Obieqtivi TV continues illegal broadcasting in the Russian language and this time with a co-host from Sputnik-georgia.ru. Bypassing the decision adopted by Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) on January 9, which issued a warning and ordered Media Union Obieqtivi to immediately remove Russian-language program from the air, the TV channel still aired the program “Неделя”...

On February 5, a member of anti-liberal group “Georgian March”, Beka Vardosanidze, published a screenshot of the Facebook post of a member of the Republican Party, Levan Berdzenishvili, dated July 10, on his personal Facebook page. The screenshot of Levan Berdzenishvili’s Facebook post contained an obscene word toward Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani: “F**k me if...

On January 29, an online edition Georgia and World released an article headlined “Levan Chachua: As soon as this law enters into force, total control will be imposed over each parent and even minor signs of strictness towards children will lead to parents’ punishment in the strictest possible way.” As noted in Geworld’s editorial note,...

On February 2, pro-Kremlin online edition News Front Georgia released an article headlined “Liberals are ideologically plotting a new anti-Russian provocation in Adjara.” The article reads that Georgian media outlets speak of and protest against Russian investments, while the threat is coming from Turkey. News Front Georgia reiterates its earlier disinformation, as if under his...

On January 28, Facebook page “Politicano” spread a screenshot of the title page of the article released by American magazine, Foreign Affairs, showing only the name of the magazine, its issue, date of publication and the headline of the article. Referring to its headline “Will Hitler Save Democracy?,” Politicano claims that the American magazine pinned...

This banana duct-taped to a wall is definitely not the art installation by Maurizio Cattelan which was estimated and sold at USD 120,000 at one of Miami’s art auctions. ‘Myth Detector’s banana ‘timeline’ reflects the conspiracies that were inspired by a banana and banana-caused viruses at different times. The discovery of the coronavirus and human...

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Publication of results of a public opinion research by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on January 16 was followed by sharp criticism from the ruling party representatives. Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze labelled the results of the opinion polls political manipulation, while the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, Giorgi Volski stated that he did not...

On January 16, National Democratic Institute (NDI) published the results of the public opinion poll held in the period from 19 November to 13 December, according to which Georgia’s ruling party’s and its leader Bidzina Ivanishvili’s rating has dropped again since April. The results of the research resulted in NDI discreditation campaign by the actors...

A fake website The Guardian, which was deleted following BBC’s verification in 2017, has been quoted by Georgian tabloid Asaval-Dasavali in 2020. In its January 20-26 issue, Asaval-Dasavali published an interview with journalist Makvala Berianidze. The interview is accompanied by an editorial introduction, according to which Makvala Berianidze has publicized “a scandalous confession” by John...

Introduction At first glance Georgia seems to have a striving, pluralistic media landscape. However a closer look reveals a lot of underlying problems when it comes to true press freedom. A lot of media outlets depend on outside financial aid1. As there is no influential, independent media company public distrust in the media is high.2....

On January 15, an online media outlet, Georgia and World, released an interview with Dimitri Lortkipanidze, head of the Primakov Georgian-Russian Center, who claims that 134,000 apartments in Georgia are allegedly owned by Iranian citizens. Earlier on January 7, the same issue was highlighted in the post released by Facebook page “დედაქალაქი” (Capital). According to...