Close Up

3 February, 2012 - 16:02
Involuntary Vacation of the Samkhretis Karibche
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It is as cold in the office of the Georgian-language print edition Samkhretis Karibche (Southern Gate) as outside in the snowy Akhaltsikhe. The newsroom is empty since for a month a half now the Georgian weekly has not been operating due to financial problems.

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25 January, 2012 - 10:44
Akhaltsikhe Ninth Channel Closeup
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Sergo Fidanyan’s working day starts at 8 a.m. and ends at midnight, or 1 a.m. – he is a cameraman of Akhaltsikhe TV, Ninth Channel (TV-radio company Imperia).  As there are only two cameramen at the channel and the second one is part-time Sergo has to shoot all day long. 

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