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1 September, 2010 - 14:30
Freedom House to be Headed by Former Assistant Secretary of State
Freedom House-ს აღმასრულებელი დირექტორი დევიდ კრაიმერი სახელმწიფო დეპარტამენტში სიტყვით გამოსვლის დროს

On August 31 Freedom House announced that David J. Kramer, former Assistant Secretary of State has been chosen to serve as the organization's new executive director. Kramer will take over his term on October 4.

Kramer has had a distinguished career both in government and in the nongovernmental sector. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from March 2008 to January 2009.

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1 September, 2010 - 13:19
Trialeti TV to Dedicate Special Program on Access to Public Information in Shida Kartli

On September 3 Gori-based Trialeti TV is planning to hold a talk show on Shida Kartli Authorities and Publicity of Information.

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1 September, 2010 - 12:56
South Carolina University Helps GIPA Enhance Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management

Within a three-year partnership project the US-based University of South Carolina is to help the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) enhance the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management.

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1 September, 2010 - 11:21
Goris Matsne instead of Lomchabuki
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Gori Municipality has launched a new official print body. The Gori-based weekly Goris Matsne was founded on the basis of the legal person Lomchabuki Ltd. Alongside with the name and organizational and legal form the content of the newspaper has been altered. Several rubrics have been added and accordingly the number of pages of the newspaper has increased. The edition with the circulation 350 is being disseminated in the Municipality.

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Close up

Monday, July 19, 2010 - 02:14
Imervizia
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TV company Imervizia broadcasts its programs in Chiatura and Sachkhere districts, which border the territory of so-called South Ossetia from the west.

Due to the local relief Imervizia's signal reaches the villages situated in Java district controlled by South Ossetia's de-facto authorities. Therefore, the TV channel has been broadcasting the daily Ossetian-language newscast during the last several months. The newscast is produced by Georgian Public Broadcasting.

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Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 17:01
Media in Gori
პრესის ჯიხურები გორში

Arriving in Gori the first eye-catching thing, the novelty for Gori dwellers is brand new newsstands absolutely similar to the ones in Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, called as Prime Time newsstands. But thus far the newsstands in Gori sell only lottery tickets. According to the news agents the press is expected to be delivered in the forthcoming days. Old newsstands are still present few steps away from the new ones.

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Media Discusions

Does Article 154 of Criminal Code of Georgia Protect Journalists?
29 July, 2010 - 13:49

Information on journalists' physical or verbal abuse is being occasionally disseminated. The preliminary investigation into the cases of the kind is being usually launched but almost never brought to an end while journalist's activity in the Criminal Code of Georgia is "privileged". Doesn't Article 154 exist to protect journalists?  The article reads as follows:

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Police "Fairy Tales" on Real TV
26 July, 2010 - 10:41

"Donadze's television", "police propaganda machine"... these are some of the epithets used in connection with TV station Real TV in Tbilisi, the TV channel broadcasts its programs only in the capital. As a result of investigation conducted by Batumelebi newspaper, it was established that the only owner of the TV station Ia Paichadze got the broadcasting license for that TV channel illegally. According to documents, Ia Paichadze has been holding high positions in government and law-enforcement bodies for years. Therefore she had no right to receive a broadcasting license.

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