Thursday, December 11, 2025

Saakashvili regime surprised by Ivanishvili's cold shoulder

Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze is surprised that opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili rejects an offer to participate in politics as a foreigner. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – One of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s top officials says he was taken by surprise by an open letter from opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili yesterday, in which he said that he will not make use of a new tailor-made constitutional change

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Journalists in Georgia want to talk to President Saakashvili

Journalist Gela Mtivlishvili was detained in Tianeti on May 20 for trying to film a police station. A doctor confirmed that he had been beaten. The interior ministry denies that any violence took place. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Journalists in Georgia demand to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and ask him about a series of cases of harassment and violation of their rights.

The appeal is backed by 24 media units.

On May 25, journalists are planning to hold a protest

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Another TV channel taken over in Georgia

Davit Zilpimian says his TV station Pirveli Stereo was taken over because he agreed to technical cooperation with Channel 9, which is owned by the wife of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A small TV station in Georgia has been taken over, in the latest of a series of disputes within media in the country.

A few days ago, Davit Zilpimian reported that the property of Pirveli Stereo and Stereo Plus, a TV channel he established, had

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