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OC Media editor-in-chief Robin Fabbro and executive director Mariam Nikuradze covering a pro-EU rally in Tbilisi in June 2022. Photo: Tata Shoshiashvili/OC Media.

Democracy

OC Media refuses to register as ‘foreign agent’ in Georgia as government deadline passes

by OC Media

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OC Media has refused to register with the Georgian Government as an organisation ‘carrying out the interests of a foreign power’ after the deadline to do so passed on Monday. OC Media, a regional news platform registered and headquartered in Georgia, joins a majority of local media and non-governmental organisations in boycotting the controversial legislation. OC Media co-founder and executive director Mariam Nikuradze stated that registering in the database ‘would go against our mission’

Bera Ivanishvili

Georgian Public Broadcaster ‘thankful’ for equipment from Ivanishvili’s son

by OC Media

•2 min read

General Director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) Vasil Maghlaperidze has said the broadcaster is ‘thankful for the gift’ from the son of former Georgian Prime Minister billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Ivanishvili’s son Bera announced on 30 October he would gift equipment for a TV studio to GPB after an initial deal to rent the equipment caused controversy. The agreement between GPB and rapper Bera Ivanishvili’s Silk Factor Studio would have been worth ₾372,000 ($149,000) over the