Kibar Khalvashi. (Mzia Saganelidze /RFE/RL)
Khalvashi is selling the indebted opposition television channel less than a month after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allowed him to take ownership of the channel. [Read more…]
(Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)
Ownership of pro-opposition Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 has been transferred to businessman Kibar Khalvashi, a previous owner, after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The court ruled that the previous owners’ right to a fair trial was not violated when Georgia’s Supreme Court ordered that ownership should be transferred. [Read more…]
Nika Gvaramia (/Rustavi 2)
The director of opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2 has accused the Georgian government of attacking the channel’s editorial policy after one of the company’s shareholders launched a ₾28 million ($10 million) legal dispute against him and other shareholders. [Read more…]
Solidarity rally at the office of Rustavi 2. Archive (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
Nika Gvaramia, General Director of Georgia’s most watched TV Channel Rustavi 2, says that he will resign if the company fails to solve its financial problems. [Read more…]
