Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Georgian Party has broken off relations with Kitsmarishvili

Erosi Kitsmarishvili is no longer representing Georgian Party, an opposition party established two years ago which disintegrated with the advent of Bidzina Ivanishvili on the political scene.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Party has broken off relations with Erosi Kitsmarisvhili, a well known politician and former manager of Maestro TV.

The party has released a statement saying that for four months, the Georgian party has not had any relations with him, and

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Media diversity will be important in '12 election

Natia Lazashvili is newly launched TV9's main news presenter. The addition of an opposition TV station will mean more diverse news, but won't solve the basic problem of politicization of media, one of the speakers argued. (Screen grab from TV9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Groups gathered Thursday to mark World Press Freedom Day with a day-long discussion about how well suited the media environment is to fulfill its public role ahead of the parliamentary election in October.

The roundtable discussion was held at Courtyard

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Georgia's prison minister lied to get rid of protesters

Prison Minister Khatuna Kalmakhelidze displayed her deep hostility towards free media Friday.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A spokesperson for the prison minister in Georgia Friday lied about her whereabouts to divert a crowd of protesters who were angry over a dead prisoner.

A spokeswoman for prison minister Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, claimed that she was not in Tbilisi,

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How one man tried to save Moscow cemetery

Possbly bits of a tombstone dug up during the construction of a new brick building on top of the cemetery. (Photo: Georgiy Ramazashvili.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgiy Ramazashvili, a Moscow-based archival researcher, in July 2011 discovered that there was new construction work on a historic cemetery in Moscow where many Georgian royals, nobles and historic persons are buried. After Georgian and Russian media

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Stop the harassment of journalists, say Tbilisi protesters

Activists in Tbilisi recollected how four photographers who documented police brutality were accused of being Russian spies in June 2011. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – ‘I am a reporter, not a spy’; ‘we want free media’ – these were some of the slogans seen during a demonstration in Tbilisi Thursday to mark World Press Freedom Day.

The first rally started at 12:00 noon. Protesters symbolically tied their eyes,

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