Monday, March 16, 2026

UNM to rally to stop Supreme Court ruling against Rustavi 2

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UNM’s Nika Melia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists from Georgia’s former ruling party are rallying in Tbilisi on February 10 in order to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling against the top people in the largest opposition TV station.

UNM’s Nika Melia said on Wednesday that the party of ex-President

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Imedi-GDS merger heralds further consolidation in Georgian TV

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Ex-PM Bidzina Ivanishvili appearing on 2030, the main news show on GDS.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Imedi TV, one of Georgia’s largest TV stations, has bought GDS, a smaller company linked with billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Imedi confirmed that it had purchased 100 percent of shares in the broadcasting company

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Georgia’s Public Broadcaster selects new head who has links to Ivanishvili

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New GPB director Vasil Maglaperidze. (Channel 1.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The supervisory board of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster (GPB) on Thursday selected as new director a candidate with close ties to the ruling party and personal links to billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

The decision to appoint Vasil Maglaperidze

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Village trustee in Georgia resigns after hitting journalist in the face

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Trustee of the village Tsnori, Tamaz Mateshvili, resigned after the incident.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The trustee of a village in eastern Georgia has resigned after admitting that he hit a journalist in the face.

The journalist, Gela Mtivlishvili, had showed up at a stretch of road where asphalt was being laid down in pouring rain in anticipation of a visit by

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Rustavi 2 loses ownership case in Appeals Court, vows to continue fight

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Rustavi 2 lawyer Tamta Muradashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia upheld a decision by Tbilisi City Court to transfer ownership of the largest opposition TV station, Rustavi 2, to Kibar Khalvashi, a former owner.

Khalvashi successfully sued claiming that Rustavi 2 was forcibly

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