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Day: September 26, 2025
Pro–Georgian Dream broadcaster Imedi TV said Friday its crew was denied entry to Moldova, where they planned to cover the parliamentary elections this Sunday, September 28.
“Our journalist and cameraman were denied entry to Chișinău to cover the elections,” Imedi’s Week, the channel’s Sunday program, said on September 26. “After being held for five hours at the airport, the crew was moved to the departure hall, placed under supervision, and have not been told when they will be allowed to return home.”
“They are not allowed to use their phones, their movement is restricted, and their passports and documents have been confiscated. The only thing they were told was that they supposedly did not have proof of residence, financial means, and purpose of entry – which is false, since the ‘Imedi’s Week’ journalists have all the necessary documents with them.”
“‘Imedi’s Week’ arrived in Moldova, hailed as a European democracy, only to land straight in the CIS,” the channel said, in a pointed reference to Moldova’s membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States, post-Soviet bloc.
Imedi, widely considered the ruling Georgian Dream party’s main propaganda channel, often airs critical rhetoric about Moldova. Alongside GD officials and other pro-government outlets, it portrays the country as “corrupt” and less developed than Georgia, including in terms of European integration. Imedi’s Week is one of the channel’s most controversial programs, frequently observed in spreading conspiracy theories.
“Moldova will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, and Imedi’s Week went there precisely to cover the electoral process. Such is Moldovan democracy and the ‘European’ standard of obstructing journalistic activity,” the program added.
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Summoning ambassadors to Georgia’s foreign ministry
“The summoning of ambassadors is part of a deliberate plan whose main goal is to isolate Georgia from the West,” said political analyst and University of Georgia professor Lasha Dzebisashvili, commenting on the foreign ministry’s decision to summon western envoys.
Dzebisashvili added that bringing the ambassadors to the ministry of foreign affairs would not lead to any changes in the EU’s policy towards Georgia.
On 25 September, the foreign ministry under Georgian Dream summoned the UK’s ambassador, Gareth Ward, and a day earlier, on 24 September, Germany’s ambassador, Peter Fischer.
After meeting Fischer, the ministry said it was “concerned about attempts to promote a radical agenda in the country.”
Lasha Dzebisashvili on the summoning of ambassadors to Georgia’s foreign ministry
“Since 28 November 2024, attacks on ambassadors, western representatives and, in particular, the EU in Georgia have become more frequent. The pace is increasing every day, and in my view this is no coincidence.
This is part of a deliberate plan, the main goal of which is to isolate Georgia from the West and, ultimately, confront the Georgian people with a harsh reality: that we are alone and have no partners except China, Russia and some of our other neighbours.
The summoning of ambassadors will not lead to any changes in EU policy towards Georgia. The German government has stated outright that it supports its ambassador. We will see many more such statements.
Everything is moving towards a point where, whether we like it or not, in the near future we will inevitably see sharper messages and declarations promoting the idea of leaving the EU and seeking alternative paths of development.”
Summoning ambassadors to Georgia’s foreign ministry
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