Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Donor-funded platforms under scrutiny by new grant law

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Donor-funded media platforms in Georgia are billed as “independent.” That might play well in Brussels and Washington. But seeing this from the inside here in Tbilisi, the picture looks very different. Outlets such as JAM News and OC Media operate almost entirely on grants from foreign governments and foundations. For long, sounding the alarm about … Read more

Yet here we are

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When a government-friendly TV channel recently reported that German Ambassador Peter Fischer’s spacious apartment in downtown Tbilisi belongs to the wife of a leading opposition politician, that was obviously a story. A diplomat’s potential conflict of interest in the host country’s domestic political wranglings? That is exactly the kind of thing that stirs a journalist’s … Read more