Friday, December 5, 2025

Communications commission is violating the law

The communications commission has responsibility for overseeing the introduction of must-carry and must-offer in Georgian cable networks. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) is violating a recently amended law obliging it to inform the public as well as cable companies and TV channels directly, within one week of the must-carry and must-offer principles coming

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Ivanishvili offers to cover population's losses after storm

Opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili offers to pay the state 10 million lari initially, and later more, in order to compensate people's losses from the storm. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main competitor, who accuses the government of abusing the legal system to intervene in his party’s election campaign, offers the government 10 million lari, or USD 6.1 million, as assistance to people affected by the recent storm.

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Georgian opposition announces candidates for Tbilisi

Bidzina Ivanishvili (left) nominated several non-politicians, while some politicians will concentrate on campaigning and not be candidates 'because of a massive workload'. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili Thursday announced the names of all ten majoritarian candidates for Tbilisi and several candidates in the regions.

This time his opposition Georgian Dream coalition brings forth many popular names. Some of the candidates

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Surveys differing wildly ahead of Georgian election

Gaba Gokashvili, parliamentarian for the ruling National Movement party, says his party has the same level of support now as it used to. NDI's poll showed them with an 11 percentage point drop. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream party does not trust the results of a survey conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which shows that the governing party of President Saakashvili has twice as much support as Georgian Dream.

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