Friday, December 5, 2025

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Twenty-two Georgian NGO outlets hit back at major broadcaster

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TBILISI, November 26 – Twenty-two Georgian online platforms have accused one of the country’s biggest broadcasters of spreading falsehoods in a recent television report. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the platforms said they have filed a complaint with Georgia’s media regulator, demanding that TV Imedi retract information aired in a recent investigative segment. The … Read more

Media regulatory body denies harassment

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Zurab Bazghadze, director of marketing and development of Global TV, says the commission which regulates media has made them take certain popular Russian channels off the air, and it may have been done to aid their competitor Silknet, which is closer to the government. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The media regulatory body in Georgia Thursday said a cable station was trying to politicize the situation in order to divert attention from its own violations.

The body has fined Trialeti TV 5 000 lari (about USD 3 000) for broadcasting on a

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Want new rules for media watchdog

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TBILISI, DFWatch – A civil rights group in Georgia wants a new set of rules to ensure that the country’s media watchdog becomes more independent. Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) last year criticized the present chair of the communications regulatory commission, Irakli Chikovani, for having a conflict of interest. In a study GYLA found that … Read more