The Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission Mr. Vakhtang Abashidze held a meeting with the representatives of pre-election observation mission of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). The Commission’s role, obligations and legal framework during pre-electoral period has been discussed at the meeting, as well as the pre-electoral media monitoring process of the Georgian Parliamentary Elections of 2016 carried out by the Commission. The delegation of ...

GNCC, within the scope of a memorandum signed between the parties, was visited by the delegation of Poland’s Electronic Communications Office. Within the scope of three day visit, representatives of Poland’s Electronic Communications Office from various departments – monitoring, radio frequency governance, legal issues, broadband projects and telecommunications market research will share their experience to their Georgian colleagues. Following to be discussed at the meetings: ...

GNCC, based on a complaint submitted by NNLE ”Media Development Fund” has issued a written warning on “Palitra TV” Ltd for the violation of procedural norms established for functioning of effective self-regulatory mechanism defined by the “Code of Conduct for Broadcasters.”   On March 9,2016, NGO’s - ”Media Development Fund”(MDF); Union :Sapari,” “Identity,” "Tolerance and Diversity Institute"(TDI) and ...

The chairman of GNCC Mr. Vakhtang Abashidze hosted Ambassador Alexander keltchevski – the head of observation mission of OSCE of the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia 2016 and its representatives.   The media monitoring process of the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia 2016 has been discussed at the meeting. the delegation of OSCE has expressed its interest in media monitoring methodology, the current violations detected by the Commission during monitoring process and response ...

GNCC has announced a contest for the issuance of a radio frequency spectrum license to ensure digital terrestrial TV broadcasting in Mestia based on an application submitted by NNLE” Shvania TV” on July 28, 2016. The submission of documentation by applicants willing to participate in the contest has begun on August 22, 2016, at 7 pm. However, the Commission has received no application for participation, which is why the competition was declared failed.

GNCC has drawn a protocol of administrative offenses to the newspaper “Tkibuli” for the violation of rules of pre-electoral agitation and political advertising and has transferred it to the city court (Tkibuli) for further reaction.    In the July issue of the newspaper “Tkibuli” an agitation letter was published by an MP of Tkibuli Elguja Gotsiridze for the political union “Georgian Dream” – “Democratic Georgia” which didn’t ...

GNCC has issued written warnings on six TV companies – “International Information Agency Evrazia” Ltd, “Saperavi TV” Ltd, “Qartuli TV” Ltd, “TV Company Qartuli Arkhi” Ltd and NNLE “"Journalists and Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights” since, none of these TV companies have placed news programs through their broadcasting nets.   All of these six companies are entities authorized for private-general broadcasting, which, in ...

On June 8, 2016, GNCC has launched monitoring of pre-electoral period of the Georgian Parliamentary Elections of October 8, 2016, and will carry out the monitoring of 53 TV companies 24/7 during the period of four months. All general broadcasters fell under the subject of monitoring, Public Broadcaster and the Public Broadcaster of Adjara. Subjects of Commission’s observations during the monitoring process are:   a) Pre-election advertising; b) Pre-election debates; c) News and ...