Georgia’s most-watched broadcaster, Rustavi 2 TV, which is locked in a court battle over ownership dispute, said on October 1 that new “government-orchestrated” move against the station is cutting off ...
Rustavi-2 is the most popular television channel in Georgia. It has the most advertising revenue and airs most of the country’s top-watched programs, including news shows. In opinion polls, over 80 ...
Head of the Rustavi 2 TV, Nika Gvaramia, claimed on Wednesday that he received a threat from the government to leak a video of his personal life if he refuses to “step aside” from the television ...
TBILISI -- More journalists at Rustavi-2 TV have quit their jobs to protest a decision by the channel's new owner to fire several of their colleagues. The journalists announced their decision to leave ...
A court in Georgia on Tuesday ordered a change of ownership at the ex-Soviet republic's biggest independent TV station, Rustavi 2, in what the broadcaster called an attempt to silence its criticism of ...
TBILISI -- Georgia’s Rustavi-2 television station has fired several prominent journalists and producers, raising concerns by some critics that a former opposition media outlet could be muzzled. Paata ...
TBILISI (Reuters) - Europe's human rights court dismissed on Thursday a case filed by the owners of a Georgian pro-opposition television channel Rustavi 2 accusing Georgia's Supreme Court of bias and ...
UPDATE: On March 7, the seven-member Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights extended the interim measure suspending the enforcement of the Supreme Court's March 2 decision "until further notice ...
Georgia's president has suggested that his country's democratic image and international reputation are at stake as a row rumbles on about the country's main opposition television channel. Rustavi 2 ...
Protesters say the government is attempting to stifle media freedoms in Goergia Thousands of people have staged a rally in Georgia to protest against the government's alleged attempts to close the ...
A protester holds the US flag during a rally in support of Rustavi 2 TV channel in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Hundreds of people marched in central Tbilisi to express their support to ...