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In the third of a series of video reports, Georgians debate whether the country should tighten rules on foreign ownership of television stations.

In the second of a series of video reports, Georgians consider whether the country’s public broadcaster can be freed from political influence. A TOL/Liberali multimedia project.

TOL podcast: Freedom House’s Christopher Walker on Kazakhstan’s OSCE missteps and their meaning.


TOL podcast: An Armenian journalist and an Azeri activist use new media to breach the region’s information barrier.

Social networking sites are now the prime locations for the spread of xenophobic views among Serbian youth.
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