Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Channel 9 defiant after police seize 300 000 sat dishes

Authorities seized 300 000 sat dishes before they could be installed. Georgia's chief prosecutor ordered the police operation, which took place in Tbilisi and several other locations around the country. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Police Thursday night seized 300 000 satellite dishes in several locations around the country. This will prevent a government-critical TV channel from reaching viewers.

The sat dishes were meant to let people watch Channel 9, which does not have a

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The rebranding of the Georgian opposition

Levan Gachechiladze was the candidate of the united opposition in the snap presidential election on January 5, 2008.

TBILISI, DFWatch – What is the Georgian opposition? We give you the facts about what groups Bidzina Ivanishvili has recruited to his Georgian Dream coalition.

The Georgian Dream coalition currently consists of the Republicans, the Free Democrats, the National Forum,

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Georgians do not have enough information about Abkhazia

Alexander Cooley is professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.

There is a deficit of knowledge about what is going on in Abkhazia, says Alexander Cooley, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.

Cooley sat down with DF Watch and told us about a researcher doing public opinion surveys in

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