lasha Tughushi (center), editor of the daily Rezonansi. Nino Jangirashvili (right) says the campaign will continue until there are real results. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – 20 media outlets in Georgia gathered today at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel to discuss the recent seizure of satellite dishes belonging to Maestro TV.

The media workers consider the prosecutor office’s action illegal and appeal to both the government

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Tbilisi death jumpers used car safety belt, likely cause

Organizers say they used a car safety belt to attach the ropes to the bridge. The lock may have failed, causing the accident. Two people died. (FB.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The inquest into the death of a 23 year old woman and a 25 year old man after a rope jump from a bridge in Tbilisi is not yet finished, but there are indications that what caused the tragedy was the use of a provisional mechanism involving

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Livestock killed by storm in eastern Georgia

The storm caused damages to roads, killed livestock and damaged electricity lines in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. Eighteen people were injured. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia was hit by a storm Thursday that killed livestock and injured eighteen people and caused flooding in the capital.

Local media in the eastern region of Kakheti report that heavy rain was followed by a hail storm, causing difficulties

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Two die in rope jumping accident in Tbilisi

A man and a woman died after jumping off a bridge in Tbilisi Sunday, tied with climbers' ropes. (FB.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A 23-year old woman and a 25-year old man died in a rope jumping accident in Tbilisi on Sunday.

The two jumped together from a bridge. The woman, Mariam Kandashvili, died on the spot, while the man, Goga Goletiani, was taken to hospital,

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Media freedom used as weapon in Georgian politics

A reporter for info9 (right) is being interrupted by an unknown woman, who among other important queries wanted to know if info9's man knew the deductive method and who Jack London was. (Info9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Do you know the deductive method? Who was Jack London? What is Watergate?

These are some of the important questions an unknown woman recently asked a reporter for info9, again and again, apparently in order to keep him from doing

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Maestro journalists defend TV station's integrity

Journalists at Maestro TV protest against the seizure of satellite dishes. The chief prosecutor thinks Maestro was trying to bribe people to vote for the opposition party of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Journalists with Maestro demonstrated in front of the old parliament building in Tbilisi Friday.

Their demand was that authorities return satellite receivers seized from the TV company a few days ago, so journalists be let to continue their

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Second TV station targetted in satellite dish clamp-down

Director of Maestro TV, Ilia Kikabidze, says satellite receivers were distributed in order to increase the number of viewers, not to support any political party. "I don't represent a political organization," he said. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Government is to seize satellite receivers belonging to the small, independent TV station Maestro under a controversial new party finance regulation.

The Prosecetor’s Office suspects that Maestro is distributing satellite receivers to voters

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