TBILISI, DFWatch–A lawmaker from the National Movement wants to ban Russian news channels in Georgia.
Giorgi Baramidze floated the idea in a Facebook post last Saturday, but has not yet decided whether to make a formal proposal.
Baramidze later explained
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has criticized a TV program for being biased, after it turned the spotlight on promises made by the government in the 2012 election campaign.
The target of the government’s criticism is a program on Maestro TV called
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has elected Vakhtang Abashidze as new chairman.
This is the first time a head of GNCC has been elected. Abshidze, the only candidate, received the support of all five commission members.
During
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV company accuses the government of wiretapping and spying on its management and journalists.
The accusations were put forth on Tuesday by Nika Gvaramia, director of Rustavi 2, the last major TV channel that remains faithful to former
TBILISI, DFWatch–The 27 candidates for the Board of Trustees of Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) will be interviewed live on GPB’s Channel 2 Wednesday and Thursday.
After going through a round of interviews, a shortlist of 15 candidates will be sent to parliament,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A non-governmental organization founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is to offer training courses for journalists who work for Georgian media outlets.
In a statement on Monday, the organization, called Citizen, explained the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A parliamentary commission in Georgia has exposed how one television station was operating for years without a license during Saakashvili.
The channel, Alania, was found to have close links to the government while Saakashvili was in power and though
TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of parliament from the National Movement party was fined 50 000 lari (USD 30 000) on Monday for defamation of businessman Joseph Kay.
Kay is the investor who took over the control of Imedi TV after the owner, Badri Patarkatsishvili, died
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia tops a new survey of media freedom among those eastern European countries that are not members of EU but associated through the Eastern Partnership.
The report is called Media Freedom Index in Eastern Partners Countries and was presented in Moldova
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Broadcaster has dismissed Channel 1 talk show hosts Eka Kvesitadze and Davit Paichadze.
The two journalists claimed at a press conference on Wednesday that their dismissal, which they learned about the day before, was politically