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11 March, 2010 - 23:46
Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
დუნია მიატოვიჩი, ეუთოს წარმომადგენელი მედიის თავისუფლების საკითხებში

The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Mijatovic was appointed for a three-year term that can be renewed once. She starts work in the Vienna-based office of the OSCE Representative on March 11, succeeding Miklos Haraszti.

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11 March, 2010 - 23:34
According to Media Development Foundation Monitoring Results Georgian Media Covers Minority Issues through Violation of Standards

Since January 1 2010 Media Development Foundation has been monitoring the Georgian-language media coverage of ethnic and religious minority issues. On March 11, at the Public Defender's Office, the Foundation representatives introduced the journalists the outcome of the monitoring conducted in the recent two months.

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11 March, 2010 - 20:00
Appeals by Former Imedi TV Journalists to be Submitted to European Court of Human Rights
Tbilisi-based NGO Human Rights Priority is to submit the appeals by former Imedi TV journalists to the European Court of Human Rights in the forthcoming days.

Former Imedi TV staff are appealing the violation of their fundamental rights followed after the November 7, 2007 raid into Imedi TV premises. In addition journalists are appealing inefficient investigation conducted by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

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11 March, 2010 - 01:20
Tax Amnesty to Embrace National Channels too
The initiative proposed by President Mikheil Saakashvili on the declaration of tax amnesty for televisions is going to embrace national televisions too.

According to the annual parliamentary report, posted on the President's official website Mikheil Saakashvili proposes MPs "a new initiative by which all Georgian TV channels, whether regional or national, will be granted a tax amnesty so that they are able to develop stronger foundations" that is to enhance the Georgian democratic and political culture.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 22:15
Newspaper Svobodnaya Gruzia
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The first edition of the newspaper came out in 1922 under the name of Zarya Vostoka («Заря Востока») until 1991. According to the 1991 order by the Board of Ministers the newspapers Molodiozh Gruzii («Молодежь Грузии») and Zarya Vostoka merged into a new edition named Vestnik Gruzii («Вестник Грузии») whose lifetime was limited to three months only. Since April 10, 1991 the newspaper has been coming out under the name of Svobodnaya Gruzia («Свободная Грузия»).
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Features

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 17:22
Media in Port City
გაზეთების ჯიხური ფოთში

As soon as my business trip from Tbilisi to Poti was confirmed I started surfing the net to glean some info about the city. Wherever I came across the official name of the city it was titled as "a self-governing city."

Self-governing City Poti

It's six a.m. and I am already at Poti railway station. The city with the main port connecting Europe with Asia has been recently recognized as a free industrial zone.

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Media Discusions

Georgian Authorities Hires Two PR Companies to Lobby in the United States
9 March, 2010 - 20:58

Early this year Georgian authorities hired two PR companies to lobby in the United States. According to the documentation submitted to the US Department of Justice the fee for the service to be provided tops USD 800,000. The service to be performed by both companies includes lobbying Georgian authorities in the US Congress.
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Journalists Discussed Problems in Georgian Media and Public Reliance to it
25 February, 2010 - 17:34
On February 24 Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel hosted the roundtable meeting on Public reliance to Georgian media. The event was held within the EU-funded project Strengthening Media's Role as a Watchdog Institution in Georgia.
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